Procurement Manager 2

Manager - Procurement

Job Description: This role requires a dynamic individual who can collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional team members and external partners. A successful candidate will demonstrate experience in the successful delivery of complex project management, working in areas of product transfers or discontinuations, supplier qualifications, material issue management, and/or portfolio optimization, as well as portfolio management. This role requires aptitude in the following skills: leadership, project management methodologies & fundamentals (FPX preferred), data & project metric analysis, business process improvement, influencing, and executive communication. The selected individual will be highly focused and self-directed to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of projects in accordance with defined scope. Project Leadership • With limited direction, lead cross company project teams in a dynamic environment to identify, recommend and execute the best for enterprise business solutions/propositions • Drive activities to meet project and business objectives including approval of project recommendations through governance. • Influence others beyond own scope and level; lead communications with all levels of stakeholders to enable informed decision making • Drive cross-company team accountability for deliverables and ensure projects meet defined project milestones • Demonstrate team performance management; ask the right questions to understand business impact and risks • Make the complex simple when presenting opportunities and plans to the team and organization • Lead team thorough options analysis and drive recommendations Project Execution • Develop, manage and maintain up-to-date Project Timelines inclusive of all critical milestones, key interdependencies, financial commitments, and resource constraints, while applying appropriate project scheduling techniques • Monitor project status and execution; report timely updates via Project Templates, Project Dashboards and Update Forms; and develop a project culture of accountability • Deliver transparent, timely and effective verbal and written communication to teams, stakeholders and appropriate levels of the organization • Lead "lessons learned" exercises, share lessons among project leaders and other teams Facilitation & Risk Management • Engage teams in healthy debate/conflict resolution, and deliver team aligned option business solutions • Proactively identify and escalate risks and issues to relevant stakeholders; lead development and delivery of tactical and achievable mitigation and contingency planning • Scope definitions and control: stakeholder alignment, project planning, project execution Qualifications Required: • A Bachelor's Degree Business or a related discipline • A minimum of 5 years of relevant business experience • Excellent oral, written, presentation communication skills • Proven record of leading projects and delivering results • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams • Experience in New Product Introduction and/or Life Cycle Project Management • Capability of leading/overseeing multiple projects at the same time is required. Preferred: • Process Excellence or Six Sigma training/certification • Demonstrated leadership & influencing skills across organizational levels • Experience with standard PM tools and templates

Top Three Skills: Project Management Skills / Experience; Demonstrated experience leading teams without authority; Strong communication Skills