Our client is a leading packaging materials manufacturer with roughly $1 billion in annual sales and whose parent company does $10+ billion in annual sales. This role you will be responsible for all strategic aspects including the Strategic Commercial Relationship, setting the 3-5 year strategic goals and driving all cost saving initiatives.

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Description

The Sr Commodity Manager - Chemicals will:

• Manage and lead multiple medium-to-large sourcing engagements, including current state and budget evaluation
• Manage a $150 million Chemicals spend
• Development of strategy and approach, compiling scope of work and other requirements, drafting the RFx, evaluation of the vendor proposals, and negotiation of final business terms
• Present analysis--both qualitative and quantitative--to Procurement leadership and key stakeholders prior to obtaining approval to award business
• Organize and lead meetings with both internal stakeholders and external vendor partners
• Collaborate with internal partners (i.e. Business Owners, Risk Management, Contracts, Legal, etc) to mitigate risk by ensuring all sourcing events executed are in full agreement with corporate policies and procedures
• Research market and pricing data to develop analytics to support negotiation strategies and justify award decisions
• Build Sourcing project pipeline by reviewing expiring contracts, tracking and analyzing supplier spend, and presenting recommendations to Sourcing leadership
• Effectively communicate and demonstrate Strategic Sourcing's value proposition with the vendor selection process to internal stakeholders

The successful Sr Commodity Manager - Chemicals will have:

• 5+ years of strategic sourcing experience
• 3+ years sourcing commodities
• Bachelor's degree in applicable field
• Proven track record of leading and exectuting cost saving initiatives
• Strong analytical skills within Excel (vlookups, pivot tables, macro familiarity, etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills within a complex organization
• Demonstrated success managing a strategic sourcing project
• Proven results leading major packaging sourcing projects in a global environment

They are offering a highly competitive compensation package $150 - $170k + bonus potential