Regional Category Manager - Metals & Raw Materials

CHART COOLER SVC CO INC; Eastern Ontario; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the clean energy sector seeks a Regional Category Manager to lead the European category strategy for metals and raw materials. This role involves managing supply chain initiatives and collaborating with stakeholders to drive efficiency and savings.

Benefits

Flexible, hybrid working environment

Generous holiday entitlement (33 days annual leave)

Howden Pension Plan (max 7% employer contribution)

Enhanced leave pay (maternity, paternity, etc.)

Free onsite parking

Group Income Protection plan

Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal

Dedicated Help@Hand Service

Opportunity to be involved in ESG initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in metals market.
• Experience negotiating high-value procurement agreements.
• Ability to influence and lead small teams.

Responsibilities

• Define category strategy and gain buy-in from stakeholders.
• Drive collaboration among category representatives.
• Lead supplier management and implement supply agreements.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Strategic Focus

Education

Degree in engineering

Degree in business administration

Degree in finance

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Power BI

Job description

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Regional Category Manager - Metals & Raw Materials

Location: Renfrew, Scotland, United Kingdom, PA4 8XJ

The Regional Category Manager, available as a result of an internal promotion, will lead and develop the European category strategy for metals and raw materials and drive supply chain initiatives. This includes directly managing Europe’s raw materials category and serve as the “subject matter expert”, building a community of category leaders to execute the strategy. The role also manages and shapes supply base to create a favourable advantage for Chart operating companies.

Who are we?

Chart Industries is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the clean energy and industrial gas markets. Chart employees over 11,700 people based across 64 global manufacturing locations and 50+ service centres. Recognised for an innovative edge and expansive portfolio, Chart has a global leadership position in process technologies with products and services in applications such as hydrogen, carbon capture, energy recovery, nuclear, water treatment, mining, and LNG to name a few.

In 2023, Chart acquired Howden, a leading global engineering business. Since 1854, Howden has been at the forefront of developing engineering solutions for the needs of industrial processes. Today, Howden provide mission critical air and gas handling products to clients with our range of highly engineered compressors, blowers, fans, steam turbines and rotary heat exchangers.

The strategic combination of Howden and Chart expands our offering of products and solutions across the Nexus of Clean -- clean power, clean water, clean food and clean industrials. Together we are advancing a more sustainable future, by helping our customers to increase their environmental & functional efficiencies and decarbonise their operations. We have a strong corporate identity and a clear purpose - you will be a member of our team shaping the future of the company and participating in helping our customers tackle some of the planet's most pressing issues.

What you will do

• Define category strategy and gain buy-in from key stakeholders for specific initiatives to execute strategy.
• Drive collaboration and best practice sharing among category representatives across the operating companies.
• Implement Supply Agreements & price lists with suppliers that define fair sharing of risk & accountability.
• Monitor supply markets and commodity trends, and advise operating companies on how to respond.
• Select and drive implementation of most effective supply chain (mills or distributors) balanced with operational needs and constraints.
• Continuously build and maintain funnel of savings initiatives and achieve verified savings targets.
• Lead supplier management through deployment of supplier tiering and manage Tier 1 supplier relations.
• Support new supplier qualifications and implement measures to minimize quality, OTD, and cost risk.
• Identify and lead identification and execution of VAVE opportunities with suppliers.
• Develop and manage communication plan, to include engagement activity, dissemination of sourcing strategy and compliance for Raw Materials among the Category Communities

What do you bring?

• Degree in engineering, business administration, finance or related discipline.
• Relevant experience in metals market.
• Experience of working across multiple locations, understanding the constraints and working culture within them.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence and lead small teams.
• Strategic focus with the ability to analyse, formulate and implement strategic procurement strategies to significantly reduce cost.
• Experience in negotiating high-value, complex procurement agreements.
• Excellent team player with the ability to work in a matrix environment with multiple customers.
• Strong inter-personal skills.
• Sets personal deliverables and maintains commitments.
• Accurately captures, records and communicates information.
• Enjoys difficult challenges, finding solutions not problems.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to clearly present ideas, concepts and processes.
• Advanced competency in MS Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI and Word.
  

We’ve put together some criteria that we think is important for this role, but don’t worry if your experience and expertise isn’t an exact match. If you feel that you can add value to our role and to Howden more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you.

Our Benefits Package

This is a permanent position based at our HQ in Renfrew. Our range of fantastic benefits includes:

• A flexible, hybrid working environment
• Generous holiday entitlement package totalling 33 days annual leave
• Howden Pension Plan with a maximum employer contribution of 7%
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental and adoption leave pay
• Free onsite parking
• Group Income Protection plan
• Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal – Cycle2Work programme, range of discounts across various retailers, wealth of information to support health & wellbeing
• Dedicated Help@Hand Service – free counselling, physiotherapy, financial support, medical second opinion, remote GP, personal training, nutrition consultations etc
• Opportunity to be involved in our ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives – STEM ambassador & volunteering
  

Chart is an equal opportunity employer

The Company intention in respect of recruitment, selection and promotion is to appoint the most suitable candidate for each job regardless of that person’s race, religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability.

Chart Industries, Inc. is a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the Energy and Industrial Gas markets. Our unique product portfolio is used in every phase of the liquid gas supply chain, including upfront engineering, service and repair.