Category Specialist
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Nouryonis aglobalspecialty chemicals leader. Markets and consumers worldwide rely on ouressential solutions to manufacture everyday productssuch aspersonal carecleaning goods paints and coatings agriculture and food pharmaceuticals and building the dedication of approximately 7650 employees with a shared commitment to our customersbusiness growth safetysustainabilityand innovation has resulted in a consistently strong financial performance. We operate in over 80 countries around the world with a portfolio of industry-leading brands.
Category Specialist
At Nouryon our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer societys 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 Category Specialist you will
Optimize and support the deployment of Non-Product Related (NPR Indirect) commercial agreements in Nouryon for the categories to which aligned.
Categories and Areas of Potential Focus:
- Technical and Engineering Services (Mechanical Civil Piping Scaffolding Insulation Industrial Cleaning Engineering etc.)
- Quality Health Safety and Environmental (QHSE)
- Lab and Facilities Management
- Waste Management
- Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO)
- Fabricated Equipment
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Process Automation (PA) and Instrumentation
- Support the Category Management of aligned areas of responsibility.
- Manage the procurement of aligned contracts to deliver optimized Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
- Coordinate with Manufacturing Stakeholders to improve country and regional supply and cost positions.
- Drive Supplier Management and Development to support business initiatives.
- Deliver continuous improvements by coordinating with suppliers and stakeholders.
- Deliver procurement-related value delivery metrics ensuring results are tracked via appropriate systems.
- Drive working capital improvement.
- Support implementation of identified work process changes.
- 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.
- Develop and drive the organization to identify improvement areas explore cost reduction opportunities and establish a total cost of ownership approach internally and with external suppliers.
- Actively work to improve commercial terms with suppliers identify ways to support minimize spending and reduce cost to support the companys financial objectives.
- Work actively with key stakeholders in the businesses and ISC including manufacturing engineering and also finance and other functions to build alignment around targets and establish common execution plans to support business growth and profitability improvement.
- Represent Nouryon; build and maintain a network of business contacts in support of organizational objectives; conduct business in a responsible and ethical manner.
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies for product and services designed to support the identified business needs and in line with the Global Procurement strategy.
- Collaborate with Nouryons India Service Center in support of Tail Spend (Low Spend) sourcing automation to ensure robust procurement support to Nouryons Manufacturing Sites.
- Travel: 10% in region
We believe you bring
- University Bachelors or Masters degree level preferably in Business Administration Engineering Logistics Supply Chain.
- A minimum of 5 years experience in procurement and / or operations roles.
- 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.
- Preferably background in purchasing and/or manufacturing.
- Preferably background in engaging across The Nordics and Rest of Europe and India.
- Excellent interpersonal relationship networking and communication skills.
- Stress resistance flexible problem-solving attitude.
- Seen by others as credible trustworthy and open to new ideas.
- Strong focus on results.
- Good problem-solving skills able to identify and structure issues run accurate analyses and summarize recommendations.
- Strong desire to improve existing status.
- Fluency in oral and written English.
- Further profound language skills of the region would be an advantage.
- MS Office skills
Good to know
Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once its 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: look forward to receiving your application!
We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.
We encourage you as a valued Nouryon employee to share talents from your network to help us to bring in new Changemakers 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!
AboutNouryon
Were looking for tomorrows Changemakers today.
If youre looking for your next career move apply today and join Nouryons worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care cleaning paints and coatings agriculture and food pharmaceuticals and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities in a dynamic international diverse and proactive working environment.
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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.
Nouryon is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.
Nouryon is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
