PS Procurement - Chicago, IL, United States - BuildSubmarines

BuildSubmarines Chicago, IL, United States

2 weeks ago

Description

Global Procurement Associate Director (Manager of others and Buyer) - IT, HR, Facilities, and Professional Services.

This role is responsible for managing the individuals responsible for the procurement of IT, HR, and Facilities services for Duracell Globally.

This individual will also be personally responsible for procurement of Professional Services for Duracell. Lead, coach and enable your direct reports to deliver results while also building a strong, positive culture

Develop and implement sourcing strategies for diverse spend pools that deliver the best total value (cost, quality, service, innovation, and sustainability).

Be able to gather internal and external data, benchmarking and competitive analysis, to influence business decisions.

Close collaboration with IT/technical resources, HR, manufacturing facilities, and other business units on sourcing, delivery technology and design execution.

Engage and collaborate with the cross-functional Duracell community such as Finance, commercial Sales and Marketing, IT, etc. for sourcing strategies, preferred vendor management and delivery of year over year cost savings.

Travel required - Even though the world is constantly changing due to the global conditions, and more e-tools are being leveraged to minimize travel, this role will still be expected to travel from time to time for inter-company meetings, market visits and/or vendor meetings.

Flexible location - The location of this Global Procurement role is flexible within North America and Duracell will consider candidates outside of current operating locations (Georgia, Illinois, Connecticut).

Supply Assurance, Cost Savings, Cash Flow improvement, Innovation.

Be willing to take calculated risks to deliver breakthrough business results. Be able to work effectively in an ambiguous environment that has unusual problems that require creative solutions.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, able to manage conflicts.

Ability to gain internal alignment for recommendations, strategies, and other business building ideas across functions and within the Global Procurement Team.

Job Qualification - Supplier Relationship Management: Ability to develop supplier relationships and improve existing relationships to support a 'connect and develop' approach.

Must be capable of managing different types of supplier relationships (new, competitive-based, strategic partnership). Familiarity and experience implementing, developing, and maintaining vendor targeted Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Job Qualification - Industry &

Market Analysis:

Must be highly capable and confident in handling and manipulating data to draw conclusions about the industry and market developments in a timely fashion.

It is vital to be in-touch with the market and be able to apply market knowledge to develop short-term tactics while driving mid & long-term actions for sustained competitive advantage.

Job Qualification - Prioritization: Must be able to manage multiple simultaneous priorities.

Being part of Global Procurement and serving the North American region, conflicts between certain business needs, deliverables and timing of priorities is common and will require a solid foundational approach to time management and prioritization to ensure our business partners' goals are delivered.

High responsiveness and reliability to meet deadlines in a quality matter is a requirement.

Ability to manage and balance long term strategic decisions with short term actions required to quickly solve problems while the ideal long-term solution is delivered.

Minimum of at least a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

Skills Expected to be Learned in the Job:

All Procurement Skills:
Linking & Leveraging, Industry Analysis, Supplier Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Sourcing Strategy, Commercial Agreements, Economic Analysis, Policy, Competitive Bidding, Negotiation, Supplier Relationship Management, and Customer Relationship Management

Other Skills:
Risk Management, Communication & Collaboration, Problem-Solving, Prioritization.

Duracell is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries, complemented by a portfolio of high quality, market leading specialty, rechargeable and professional batteries.

Duracell's products power numerous critical professional devices across the globe such as heart rate monitors, defibrillators, telemetry devices, smoke detectors, fire alarms, automated valves and security systems.

As the leader in the professional power category, Duracell has a rich history of innovation, continuously introducing batteries that are smaller, thinner, with more energy and longer lasting than competitive brands.

Since March 2016, Duracell has found its permanent home within Berkshire Hathaway (ranked #4 World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine and #3 in the Fortune 500), and will continue to focus on sustainable growth, industry-leading innovation while creating long-term value for our customers and consumers.

In January 2018, a new B2B Sector was created which among other duties, will assume responsibilities of the Professional Aftermarket businesses globally under the PROCELL brand.

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