Global Chemicals Sourcing Leader

Reworld Waste; New York (NY); On-site; USD 122,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Reworld Waste is seeking a Senior Global Commodity Manager – Chemicals Reagents to lead enterprise-wide sourcing for lime, ammonia, urea, water, and wastewater-treatment chemicals across multiple facilities. You will build strategic supplier partnerships, manage complex negotiations, and drive total-cost improvements while aligning with safety and sustainability goals.

The role requires at least 7 years in strategic sourcing with a chemistry/engineering background and will involve

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, procurement, supply chain, or commercial management.
• Experience developing and executing category or commodity strategies.
• Demonstrated success managing strategic suppliers and improving supplier performance.MExperience leading competitive sourcing events and negotiating complex supply agreements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise-wide commodity strategies for chemicals and reagents.
• Lead the complete sourcing process, including market analysis, RFI/RFP/RFQ development, supplier evaluation, negotiation strategy, contracting, implementation, and benefit tracking.
• Build and manage strategic relationships with key chemical and reagent suppliers.
• Lead supplier business reviews, performance scorecards, escalations, and joint improvement plans.
• Hold suppliers accountable for cost, safety, quality, service, delivery, technical support, innovation, and supply continuity.
• Partner with suppliers, Operations, and Logistics to optimize freight, delivery methods, inventory levels, tank utilization, and supply reliability.
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, product standardization, demand management, alternative products, and total-cost improvement.
• Balance enterprise commodity strategies with site-specific technical and operational requirements.
• Partner with facility leadership, regional procurement, Operations, Engineering, Environmental, Safety, Finance, Legal, and Logistics.
• Support supplier and chemical-product qualification, including specification reviews, technical evaluations, plant trials, risk assessments, and stakeholder approvals.
• Monitor chemical markets, feedstock costs, freight, production capacity, and supply-chain risks.
• Develop backup suppliers, alternative products, and business-continuity plans for critical chemicals.
• Analyze spend, pricing, consumption, supplier performance, and market data and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance, risk reduction, working-capital improvement, and service improvement.
• Support other procurement priorities based on business needs.
• Up to 30% travel time, could be international travel

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier relationships

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry/Engineering/Supply Chain

Job description

Reworld Waste is seeking a Senior Global Commodity Manager – Chemicals Reagents to lead enterprise-wide sourcing for lime, ammonia, urea, water, and wastewater-treatment chemicals across multiple facilities. You will build strategic supplier partnerships, manage complex negotiations, and drive total-cost improvements while aligning with safety and sustainability goals.

The role requires at least 7 years in strategic sourcing with a chemistry/engineering background and will involve