Senior Category Manager, Chemicals & Global Sourcing

NewMarket Services Corporation; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% Company funded Pension Plan

401k Savings Plan with company match

Paid Vacation

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

Identity Theft insurance

Job summary

NewMarket Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is the parent company of Afton Chemical Corporation and other entities. We seek an experienced procurement professional to lead supplier relationships and strategic sourcing for raw materials and services.

You will forecast volume and price, develop long-term sourcing strategies, monitor quality, and collaborate globally to maximize savings while ensuring supply continuity and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Business, Economics, Math, Chemistry or related field.
• Demonstrated strong communication, negotiation and organizational skills typically acquired through 7 or more years of relevant or related experience.
• Procurement or directly relevant sales experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage supplier relationships to negotiate and maintain price and supply conditions ensuring commercial terms are optimized, supply maintained, contracts implemented and managed as appropriate and SAP data maintained.
• Develop an understanding of the market for the raw materials, products and services purchased and identify the factors which influence availability and pricing (know the buy) ensuring that significant market changes are anticipated, managed and communicated.
• Identify and select source(s) of assigned raw materials, products and services. Work with the supplier base to identify new sources within existing portfolio and new technologies which may bring advantage to Afton, sponsoring and supporting approvals as appropriate.
• Prepare, maintain and communicate long term sourcing strategies to support the Long-Range Plan (LRP) both within region and at a global level as appropriate to ensure raw material, products and services availability and economics are communicated to and support the needs of the business.
• Develop and maintain forecasts (volume and price) for use with suppliers and for communication within Afton including the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process.
• Monitor quality and consistency of raw materials, products and services used via the SCS (Supplier Care System) to record quality issues/resolutions. Consult with Process Technology, R&D and Manufacturing and other departments as required, investigating and resolving quality issues quickly and effectively.
• Collaborate with other Afton purchasing team members on a regional and global basis to identify synergies that will ensure maximization of strategic purchasing initiatives.

Skills

Supplier relations

Market analysis

Negotiation

Forecasting

Strategic sourcing

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Procurement knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/ Economics/ Math/ Chemistry

7+ years procurement experience

Tools

SAP

Job description

NewMarket Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is the parent company of Afton Chemical Corporation and other entities. We seek an experienced procurement professional to lead supplier relationships and strategic sourcing for raw materials and services.

You will forecast volume and price, develop long-term sourcing strategies, monitor quality, and collaborate globally to maximize savings while ensuring supply continuity and compliance.