Global Category Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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🛒 Procurement

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Ashland

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1924

💊 Pharmaceuticals

💰 Post-IPO Secondary on 2022-03

Chemicals • Pharmaceuticals • Personal Care

Ashland is a multifaceted company specializing in specialty chemicals and materials. It operates across various sectors, providing innovative solutions in life sciences, personal care, and specialty additives, among other industries. The company's commitment to sustainability and advanced research in applied chemistry enables it to enhance product efficacy and usability across a diverse range of applications, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, construction, and personal care products.

📋 Description

• Develop Category Strategy plans following 7 step strategic sourcing methodology and use appropriate support tools to drive results and deliver savings • Ensuring all procurement services are met for the assigned Ashland business units, plants, labs, and / or facilities • Negotiate, implement, and manage strategic contracts to ensure optimum cost and reliable supply • Identify and lead opportunities for cost savings, better efficiency, and other areas of improvement; recommend and/or implement policy or process changes, as appropriate • Develop and deploy supply risk assessment and mitigation programs to ensure business continuity • Manage the full vendor lifecycle, including supplier identification, due diligence, qualification trials,, contracting and operational and performance reviews, including resolving operational issues related to supply challenges • Facilitating RFP / RFQ / RFI and preparing Coupa sourcing / bidding events according to engineering specifications and / or business requirements • Conducting bid analysis with a cross functional team and awarding based on internal team consensus • Lead cross-functional global teams • Develop and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers driving optimized value through strategic relationship management program • Representing as Corporate Agent: Ensuring Regulatory Compliance and Corporate Policies are enforced • Ensuring strict compliance to Ashland’s Zero Incident Culture and Responsible Care Guidelines

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of strategic Indirect Procurement and/or Tolling Procurement Services and/or related experience required • Minimum Education: bachelor’s degree preferably in engineering discipline; MBA and / or CPSM Certification a plus • Leading a team and directly managing complex multi category spend greater than $70MM • Experience in Chemical or Pharmaceutical industry and/or in Fortune 500 companies a plus • Demonstrated knowledge of category management and use of 7SSS (Step Strategic Sourcing) methodology • Demonstrated knowledge of applying TCO (total cost of ownership) and other methodologies in evaluating suppliers’ proposals • Strong knowledge of deploying and leveraging Supplier Relationship Management program in a global supply base • Demonstrated expertise in deploying supply Risk Assessment and Mitigation program in diverse categories of materials • Demonstrated knowledge of Contracting practices and processes in a global environment • Strong communication, follow-up, presentation, and teamwork skills to be performed with a sense of urgency as required. • Good knowledge of Coupa and other tools such as SAP, Ariba

🏖️ Benefits

• industry competitive salary and benefits • pay-for-performance incentive plans • diverse work environment