PS Procurement - Manager I

This role is responsible for the procurement of goods and/or services within the Indirect spending area for Duracell North America, with main focus on Storeroom and Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO).
The selected candidate will be responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies across multiple spending areas that maximize competitive advantage and value creation for Duracell.
We are aiming to hire a candidate with 3-5 years of experience in Indirect Procurement preferably in Storeroom and MRO, open to consider candidates with transferable skills from experience in other Indirect Procurement areas.
Develop and implement sourcing strategies for diverse spend pools that deliver the best total value (cost, quality, service, innovation, and sustainability).
Be able to gather internal and external data, benchmarking and competitive analysis, to influence business decisions.
Close collaboration with manufacturing facilities, R&D/technical resources and other business units on sourcing, delivery technology and design execution.
Engage and collaborate with the cross-functional Duracell community such as finance, commercial sales and marketing, IT, Global Engineering, etc.
for sourcing strategies, preferred vendor management and delivery of year over year cost savings.
Actively participate in loss analysis and savings teams internally and externally.
Forecasting materials cost for annual budget setting and quarterly business updates, as required.
Education & Experience: A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a related field, with 3-5 years of relevant experience in Indirect Procurement Strategic Thinking: Demonstrated ability to develop/execute sourcing strategies and foster involvement of multifunctional counterparts in sourcing strategy creation.
Sourcing strategies should ensure that business needs are met: Supply Assurance, Cost Savings, Cash Flow improvement, Innovation.
Leadership: Strong and proven leadership capabilities to successfully lead and collaborate with multi-functional teams.
Demonstrated strong sense of ownership and urgency to advocate in depth for the Best Total Value principle.
Be willing to take calculated risks to deliver breakthrough business results.
Be able to work effectively in an ambiguous environment that has unusual problems that require creative solutions.
Collaboration & Communication: Demonstrated strong linking and collaboration skills.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, able to manage conflicts.
This role will work across different spending areas which, at times, can have conflicting sourcing goals and priorities.
Be able to build and maintain productive working relationships within Duracell across organizations and different cultures to deliver results.
Must have solid written and oral communication skills.
Be an effective listener and with a curious mind seeking to understand.
Ability to gain internal alignment for recommendations, strategies, and other business building ideas across functions and within the Global Procurement Team.
Supplier Relationship Management: Ability to develop supplier relationships and improve existing relationships to support a ‘connect and develop’ approach.
Must be capable of managing different types of supplier relationships (new, competitive-based, strategic partnership).
Familiarity and experience implementing, developing, and maintaining vendor targeted Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Negotiation & Competitive Bidding: This business demands negotiation along the entire continuum from Strategic relationships and negotiation to tactical spot Competitive Bidding.
The candidate must be a strong performer in this area and have the flexibility to adjust to varying styles of negotiations to achieve the best value for Duracell with some of the most collaborative and most positional markets and suppliers in the industry.
Industry & Market Analysis: Being responsible for different spending areas implies operational complexity along with market volatility.
Must be highly capable and confident in handling and manipulating data to draw conclusions about the industry and market developments in a timely fashion.
It is vital to be in-touch with the market and be able to apply market knowledge to develop short-term tactics while driving mid & long-term actions for sustained competitive advantage.
Prioritization: Must be able to manage multiple simultaneous priorities.
Being part of Global Procurement and serving the North American region, conflicts between certain business needs, deliverables and timing of priorities is common and will require a solid foundational approach to time management and prioritization to ensure our business partners’ goals are delivered.
High responsiveness and reliability to meet deadlines in a quality matter is a requirement.
Problem Solving & Analytical Skills: Demonstrated problem solving and analytical decision-making skills.
Ability to manage and balance long term strategic decisions with short term actions required to quickly solve problems while the ideal long-term solution is delivered.
Additionally, demonstrated proactivity to identify potential areas of risk and ability to perform successfully with sense of urgency when being brought up late in the process.
SAP & Excel: Although not a must-have, experience in working with SAP and Excel is strongly preferred to facilitate and accelerate the successful performance of the job.
Additional Information: Travel required – This role will be expected to travel from time to time for inter-company meetings, market visits and/or vendor meetings.
Flexible location – This position is remote, the location is flexible within many USA States, but there is a strong preference for Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky and South/North Carolina due to the relative proximity to Duracell’s NA plants.
Duracell is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries, complemented by a portfolio of high quality, market leading specialty, rechargeable and professional batteries.
Duracell’s products power numerous critical professional devices across the globe such as heart rate monitors, defibrillators, telemetry devices, smoke detectors, fire alarms, automated valves and security systems.
As the leader in the professional power category, Duracell has a rich history of innovation, continuously introducing batteries that are smaller, thinner, with more energy and longer lasting than competitive brands.
Since March 2016, Duracell has found its permanent home within Berkshire Hathaway (ranked #4 World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine and #3 in the Fortune 500), and will continue to focus on sustainable growth, industry-leading innovation while creating long-term value for our customers and consumers.
At Duracell, integrity, end-to-end accountability across all levels, fast decision-making and a “can do” attitude is highly valued.
In January 2018, a new B2B Sector was created which among other duties, will assume responsibilities of the Professional Aftermarket businesses globally under the PROCELL brand.