Procurement Associate Manager Indirect Categories
Shelton, CT - USA
Job Summary
JoinBIC World acommunity of brandsdedicated to creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that have been part of hearts and homes for over 75 years. We are committed togrowing our iconic and innovative brandsby reimagining everyday essentials in new sustainable and responsible ways.
Our culture encourages aroll up your sleeves and get the job donemindset ensuring self-starters problem solvers and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful global impact on our mission.
We are looking for anAssociate Manager Procurement to join our Indirect Procurement team supporting North America. This role will focus on key categories including IT HR Travel and Professional/Intellectual Servicesyou will play a critical role in executing procurement strategies driving cost savings initiatives and partnering with diverse stakeholders across the organization.
This is anindividual contributor role (no direct reports) with strong exposure to cross-functional teams and strategic suppliers.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of category strategies and translate them into actionable sourcing projects (RFQs tenders supplier initiatives)
- Manage and optimize spend across assigned indirect procurement categories (IT HR Travel Professional Services)
- Drive sourcing activities including supplier selection negotiation and contract management
- Collaborate with stakeholders across North America
- Track and report savings performance vs. targetsand support financial alignment with budgets/AOP
- Analyze market trends and provide insights to support procurement decisions
- Contribute to risk mitigation supplier performance management and compliance
- Support sustainability and responsible sourcing initiatives
- Work with procurement and analytics tools (e.g. Excel procurement platforms such as Evalua)
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Business Engineering Procurement or related field
- 3 years of experience in Indirect Procurement
- Experience in categories such as IT Marketing HR or Services is highly preferred
- Proven experience in:Sourcing and negotiationsSupplier managementCost savings initiatives
- Strong analytical skills and experience with data-driven decision-making
- Advanced proficiency in Excel (reporting analysis)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- High adaptability able to work across diverse categories and stakeholders
- Proactive problem-solving mindset
- Annual Base Salary 90000 USD
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BIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products make better decisions and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation veteran status disability status or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications merit and business need.
BIC World is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.
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