Dirección Celanese is a Fortune 500 global chemical and specialty materials company that engineers and manufactures products essential to everyday living. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, Celanese employs approximately 13,300 dedicated people working at more than 50 owned and operated manufacturing facilities across 27 countries. We are committed to employee growth and creating shareholder value, and strive to make a difference in the communities where we operate. Our company focuses on the safety of its employees, provides competitive compensation (including benefits starting Day 1), and emphasizes giving back to the community. For more information about Celanese and our products please visit
Position Summary:
- Running the day to day management of all aspects of Procurement operations.
- Lead the local team that executes transactions for Raw Materials, MRO, and Corporate Services – to ensure reliable supply of goods a service
- Work together with the regional leaders to develop and integrate the local team with the Americas Strategic Sourcing Team.
- Help develop and execute a strategy for Procurement Operations and how it integrated with Accounts Payable and Strategic sourcing
- Support the Procurement Operations manager in executing the departmental strategy, work on improvement and automation ideas.
- Reporting to the Manager Procurement Operations
Areas of Responsibility:
- Ensure that team executes procurement transactions and data maintenance in SAP with good quality
- Ensure compliance with BCP, and Celanese Policies and Procedures
- Standardize Procurement Ops processes and improve efficiency and effectiveness
- Work with Strategic Sourcing Leaders on relationship management and issue resolution needs with key suppliers
- Ensure proper staffing and development of personnel
- Lead the improvement / development of departmental policies and training documents
- Deliver according to agreed service requirements
- Lead department process and system improvement initiatives
Requirements:
- 3-5 Procurement experience
- Familiarity with SAP transactions
- Experience in leading a team of individual contributors
- Ability to lead projects
- Excellent problem solving and communication skills
- Ability to liaise with other Departments and Business Stakeholders
- Pro-active attitude, great coordination skills
- Fluent English
- Understanding of P2P (purchase-to-pay) process is an advantage
