Regional Category Manager - Indirect Procurement

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Syngenta is actively looking to hire an Indirect Procurement professional to support our St Gabriel, LA facility with a focus on the CAPEX Category, from start to finish.

Duties

• Continually seek, identify and be accountable for potential total cost of ownership savings opportunities while ensuring a balance of savings, quality and timely delivery of goods and services.
• Provide continuous, timely and robust support to allow for manufacturing and business continuity.
• In alignment with Global Indirect Procurement, promote the use of structured Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Risk Management processes.
• Be the face of Indirect Procurement to Syngenta stakeholders and ensure they are aware of and support Procurement policies and processes.
• Act as an ambassador of Procurement and be the champion in the function for all Procurement policies, processes and tools to ensure compliance.
• Develop, validate, implement and drive sustainable category and sub-category strategies with alignment to business requirements for the NA Region, in conjunction with the Global Category Network.
• Lead the negotiation of commercial agreements with review and support from both the stakeholder and Legal functions.
• Ensure savings pipeline is updated and accurate for reporting of savings.
• Work closely with key business stakeholders to ensure that requirements are clearly understood and appropriately challenged, and be aware of the function’s challenges, opportunities, and priorities.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with the various business stakeholders to ensure that Indirect Procurement delivers savings to the P/L on a consistent and sustainable basis.
• Provide category management support (mainly CAPEX Engineering) with a focus on requirements across the Syngenta Crop Protection business in the North American region.
• Explain the need to minimize risks through the understanding of Syngenta’s requirements and identification of appropriate suppliers to our stakeholders.
• Utilize appropriate tools (RFP’s, eAuctions, etc) to drive value for Syngenta.

This person will be required to work in a hybrid work setting in our St Gabriel, LA location.

Qualifications

Required skills:

• Experience in procuring goods and services with the ability to understand the total cost of ownership to generate cost savings
• Knowledge of business market trends
• Good understanding of Category Management approaches and techniques
• Comprehensive knowledge of Procurement policies and procedures
• 2 to 5 years Procurement experience. Engineering category HIGHLY Preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree in either Technical or Business field

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of SAP and Ariba preferred
• MBA and/or CPSM/CPM desired but not required

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution
• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts your first day
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits
• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs

Syngenta has been ranked as a top employer by Science Journal.

Learn more about our team and our mission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCN_51GbNI

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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