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Axens North America, Inc.- Willow Island

<div><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Job Summary</b></h1><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
The Global Category Manager will proactively manage purchasing activities and provides support to supplier management system. This individual will execute procurement duties in support of Furnace Operations Group, Process &amp; Field Services Division, and priority equipment following procurement department procedures and processes to ensure compliance with corporate policies. </b><b>This position will work a total of 28 hours per week.</b></h1><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
JOB DUTIES/Responsibilities</b></h1><div><ul><li>
Develop, issue, and analyze Request for Quote/Purchases (RFQ/P) and recommend the best solution</li><li>
Prepare, issue, and evaluate RFP/RFQs in coordination with Engineering/Operations to develop scope of work and technical specification</li><li>
Analyze bids and formulate purchase recommendations for Management review</li><li>
Conduct competitive, best value, and single/sole source bids</li><li>
Define and negotiate Terms and Conditions with suppliers</li><li>
Attends Procurement related meetings and events</li><li>
Communicate effectively with Project Management, Procurement, Engineering, Legal, Risk Management, Operations, Suppliers, Distributors, Accounts Payable, and Vendor Maintenance, support to resolve internal and external issues and provide support</li><li>
Maintain a constant communication with third party suppliers</li><li>
Track and report KPI&rsquo;s to Management on a quarterly basis through organization&rsquo;s quality management system</li><li>
Feed supplier database based on previous cost, quality of service, reliability for goods and services</li><li>
Demonstrate strong negotiation and contracting skills that build strong supplier relationships and minimize total cost</li><li>
Identify and select suppliers that meet quality, delivery, and cost initiatives in accordance with the strategic sourcing plan through collaboration with Project, Sales and Operations teams</li><li>
Develops and maintains awareness of changing commodity related to business trends in the marketplace and the possible impacts to the company</li><li>
Develops, recommends, and implements improvements in processes and procedures for department to reduce cost while improving service levels.</li><li>
Assist Accounting in resolving purchase/billing discrepancies, and other departments as necessary</li><li>
Analyze spend/data/trends to identify and develop strategic sourcing initiatives which meet the needs of clients and provides solutions/recommendations to the global Category Leads based on research of institutional spend, end-user impact, feedback and market place analysis</li><li>
Collaborate with Global Category Leads to support strategic agreements and any change in vendor contracts to maximize benefit to organization</li><li>
Participate in meetings with internal and external customers to understand project requirements and timelines</li><li>
Manage new and/or existing supplier relationships with international, multi-tier or highly technical suppliers</li><li>
Support onboarding and supplier qualification per company policy and ISO standards</li><li>
Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives that drive improvements in Quality, Delivery and Cost</li><li>
Deliver annual cost saving initiatives through execution of sourcing projects and collaboration with internal stakeholders</li><li>
Ensure compliance with global Procurement Policies</li><li>
Support governance process with review cycles to support Management Team</li><li>
Must possess a strategic mindset for balancing commercial objectives and assessing risks.</li><li>
Implementation and continuous improvements of standardization of activities</li><li>
Develop thorough knowledge of the Company&rsquo;s ERP tools</li><li>
Initial and help maintain Requisition Planning Tool to support project execution</li><li>
Support indirect purchasing activities to support business partners.</li><li>
Apply standards and processes consistently with minimal supervision</li><li>
Works as a Team in a fast paced and pressure environment</li><li>
Willing to travel and collaborate with global strategic suppliers.</li><li>
Identify and qualify new suppliers to diversify the supply chain and mitigate risk when deem necessary.</li><li>
Identify and leverage companywide spending opportunities</li><li>
Define purchasing strategies on its portfolio based on internal stakeholders&rsquo; needs and business orientations.<ul><li>
Set up Technical, Industrial &amp; Purchasing Strategy in order to optimize global portfolio performance and competitiveness</li><li>
Ensure market screening, benchmarking, best practices and innovation.</li><li>
Involve from the early proposal phase to Axens project execution.</li><li>
Establish risk management mapping and relevant mitigation plan</li></ul></li><li>
Managing Suppliers relationship<ul><li>
Manage supplier business relationship and promote suppliers' innovation with stakeholders</li><li>
Ensure supplier performance assessment</li><li>
Manage regular supplier performance and support Top management meeting</li></ul></li><li>
Performs other duties as necessary.</li></ul></div><p><b>
Education</b></p><div><ul><li>
BS in Engineering, BS in Business or related field or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience may be substituted for degree</li></ul></div><p><b>
Work Experience</b></p><div><ul><li>
5-8 Years of technical experience with 5 years in a related management level position</li><li>
Must have at least 4 years of material/equipment purchasing and expediting experience related to A/E industry, including past purchasing agent experience</li><li>
Advanced knowledge of procurement/vendor inspection techniques and requirements, accounting, financial management and business contract law preferred.</li><li>
Working knowledge of Windows based software programs.</li></ul></div><p><b>
Required SKILLS/ABILITIES:</b></p><div><ul><li>
Excellent communicative and interpersonal skills essential</li><li>
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills</li><li>
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point, Teams, Notes, etc.)</li><li>
SAP, Aconex,</li><li>
Ability to work in a fast paced, high-pressure environment and prioritize own workload.</li><li>
Unquestionable ethics and desire to always, &ldquo;Do the Right Thing.&rdquo;</li><li>
Ability to be creative and innovative in finding solutions and negotiating strategies with insatiable desire to learn more and improve every day.</li><li>
Ability to work with and lead geographically dispersed cross-functional teams.</li></ul></div><h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
QHSE REQUIREMENTS</b></h1><div><b><i>
Quality</i></b></div><div><ul><li>
Take responsibility for the sustainability of Axens and ensuring quality performance</li><li>
Report any and all quality related issues or non-conformities to your manager</li><li>
Maintain awareness, proactively participate and support all Axens policies for quality management</li><li>
Assist in the continual improvement of an effective Integrated Management System complying with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015</li><li>
Assist in achieving Site, Department, Regional and Global Quality Management Program goals and objectives</li></ul></div><div></div><div><b><i><br>
Health and Safety</i></b></div><div><ul><li>
Take responsibility for the health and safety of self and others</li><li>
Report any and all health and safety incidents to your manager</li><li>
Maintain awareness, proactively participate and support all Axens policies and objectives regarding health and safety</li><li>
Assist in the continual improvement of an effective Integrated Management System complying with the requirements of ISO 45001:2018</li><li>
Assist in achieving Site, Departmental, Regional and Global Health and Safety goals and objectives</li></ul></div><div><b><i>
Environmental</i></b></div><div><ul><li>
Take responsibility for the sustainability of Axens and protecting the environment</li><li>
Report any and all environmental concerns or incidents to your manager</li><li>
Maintain awareness, proactively participate and support all Axens policies regarding environmental protection</li><li>
Assist in the continual improvement of an effective Integrated Management System complying with the requirements of ISO 14001:2015</li><li>
Assist in achieving Site, Departmental, Regional and Global Environmental Management Program goals and objectives</li></ul></div></div>

Global Category Manager

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Global Category Manager