Sr Director, Procurement NPK - Calgary, AB or Saskatoon, SK

Nutrien; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company located in Canada is seeking a seasoned Procurement Executive to oversee global procurement strategy and operations. The role demands extensive experience in managing procurement teams, implementing strategic initiatives, and promoting talent within a large organization. Candidates should hold a relevant Bachelor's degree and have over 15 years of experience in procurement, including significant leadership experience. The position requires travel across North America and offers a unique opportunity to impact agricultural practices.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience, including at least 10 years of progressive leadership.
• 10+ years of dedicated procurement experience and track record of savings.
• Experience leading a large procurement organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a procurement team.
• Set up Procurement strategy and planning.
• Approve targets for spend reduction and purchasing efficiency.
• Ensure procurement functions meet site needs.

Skills

Leadership and management

Procurement strategy

Negotiation techniques

Cross-collaboration

Resource allocation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Engineering or related field

MBA or similar (preferred)

Job description

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future , is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.

This position has overall responsibility on a global level for sourcing strategy, execution, and process in support of the Nitrogen, Phosphate & Potash (NPK) procurement operations, inventory and warehousing, contractor performance, material cost savings, and supplier risk management strategy. It provides overall responsibility on a global level for the Procurement function and associated programs It serves as a personal business-to-business connection to top strategic stakeholders and suppliers.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the end-to-end performance of the procurement operations function, including critical teams and enablers such as Shared Buying, Turnaround Procurement, Capital Procurement, and Warehousing and Inventory Optimization. They will have managed a large procurement budget and organization, demonstrating strategy formulation and execution abilities. The ability to identify, develop, and promote talent across a large organization is critical. The leader will have responsibility across various sites and Business Units (BU) in the US, Canada, and Trinidad and Tobago. In addition, this role will be responsible for delivering on the NPK Strategic Procurement long term planning and annual priorities as a part of BU goals and objectives.

What You'll Do

• Lead, manage, and develop a Procurement team.
  • Build the right procurement team (recruitment, training, staffing, and retention).
  • Decide individual annual professional development plans with skills plans and performance targets.
  • Regularly review progress, and customer feedback and monitor KPIs with procurement directors on procurement sourcing categories, projects, and functions.
• Set up Procurement Strategy and Planning.
  • Development and communication of global strategic vision.
  • Management of long-term partnerships with key strategic suppliers based on quality, cost, service delivery and responsiveness.
  • Establish and maintain clarity of responsibilities within decision processes.
  • Provide leadership direction and support to the procurement team.
• Recommend and decide an integrated strategic plan for the group procurement organization.
  • Approve targets for spend reduction (pricing, TCO, and usage control), purchasing efficiency, customer/site service, and vendor management.
  • Prioritize and recommend resource levels across procurement sourcing categories, projects, and functions.
• Support cross-collaboration among different Procurement teams – Category management, Site procurement, and Capital procurement.
  • Ensure that there is close collaboration and ways of working across Procurement teams to deliver end-to-end category strategy from the center to the sites.
  • Enables integrated Capex and Opex category strategies and execution between Category management and Capital teams.
  • Help emerge the cross-site opportunities to the right level of the organization – category management team to ensure cross-site and Nutrien purchasing leverage.
  • Coordinates the rollout of the new operating model and ensures that the right skills are in place in the organization.
• Ensure procurement functions are meeting site needs (standards and tools, knowledge management).
  • Ensure that decision-making processes are in place and used.
  • Review and approval of procurement budgets and performance targets to ensure highly efficient and effective procurement organization.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelors degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Engineering or related field.
• 15+ years of relevant experience, including at least 10 years of progressive leadership experience.
• 10+ years of dedicated procurement experience and track record of delivering savings.
• Have successfully driven Procurement across multiple categories, demonstrating leadership and influencing skills across multiple regions, functions, and with business leaders. Ideally, the executive will have broader commercial or P&L experience.
• Demonstrated capability to take on increasing responsibilities quickly, as demonstrated by a steep career path.
• Leadership capabilities and experience in leading and managing a large procurement organization.
• Significant experience in strategic planning, resource allocation/prioritization, target setting, and budgeting.
• Awareness of cost drivers across multiple classes of cost categories.
• Negotiating techniques.
• Although not required, a graduate degree (MBA or similar) would be an asset.
• Willingness and ability to travel, mostly within North America, 25%-50% of time.

Ready to make an impact with us? Apply today!

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