Senior Sourcing Manager, Chemicals & Feedstocks

Mutares SE & Co. KGaA; Midwest (WY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flat hierarchies

Fast decision-making

Team events

Job summary

Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Munich, a listed private equity holding company, leads strategic sourcing for feedstocks and intermediates across oxo-chemicals, aromatics, carbonyls, and polymer precursors.

You will develop procurement strategies to improve cost, supply security, and supplier diversity, while driving long-term agreements and risk mitigation. With at least 6 years in chemical-sector procurement and a strong English fluency, you will work with cross-functional teams and travel up to four

Qualifications

• Degree in business, economics, engineering, supply chain, or related field.
• 6+ years of chemical-sector procurement experience, including leading and developing procurement initiatives.
• Solid upstream chemical supply-chain knowledge with track record in complex contract negotiation and cost improvement.
• Analytical, hands-on, and entrepreneurial mindset with strong problem-solving skills.
• Business fluency in English and willingness to travel up to 4 days per week across the US.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic and operational sourcing of key feedstocks and intermediates across oxo-chemicals, aromatics, carbonyls, and polymer precursors.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to enhance cost competitiveness, supply security, and supplier diversification.
• Conduct market, cost-structure, and price analyses for feedstocks and intermediates with commodity-driven or regulated dynamics.
• Negotiate long-term agreements with producers and distributors, including indexation, volume alignment, and risk-mitigation.
• Deliver tangible financial impact through supplier consolidation, process optimization, and improved commercial terms.
• Collaborate with Mutares cross-functional restructuring team to align decisions and ensure effective execution of procurement initiatives.

Education

Degree in business, economics, engineering, supply chain, or related field

6+ years chemical-sector procurement experience

Job description

Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, Munich, a listed private equity holding company, leads strategic sourcing for feedstocks and intermediates across oxo-chemicals, aromatics, carbonyls, and polymer precursors.

You will develop procurement strategies to improve cost, supply security, and supplier diversity, while driving long-term agreements and risk mitigation. With at least 6 years in chemical-sector procurement and a strong English fluency, you will work with cross-functional teams and travel up to four