NAM Category Specialist - Efficiency & Process Improvement At Nouryon, our global team takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society's needs - today and in the future.
We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?
In your future role as a NAM Category Specialist, you will- Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies in areas of responsibility.
- Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques.
- Implement and improve the sourcing standard processes, the required culture and sourcing continuous improvement programs.
- Identify best practices and benchmarks and ensure deployment within areas of responsibility.
- Develop and maintain in-depth market knowledge within areas of responsibility.
- Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiation power of suppliers.
- Travel up to 5% within the region
We believe you bring- A minimum of 5 years' experience in procurement and / or operations roles.
- Fluency in oral and written English.
- Education: University Bachelors or Master's degree level, preferably in Business Administration, Engineering, Logistics, Supply chain.
- Good understanding of the Supply Chain and Manufacturing functions: strategy, processes, systems and organization.
- Experience (direct / indirect) dealing with sales and customer service organizations.
- Change management: managing improvement programs with diverse teams as well as the cultural aspects of the change to be delivered.
- Strong Project management experience with lean management methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma.
- Experience in Sourcing including Strategic Sourcing Methodology and contract management.
Great if you have- Background in purchasing and/or manufacturing.
- Background in developing procurement processes and putting in place best practices.
- Excellent interpersonal relationship, networking and communication skills.
- Proactive approach.
- Problem-solving attitude.
Good to knowPlease apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us, we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/
We look forward to receiving your application!
We encourage you as a valued Nouryon employee to share talents from your network to help us to bring in new talent through our new Employee Referral Program! Bringing new, skilled people with a great mindset is beneficial for both you and Nouryon. All info you need to make a referral is here. Join us in growing Nouryon!
We have already chosen our sourcing channels for this recruitment and kindly ask not to be contacted by any advertisement agents, recruitment agencies or staffing companies.
