Procurement Representative

at  Ecolab

Nalco, an Ecolab Company, is looking for a Procurement Representative - Direct Materials to join us. If you are a passionate professional that enjoys interacting with internal stakeholders, external suppliers and likes to work in an empowered environment, we invite you to apply. You will be joining a talented team that makes big impact by delivering value to Ecolab business to deliver what matters most to a variety of industries worldwide.
Procurement Representative leads strategic initiatives and manage the procurement operations for the major Direct material spend in raw materials, packaging materials and contract manufacturing categories for his country or cluster. Procurement Reps are also involved in a specialty area such as compliance, system, processes and analytics (CSPA). This position typically reports to a Sr. Procurement Representative or Procurement Manager as per the structure available.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field (Candidate with Chemical background preferred)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Science graduate with chemistry specialization or Batchelor in Chemical / Mechanical / Industrial Engineering
• English is mandatory.

• Lead by example the regional and global Compliance, safety and ethical initiatives
• Manage day-to-day activities within designated supplier relationships in their assigned categories /region.
• Manage service level and quality complaint resolution as required for existing supplier base
• Identify, communicate, and support process improvements for materials or services in assigned areas and with key stakeholders as required
• Use TDC (Total Delivered Cost) sourcing processes and tools to effectively manage assigned sub-categories
• Responsible for execution and proposing sourcing strategies and savings projects within assigned sub-categories
• Responsible for sourcing part of GMI (Gross Margin Improvement) and Localization projects
• Act as second line of defense in expediting orders to ensure adherence to contracted delivery terms and investigates and resolves problems as required
• Identify alternate suppliers and/or alternate materials/processes and drives approval process
• Own contract process for assigned categories / region. Responsibility for ensuring contracts within the category are updated, accurate, and uploaded in the required contract system
• Responsible for financial reporting of savings projects and headwinds. Manages the tight materials process to ensure security of supply
• Support Ecolab’s quality systems through engagement with suppliers to work toward successful corrective action resolution and continued quality
• Lead savings projects, TDC sourcing process or other initiatives that supports achieving team goals
• Collaborate with regional / global sourcing teams