North America Category Manager, OPEX & CAPEX
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Job Location:
New Century KS, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
22 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors fragrances food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Food Ingredients: Innovating improved nutritional profiles better taste and texture and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.
The role is based in New Century KS (hybrid). Be part of a strategic collaborative and solutions-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where Youll Make a Difference
- Develop and own the North America category strategy for Operating Expenditures (OPEX) including Maintenance Repair & Operations (MRO) and Capital Expenditures (CAPEX).
- Create multi-year category roadmaps aligned with site needs operational priorities and business objectives.
- Lead sourcing events competitive bids and complex negotiations for equipment original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) contracted services and engineering partners.
- Identify and deliver year-over-year cost savings total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements and working capital benefits.
- Standardize critical spare parts preferred supplier programs and service delivery models across manufacturing sites.
- Oversee Engineering Procurement & Construction Management (EPCM) partners to ensure timely compliant and cost-effective CAPEX project execution.
- Support project planning and procurement activities for construction services equipment selection installation and commissioning.
- Collaborate closely with Operations Engineering Reliability Maintenance and Facility teams to identify efficiency reliability and cost-reduction opportunities.
- Build and manage strategic supplier portfolios while ensuring robust supplier performance risk mitigation and compliance with safety and quality standards.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- 812 years of experience in procurement or strategic sourcing.
- Proven expertise in MRO procurement including critical spares maintenance services industrial supplies and OEM management.
- Strong experience in CAPEX procurement including equipment purchasing EPC/EPCM models utilities installation and commissioning.
- Background in facility services procurement (e.g. HVAC janitorial security waste utilities support) is a plus.
- Demonstrated success developing category strategies negotiating service contracts and managing complex supplier relationships.
- Experience partnering closely with Operations Engineering and Maintenance within manufacturing environments.
- Ability to interpret asset management concepts reliability principles and facility operations.
- Strong analytical skills including the ability to evaluate supplier risk performance metrics and value creation opportunities.
- Excellent stakeholder management across plant regional and global functions.
How You Would Stand Out
- Experience improving operational reliability or leading cross-functional optimization initiatives.
- Strong capability in contract strategy including warranties service-level agreements (SLAs) and milestone-based payment structures.
- A proactive resourceful and continuous-improvement mindset.
Why Choose Us
- Hybrid work model supporting flexibility and worklife balance.
- Opportunities to lead strategic sourcing initiatives with real operational impact.
- A highly collaborative environment within a global procurement community.
- A purpose-driven culture that values innovation and sustainability.
We are a global leader in taste scent and nutrition offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity national origin race age sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion gender identity & expression sexual orientation or disability.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Company Policies
- Customer Service
- Financial Performance
- Revenue Growth
- Oversight
- Regional Sales
- Account Management
- Project Management
- Product Line
- Ensure Compliance
- Human Resources
- Procedures
- Sales Goals
- Direct Reports
About Company
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