Procurement Manager

4 days ago


Diamond Bar, United States Niagara Bottling Full time

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.
- Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
- Develop lasting relationships with great people.
- Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Procurement Manager -rPET

The Procurement Manager for recycled PET is responsible to lead procurement strategy as well as category and operational management of their designated spend categories to reduce ‘Total Cost of Ownership’, provide supply continuity, and deliver on quality and service expectations. This role will also assist in governance and operational development across the designated procurement area.
**Essential Functions**:

- Develop a comprehensive understanding of all category influencers and become the business
- Develop and execute procurement strategies and plans for the category together with stakeholders that deliver on multi-year category needs and reduce our Total Cost of Ownership and improve availability, quality, service and innovation
- Seek, support and implement raw material cost reduction opportunities
- Develop Requests for Information (RFI) with potential vendors
- Develop Requests for Proposals (RFP) and Requests for Quotes (RFQ), assess results, document recommendations and communicate results to vendors and internal stakeholders
- Develop fact-based negotiation strategies and conduct negotiations with vendors to achieve the lowest Total Cost of Ownership
- Collaborate closely with key stakeholders on supplier selection and service level benchmarks to gain proper alignment on category direction and ensure satisfaction
- Negotiate commercial agreements with suppliers. Develop and maintain vendor agreements in collaboration with Legal team
- Oversee implementation activities, assess and mitigate potential risks, evaluate project successes and failures and drive process changes to improve future projects
- Manage all aspects of category from source to payment and ensure compliance to policy on all sourcing activities
- Manage vendor relationships, track performance and communicate vendor performance feedback
- Assist in the development and management of departmental budgets and work with Finance team to analyze trends and monitor and address any variances on delivered pricing
- Research, track and communicate industry trends, best practices, applicable indices, and competitive offerings to identify opportunities for innovation, competitive advantage and increased profitability
- Assist in the hiring, training, supervising and evaluating of the department personnel
- Assist in projects that help build the function, department as well as the overall Niagara business
- Assist in identification, evaluation, selection and implementation of relevant technologies
- Seek, support and implement internal and external process improvement opportunities
- This position requires up to 25% travel
- Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

**Qualifications**
- Minimum Qualifications:

- 6 Years - Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
- 6 Years - Experience in Position
- 4 Years - Experience managing people/projects

**_*experience may include a combination of work experience and education_**
- Preferred Qualifications:

- 10+ Years
- Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
- 10+ Years - Experience working in Position
- 6 Years - Experience managing people/projects
- **_experience may include a combination of work experience and education_**

**Competencies**
- Strategic Thinking: able to grasp the big picture and think long-term.
- Recognition of Opportunity: recognizes new opportunities and acts to take advantage of them.
- Quantitative Analysis: skillful in using quantitative analysis to understand business issues.
- Assertiveness: able to defend a point of view and to confront others appropriately when necessary; unafraid to take controversial positions and challenge the conventional wisdom or status quo.
- Comfort with Risk: takes risks when appropriate, isn’t afraid to innovate and experiment.
- Creative Thinking: able to think creatively, generating new ideas and approaches to situations.
- Organizational Priority: able to make decisions that are in the best interest of the organization, even though they cause individual people distress.
- Negotiation Skill: skilled in negotiating tactics, effective in utilizing analysis and creative solutions to extract the greatest value for the company.
- Merit-orientation: judges ideas and people on merit alone, without bias or favoritism.
- Influence: can in


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