REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field
• 5 or more years of experience in Procurement, Internal Audit/Corporate Controls or Project Management
• Previous experience developing organization to monitor compliance with relevant laws and statute and make recommendations on how to improve internal controls and governance processes.
• Previous Strategic Sourcing experience - Desired
• Experience in a related industry – Desired
• Fluency in Portuguese - Desired

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Knowledge of Procurement Processes, Compliance related topics, Risk Management, Internal Audit Strategies/Principles
• Knowledge of Project Management fundamentals and working with International Teams
• Project/Change Management, Negotiation, Financial/Statistical Analysis, Microsoft Access/Excel (and/or other Database Programs)

PRIMARY PURPOSE

The Procurement Operations Manager develops plans for key short-term and long-term sourcing projects within geographical scope ensuring appropriate resource allocation is available to effectively manage sourcing needs.

• Collects and utilizes stakeholder feedback to understand critical business priorities and ensures short and long term plans account for business needs.

• Shares this feedback with appropriate strategic category team members to ensure priorities and regional needs are being met in a collaborative manner.

• • Fluency in Portuguese Desired

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Executes sourcing strategies within geographical scope - including multiple plant locations, countries, or clusters - ensuring consistency with Global Indirect category strategies. Partners with Global Category and Procurement Operations Managers to develop negotiation strategy for key regional negotiations and actively participates in negotiations.
• Leads organizational change management efforts geographical area of responsibility. Ensures appropriate and effective communication is occurring at all organizational levels - with consistent messaging regarding the Global Procurement transformation efforts. Acts as an escalation point for organizational or cultural change barriers within the region and works to resolve and overcome barriers collaboratively with business partners.
• Develops and maintains strategic supplier relationships as defined by supplier segmentation strategy - with a goal to maximize value of key relationships to gain competitive advantage by building joint capabilities.
• Seeks out new opportunities for application of 7-Step SSP and EST to drive savings opportunities. Supports team learning goals.
• Directly manages Procurement Operations teams to ensure consistent strategy and delivery of operational procurement activity