Global Category Manager Team Lead

3 weeks ago

Pittsburgh, United States PPG Industries Full time

As Global Category Manager Team Lead - Resins, you will lead a high performing team of Category Managers along with individually managing the sourcing strategy for a Global Resin category. As a key member of the Global Procurement team, your negotiation skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams and matrix organizations are the keys to the success in this position. Annual purchases managed by this position typically range from $130MM to $500MM depending on the portfolio. You will report to the RM Procurement Director, Americas at the Pittsburgh, PA office.


Responsibilities:


* Lead a team (4-6 people) of America Region Category Managers providing 1:1 feedback and coaching to strengthen capabilities within the PPG Procurement Organization.
* Develop a global sourcing strategy for your category that aligns with business needs, mitigates identified risks, and maximize value opportunities for PPG globally.
* Drive engagement and alignment on your sourcing strategy through collaboration with Procurement, Business, and Technical leadership.
* Negotiate with suppliers at both global and regional level to secure raw materials needed with advantageous terms for PPG.
* Establish accurate forecasted raw material market movements and effectively communicate movements with global internal stakeholders.
* Establish and manage relationships with key suppliers and business stakeholders.
* Align and collaborate with regional category managers to deliver savings and working capital targets to bring value to PPG's bottom line.

Requirements:


* Bachelor's degree in chemistry/ engineeringor related field
* 7+ years in chemical industry, petroleum, pharmaceutical, cosmetics or food industries.
* Experience managing teams of 5+ people.
* Strategic vision
* Data analysis and critical thinking skills
* Change Management

Mzdove rozpti a benefity spolenosti PPG se mohou liit v zavislosti na lokalit, co nam umouje konkurenceschopn odmovat zamstnance na rznych geografickych trzich. Spolenost PPG pi rozhodovani o odmovani zohleduje nkolik faktor, mimo jine dovednosti, zkuenosti a koleni, kvalifikaci a vzdlani, licence a certifikace a dali poteby organizace. Mohou platit i jine pobidky.

Nae programy zamstnaneckych vyhod jsou navreny tak, aby podporovaly zdravi a duevni pohodu naich zamstnanc. Vekera pojistna kryti a davky budou v souladu s podminkami pislunych plan a souvisejicich idicich dokument.

About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.

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Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are "One PPG" to the world.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We make it happen.

We run it like we own it.

We do better today than yesterday - everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

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