Senior Global Chemicals Sourcing Strategist

Covanta; Minnesota; On-site; USD 122,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, vision & dental

401(k) plan

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Travel up to 30%

Job summary

Reworld is seeking a Senior Global Commodity Manager - Chemicals Reagents to lead enterprise-wide sourcing for chemicals used in waste-to-energy plants and related facilities. You will drive strategy, supplier management, and cost optimization across lime, ammonia, urea, water treatment chemicals, and more.

You will manage cross-functional sourcing initiatives, negotiate complex agreements, and develop contingency plans while partnering with Operations, Logistics, and Engineering.

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 in chemical industry procurement or relevant technical background with procurement experience.
• Experience developing and executing category or commodity strategies.
• Demonstrated success managing strategic suppliers and improving supplier performance.
• Experience leading competitive sourcing events and negotiating complex supply agreements.
• Ability to understand chemical applications, specifications, cost drivers, logistics, storage, handling requirements, and supply risks.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve supply, supplier-performance, and commercial issues in an industrial environment.
• Ability to work across multiple facilities, regions, and functions in a matrix organization.
• Willingness to travel to operating facilities and supplier locations.

Responsibilities

• Develop 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 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 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

Analytical

Negotiation

Communication

Influencing

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, or related field

Job description

Reworld is seeking a Senior Global Commodity Manager - Chemicals Reagents to lead enterprise-wide sourcing for chemicals used in waste-to-energy plants and related facilities. You will drive strategy, supplier management, and cost optimization across lime, ammonia, urea, water treatment chemicals, and more.

You will manage cross-functional sourcing initiatives, negotiate complex agreements, and develop contingency plans while partnering with Operations, Logistics, and Engineering.