Sr Manager, Procurement

Ranpak; Painesville (OH); Presencial; USD 95.000 - 130.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Ranpak seeks an experienced procurement leader to align sourcing strategy with business goals, roadmaps, and launch timelines. You will mentor the procurement team, optimize workflows, and collaborate with quality, engineering, and operations to set standards.

Responsibilities include contract negotiations, supplier evaluation, risk management, and data-driven cost analysis to ensure budget adherence and uninterrupted supply in a global context.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, supply chain or operations.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial manufacturing.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with functional stakeholders and business leadership to understand strategy, objectives, and product requirements.
• Lead procurement specialists, coordinate workloads, audits, and process improvements.
• Mentor and develop procurement staff.
• Develop procurement standards with quality, engineering, and operations.
• Align procurement strategy with annual plans, roadmaps and launch timelines.
• Support supplier evaluation, vendor profiles, and global supplier selection.
• Apply supplier relationship management in negotiations, contracting, onboarding and renewals.
• Monitor supplier performance and risk; analyze procurement data for cost control and budget compliance.
• Regularly review procurement processes for continual improvement.

Conhecimentos

Procurement strategy development

Contracting and negotiation

MRP systems / SAP experience

Vendor management / conflict handling

Strategic thinking / problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Formação

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, supply chain or operations

Ferramentas

MRP systems

SAP

Descrição da vaga

• Partner with functional stakeholders and business leadership to understand business strategy, business objectives, and product requirements and specifications.
• Management and leadership of procurement specialists coordinating workloads, process audits/improvements, as well as operational efficiency
• Mentor and develop Procurement Specialists
• Develop procurement supply standards working with the quality, engineering, and operations functions.
• Establish, analyze, and optimize the business's procurement strategy ensuring alignment with annual business plan, product roadmaps and launch timelines.
• Support market evaluation and vendor profiles to aid supplier selection on a global basis, and in partnership with the Strategic Sourcing team.
• Use supplier relationship management best practices throughout negotiation, contracting, onboarding and renewal.
• Support regular vendor performance and quality evaluations, and supplier risk assessments for continuity of supply.
• Collect and interpret procurement data including cost analysis reporting ensuring compliance with budgets and mitigating risks such as supply chain disruptions or price volatility
• Perform regular reviews of established procurement processes to ensure continual improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in business, engineering, supply chain or operations.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial manufacturing

Skills and Competencies

• Demonstrated experience in developing and executing procurement strategy.
• Excellent contracting and procurement negotiating skills
• Excellent MRP skills, SAP experience preferred
• Proven history of relationship and conflict management
• Strategic thinking and creative problem solving
• Strong communication and collaboration with peer group and senior leadership

Supervisory Responsibilities

Yes

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Office Setting

• Choice of sitting or standing or alternating between them (stand-up desk optional)
• Keyboarding/typing on a computer for extended periods of time
• Moderate noise, i.e., phones, printer, light foot traffic

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