Senior Manager, Procurement US Ops
Job description
Swedish Match North America LLC, develops, manufactures, and sells quality products with market leading brands such as ZYN nicotine pouches and other smokeless tobacco products. Our vision is “A world without cigarettes,” and our mission is to provide adult consumers with alternatives that are enjoyable, but have a lower risk than smoking. We are one of the fastest growing consumer-packaged goods (CPG) producers and ZYN is the number one selling nicotine pouch in the US.
In order to continually promote and create innovative products that support our vision we are currently seeking a Senior Manager, Procurement US Ops in Richmond, VA.
The Senior Manager, Procurement US Ops plans, organizes, controls, manages and evaluates the purchasing function. This position establishes operational plans and initiatives to meet US Division goals and objectives and is directly responsible for improving the working capital position, day to day transactional management, and value-added partnerships that support production and cost saving initiatives.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Lead all aspects of supplier relationship management for designated set of products and suppliers.
- Lead contract creation with the cross-functional team.
- Partners with internal cross-functional teams to solve production issues including but not limited to risks to schedules, costs, and quality.
- Manage entire production timeline from PO creation to product delivery.
- Analyze patterns in purchasing and material usage to reduce costs and lead times and determine appropriate safety stock.
- Lead supplier performance reviews and partner with cross-functional team to ensure suppliers are meeting all negotiated agreements and terms.
- Partner with Demand Planning team to align on long-range forecasts to drive effective supply planning with suppliers.
- Identify and negotiate ongoing cost savings opportunities.
- Support product development and proactively partner with suppliers to bring innovation to internal cross-functional conversations.
- Lead sustainability and risk management efforts for the Procurement Council/Network.
- Coordinates overall US Procurement strategies and approach for the US Manufacturing Plants.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree in finance, administration or other related field, prefer MBA or Graduate Degree in related field. May have equivalent of four years working in either a production, planning or other operational management role.
EXPERIENCE:
5-10+ years progressive management experience in Purchasing & Strategic Sourcing with extensive experience in the consumer packaging/manufacturing industry.
SKILLS:
Detail orientated with time management skills. Excellent judgement and decision-making skills. Skilled in relationship building. Excellent negotiation, communication and team building skills. Highly skilled in Project Management with high business acumen.
BENEFITS:
Swedish Match offers highly competitive salaries, flexible benefits program, medical, dental and vision, bonding leave, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, 401(k), paid vacation, 12 paid holidays and more!
An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/DISABILITY/VET
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