Regional Category Manager

What will you do?

The Regional Category Manager will oversee and be accountable for the Strategy and the Sourcing of Nonferrous raw materials for North America.

Strategy:

• Perform needs analysis for different Schneider entities in all geographic zones and segment the category needs.
• Perform in the geographic zone market analysis / intelligence and identification of market trends that could affect the pricing and supply
• Identify and propose to the CFT list of Strategic suppliers for the geographic zones as per needs segmentation.
• Assess supplier risk (quality, bankruptcy, shortage)
• Contribute to the development and deployment of the global cost models, scoring models etc
• Drive dynamically the optimization of the supplier base
• Develop a short, medium and long term strategy for the specific category (1,3,5 year strategy)
• Communicate strategy at executive levels in North America

Execution :

● Directly manage some Strategic suppliers as supplier leader (WW scope) and get involved in global negotiations with the supplier portfolio.

● Support the others purchasers (new projects, operational buyers,…) in their negotiations (tools, arguments, … )

● Drive your annual operational plan (APOP) and ensure acknowledgement and execution of the strategy

● Support the implementation of productivity (QVE-Quality value Engineering /CoS – Change of Suppliers) and identify new savings opportunities with the cross functional team.

● Plan business reviews with Strategic suppliers located in his geographic zone & assign the task to the respective supplier leaders in the zone.

● Follow up the supplier development and improvement actions plans (SAM status, service level and quality improvement).

● Deploy supplier framework agreements with the Strategic suppliers located in his geographic zone

● Propose the evolution of the Supplier Orientation Chart based on the Evolution of the Category Strategy.

● Lead qualification process for any new supplier linked to category

Performance Monitoring:

• Track the monthly Performance for the suppliers (Quality, Service, Productivity)
• Handle most critical crisis with Strategic suppliers

Qualifications

This job might be for you if you fit the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Mechanical/ Industrial/Electronics Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related, required
• Master’s degree, a plus
• Ability to speak and write in English fluently
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the the upper management for Procurement, Purchasing or Supply Chain
• Ability to interact and negotiate with Key suppliers and Schneider executives on key contracts and services,
• Negotiation skills in a complex and moving environment
• Ability to work in multicultural and cross functional mode, strong operational and strategical
• Project Management experience desired
• Experience with successful Procurement supplier negotiations
• Knowledge on legal contracts and risk management desired
• Leadership skills
• Ability to work well in a team and independently
• Strategic thinking, problem solving and analytical skills
• Skills, ability to deliver on time, work in project mode, meet deadlines, push decisions.