Senior Purchasing Manager – Raw Materials

Are you a procurement professional looking to help drive procurement strategy for a strong and steadily growing multi-national company? Our partner is looking for candidates with 5+ years of experience in purchasing to join their team as a Purchasing Category Manager. The Purchasing Category Manager will help drive the raw materials purchasing function for the North American organization.

The ideal candidate is a 5+ year procurement professional with at least 2-3 years in raw materials procurement, who enjoys driving supplier relationships, RFPs and negotiating/managing contracts. You like to work collaboratively and cross-functionally and are ready to take on a new challenge in a growing company with an incredible culture.

Senior Purchasing Manager - Raw Materials Responsibilities:

• Focus on obtaining maximum value for the company by managing cost, quality and service targets as outlined by purchasing management focused on chemical purchasing
• Independently manage processes that include RFPs, tenders, reporting, analysis and e-sourcing
• Execute local, national, regional and global agreement programs for products or services consistent with company goals, procedures and policies
• Report within a matrix structure so strong organization and communication skills are required
• Align multinational resources to successfully address and resolve Supply Chain issues
• Responsible for stakeholder management, management of category spend and KPIs
• Execute Purchasing tools and processes that include CCDB (cost chase database) Ariba, SAP, Power BI for analytics
• Proven understanding of general business processes including Supply Chain/Procurement planning, Costing, Finance and Purchasing role in these processes

Senior Purchasing Manager - Raw Materials Requirements:

• Ability to develop and execute strategic regional category initiatives working with Global Category Team
• Four-year college degree with 6+ years of related experience OR MBA degree with a minimum of 3+ years of related purchasing experience
• 2-3 years of raw materials purchasing; experience with purchasing chemicals a plus
• Advanced Excel and Power BI, preffered.
• Demonstrated project management and presentation skills
• Expert knowledge of good Purchasing practices, contract law as it applies to the Procurement process and Supply Chain Management
• Expert knowledge of market including supplier base, general industry information and cost drivers

If you are interested in this Senior Purchasing Manager - Raw Materials role, please apply today!

Thank you,

Rachel Stewart

Project Manager

LaSalle Network

LaSalle Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer m/f/d/v.

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