Senior Procurement Manager

Description

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Manager, Procurement – CAPEX typically owns category management for level 2 global categories encompassing multiple site locations, divisions and groups. Ensures that the category strategy is aligned with the functional/business objectives and works closely with Division Business Partners, Quality, Operations, R&D, and Business leaders to ensure category strategies are aligned cross functionally. Leads a Category team responsible for strategic sourcing activities and supplier management functions. Build organizational strength, create robust sourcing strategies, negotiate agreements, manage strategic supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvement year over year savings.

• Runs the contracting process and lead coordination with Legal to ensure relationships are appropriately documented
• Leads the supplier qualification, RFP, supplier selection, contract development, implementation, compliance, and ongoing supply base management process
• Works with Division Business Partners and functional colleagues to gather business requirements for category strategy development
• Drives supplier consolidation through engaging and supporting Division Business Partners and Group Procurement Operations (e.g. sourcing engineers) to qualify preferred suppliers and migrate spend from incumbent, non-preferred suppliers
• Leads a Global/Regional Category Team, develops staff to create expertise in both the areas of spend being managed and in strategic sourcing processes
• Accountable for the multi-year category strategy and plan objectives, timelines, and goals
• Probing alternatives to current ways of operating
• Connects key categories to relevant client business divisions ensuring alignment of strategies and financial targets
• Champions use of eSourcing, Spend Visibility, and P2P tools company-wide
• Assesses market intelligence for key trends, and uses predictive analytics to make risk mitigation recommendations to the business
• Implement talent initiatives to improve Employee Involvement Survey results
• Stakeholder management and navigating difficult situations
• Uses AQSCIR (Assurance, Quality, Service, Cost, Innovation, Regulatory) method to develop and drive 3-to-5-year global sourcing strategies focused on identifying and contracting with suppliers that meet category management goals
• Analyzes cross-divisional spending and develops global strategic sourcing plans to reduce the total cost of ownership for all business units
• Champions the use of structured Category Management process to develop category strategies including diversity, sustainability and risk assessment and business continuity
• Communicate plans and progress to Enterprise colleagues
• Build strong trusting relationships
• Considers financial planning, forecasting, P&L performance, inventory, cash flow, tariffs and inflation to inform strategy
• Create and maintain a communication mechanism to ensure coordination with internal colleagues and reporting of sourcing impact
• Provides thought leadership in developing and implementing sourcing strategies
• Mentors and develop staff through coaching and development plans to address individual areas of improvement
• Typically works under the direction of a Senior Director, drives adoption of global sourcing strategies across the enterprise and ensures ongoing cross team collaboration
• Prioritizing decisions and actions based on impact
• Follows through on deliverables
• Provides options and recommendations based on tradeoffs

Requirements

• Proactive and a bias for action
• Strong leadership and effective business partnering capabilities – influence without authority
• International experience (plus) – working experience in different countries/regions/languages
• Strong working knowledge of construction project management and capital equipment purchases.
• Bachelor’s Degree required; preferably in engineering (industrial, mechanical or chemical). Graduate degree in business and Construction certification preferred.
• Requires ability to deal with ambiguity and the corresponding capacity to make decisions or recommendations based on potentially incomplete information
• Legal contract acumen and understanding of impacts
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in Capex Construction and Equipment within a multinational company for very high-level threshold projects
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in a complex organization
• Superior negotiation skills both with suppliers and internally with stakeholders and business partners
• Ability to provide legal US work authorization documents required. Will consider US domestic travelers and relocation.
• Understanding of category and supply chain markets and how changes affect projects
• Strong negotiation and presentation skills
• 3+ years of experience leading and managing procurement teams with a focus on mentoring, coaching and performance management
• Minimum 10 years of Capex procurement/sourcing experience with increasing global responsibility and experience in a large matrixed company environment
• Clearly and concisely communicates internally and externally
• Team building and collaboration skills internally and externally
• Basic understanding of where taxes, tariffs, duties, etc. apply and when they can be avoided
• Strong project management skills
• Strong bid evaluation skills
• Strong knowledge of the strategic sourcing and category management process
• Capable of working across all functions and levels of an organization
• Experience in a large matrixed company environment, pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
• Strong financial acumen and understanding of choice impact

Benefits

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. Salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

Training + Development

Interview process

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