Procurement Manager

Job description

Job Highlights: - Negotiate contracts and manage ongoing relationships with critical supply partners to promote and enforce satisfactory performance. - Develop and present formal strategies to regional and global Procurement leadership to ensure corporate alignment and successful implementation. - Analyze market structure, trends, technical developments and regulatory trends that impact competitiveness and/or affect availability and delivered cost of raw materials. - Review and update input cost forecasts to support Business Unit (BU) budgeting, communicate key raw material issues with BU stakeholders to support uptime and profitability. - Engage with internal site planning and business unit stakeholders to coordinate order placement of raw materials in accordance with established strategic directives. - Conduct fair and effective bid processes; guide the implementation of new supplier programs as needed to ensure savings realization. - Negotiate resolution of disputes, changes in contract scope and pricing with suppliers where applicable. - Investigate, identify, and qualify new sources for raw materials with technical departments to maximize supply flexibility and lower costs. -...