Global Supplier Relations Assistant Manager

Brobston Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Brobston Group is seeking a Category Sourcing professional to develop and execute strategies for assigned commodities, collaborating with R&D, Packaging, and Marketing to meet business needs. The role emphasizes supplier management, negotiations, data analytics, and ensuring supply continuity across the value chain.

The candidate will lead global supplier relationships, drive cost improvements, and support sustainability and regulatory initiatives within the rigid plastics packaging portfolio.

Qualifications

• University degree.
• 2 years related experience.
• 10-20% travel.
• Fact-based decision maker, pragmatic, resourceful.
• Can-do and will-do attitude.
• Progressive approach to strategic sourcing with focus on value and improving service.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, process, and continuous improvement experience.
• Personal and credible to support building productive relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support development, implementation, and execution of Category sourcing strategies with cross-functional teams.
• Manage supplier relationships, contracts, data analytics, RFQs, and negotiations.
• Support Joint Value Creation partners focused on revenue growth and margin optimization.
• Drive cost improvements, quality, and supply continuity through supplier management and negotiations.
• Collaborate with R&D, Packaging, and Marketing to align procurement with business needs.
• Lead cross-supplier negotiations for best overall cost position.
• Maintain global supplier relationships across the supply chain.
• Develop and refresh robust supply continuity plans to mitigate disruptions.
• Lead budgeting processes across Brands for assigned commodities.
• Deliver sustainability initiatives and ensure regulatory and environmental best practices.
• For rigid plastics packaging: develop pricing methodology with converters to ensure transparency and supply continuity.
• Assist in run-strategy planning to balance order quantities and cost, and review MOQ vs cost/inventory/E&O.
• Explore new molding/decoration tech to reduce lead-time and improve supply security.
• Identify solutions toward plastic sustainability (PCR, Ocean Plastics, etc.).
• Propose and implement best network design considering total cost and lead-time.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Contract negotiations

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Description

Supports the development, implementation, and execution of Category sourcing strategies for assigned commodities to achieve broad based business objectives with support from Category Lead. Responsibilities include supplier management, contract management, data analytics, RFQ's, and contract negotiations. Support the management of our Joint Value Creation partners focused on mutual revenue growth, ensuring first access to innovation and margin optimization.

Work collaboratively throughout the Supply Chain to drive cost improvement, quality, and supply continuity through Supplier management, identifying synergies, and negotiations for assigned commodities.

Develop, advocate, and implement sourcing strategies for assigned commodities to achieve short and long-term objectives, working closely with related internal departments (i.e. R&D, Packaging, Marketing) to ensure that Procurement commitments meet all internal business requirements.

Lead cross supplier negotiations to ensure best overall cost position for the Organization for assigned commodities.

Responsible for global supplier relationship to ensure a collaborative working relationship throughout the Supply Chain.

Maintain a deep understanding of industry best practices and technology trends with ability to educate team members and business partners clearly and simply as needed.

Develop, execute, and refresh robust business supply continuity plans to mitigate risk of supply disruption.

Lead the budget process across Brands for assigned commodities.

Deliver sustainability transformation efforts within assigned commodities. Partner with relevant internal stakeholders on strategies related to changing global regulatory compliance requirements and environmental best practices.

More specifically for the rigid plastics packaging portfolio, support the team to:

• Develop a pricing methodology (formula, tier pricing) with converters that deliver transparency, competitiveness, supply continuity, and sustainability.


• Support planning run-strategies to find the best balance between order quantities and cost and design a process for a regular review of the MOQ considering cost vs. inventory/E&O.


• Focus on new molding and decoration technologies and supply process that could deliver shorter lead-time, smaller runs, supply security, late-stage differentiation.


• Identify pragmatic and transformational solutions towards Plastic sustainability (PCR, Ocean Plastics, etc.)


• Recommend and execute best network design in terms of total cost (including inventory, E&O, transport) and lead-time, and draft an updated sourcing strategy with adequate supply base (technical capabilities, competitiveness, location, etc.)

Qualifications

• University degree


• 2 years related experience


• 10-20% travel


• Must be a fact-based decision maker, pragmatic, resourceful, and proactive


• Must have a can-do and will-do attitude
  
• Progressive approach to strategic sourcing with focus on unlocking value and improving service


• Strong communication and presentation skills, process, and continuous improvement experience


• Personal and credible to support building productive relationships