Direct Material Category Leader

At PMI, we've decided to do something incredible. We are completely transforming our company and designing a future with a clear purpose: to deliver a smoke-free future. With big changes come big opportunities! From wherever you join us, you'll be living the opportunity to invent and deliver better things, brilliant solutions, and a space where you can continue your career and take it in different directions. There is something new to learn every day: changes to integrate and challenges to take. If you like to collaborate in a team and take risks, you'll find what you're looking for here. Our work is global and includes audit, treasury, internal control and financial support for commercial areas. At PMI you will find a space where you can develop your professional career in multiple directions, whether thanks to your financial control, planning and forecasting, data analysis or digital risk skills. Your day to day: Global category strategy deployment / Regional Category Source to Contract ensuring flexibility, cost efficiency, supply security and sustainability; budgeting with focus on accurate price forecasts, consistant SVC; regional supplier performance management setting up sustainable and responsible supplier base; productivity development & implementation for regionally sources catgories and contribution to global productivity pipeline; regional risk management with tested business continuity scenarios; handling of any requirements or claims with financial implications on PMI Accountabilities: Contribute to project management: provide full and correct DIM input into projects feasibility checks, delivering comprehensive risk assessment. Act as Procurement element leader, propose / organize efficient procurement solutions during implementation of product related regulatory projects. Ensure supply security through risk management. -Proactively analyze supplier base for threads and opportunities, including but not limited with - sharp demand increase for new products/new launches/new product initiatives - geopolitical risks - breakdown risks at supplier production sites Set up, align with business and test business continuity plans for critical materials, be ready to activate upon approval from business. We are looking for: - University degree in economics/finance/supply chain management - Overall professional procurement or supply chain experience, min 2 years work experience in procurement with exposure to multinational environment - Upper intermediate in English - PC skills - Excel, Word, PowerPoint - Procurement and SC experience - Financial acumen, IP literacy, Legal & QA fundamentals What we offer... Our success lies in our talented employees who come to work every day with purpose and a desire to improve. Join PMI and you too will be able to: Take advantage of this freedom to be able to define your future and ours. We will support you in taking risks, experimenting and exploring. Be part of an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone's opinion is respected; Collaborate with some of the brightest people in the world and feel a part of them. Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills in a global company - the size of our company gives you the opportunity to always improve. Take pride in letting people know our promise: to deliver a smoke-free future.