Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.
We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours?
About the Role
- Directly responsible for the project management of cross-functional projects
- Project management of both savings projects as well as internal procurement projects; improving procurement practice, implement new processes or tools
- Project management support to the category management team and others within Procurement
- Responsible for reporting within EMEA Procurement, including reports and material preparation for regular cadences with ELT groups.
Job Specific Competencies / Behaviours
PROBLEM SOLVING
- Quantitative - Applies advanced mathematical thinking and reasoning to develop new approaches for solving problems
- Analytical - Creates a new or advanced analytical framework to establish strategic goals and company-wide priorities
- Conceptual - Synthesizes abstract ideas and issues into a clear, useful, and complete explanation to develop a reasonable solution
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
- Communication - Gains commitment by sharing plans with ease to the entire company, HD EMEA CPO, and/or other leadership teams. Handle conflict empathetically
- Working with others - Strengthens networks across internal and external parties to accomplish long-term shared objectives
- Influence & Negotiation - Understands others' underlying needs, motivation, or concerns across functional boundaries and adjusts communication to inspire action on beliefs or reach a mutually beneficial agreement.
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP
- Work Management - Analyzes complex, evolving circumstances and develops plans to remove barriers
- People Management - Establishes clear performance goals and expectations and supports development by providing growth opportunities to build capacity and capability
- Inspiring Leadership - Gains commitment by translating the organization's vision into terms that are relevant to the work being performed.
BUSINESS EXPERTISE
- Company - Understands how multiple functions contribute to achieve organizational objectives
- Industry knowledge - Able to interact with other leaders to represent HD's interests and establish HD's reputation in the industry
- General Business Knowledge - Applies business management techniques to propose decisions that impact cross-functional teams and/or external players
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- Functional Expertise – Quickly develops in-depth knowledge of one's area of expertise and applies it to innovate and solve complex problems
- Knowledge Creator - Seeks new information and improves work practices through the early adoption of innovative approaches or technologies
Required skils
- Operational planning, management and business process skills
- Ability managing and controlling budgets/resources/funding and an understanding of financial management procedures
- Ability of managing project teams and/or several projects in parallel
- People and/or change management skills
- Able to quickly obtain knowledge of systems/services for Procurement and across functions and how they relate to each other
- Able to quickly obtain principles, theory and practice of Procurement, as well as an awareness of broader developments relevant to own area
- Able to quickly developing innovative solutions and contributing to strategic planning
This is a hybrid position, requiring an on site presence at our Rotterdam office for 4 days per week.
Do you have the right to work in The Netherlands, without requirement for sponsorship?