Description
As a Procurement Manager for Global Release Liners at 3M, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with innovative people around the world and make an impact by providing category ownership across 3M businesses and divisions, leading global procurement strategies, driving cost reduction and supply resilience initiatives, and establishing strategic supplier relationships.
Responsibilities include:
- Providing category ownership across 3M businesses and divisions
- Leading and implementing global procurement strategies for the Release Liners category
- Driving year-over-year cost reduction, working capital improvement, supplier consolidation, and supply resilience initiatives
- Establishing and managing strategic supplier relationships
- Negotiating and establishing moderate to complex vendor contract agreements
- Analyzing procurement data, market and industry dynamics, supplier performance, and cost drivers
- Identifying and implementing solutions for complex supplier and supply chain challenges
- Participating in business reviews with key internal and external stakeholders
- Advancing procurement digitalization and process optimization
- Ensuring integration of sustainability and corporate responsibility into category strategies
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory and organizational policies
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain or Business discipline
- 10 years of combined experience in manufacturing and supply chain, sourcing, procurement or engineering
- 7 years of combined experience supporting or leading supplier negotiations, contract negotiations, supplier relationship management, and cost savings initiatives
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience working with paper or other raw material roll-goods
- Experience supporting complex supplier relationships with a long-term strategic view
- Strong negotiation, contracting, supplier management, and project management skills
- Financial acumen and comfort working with cost models, pricing tools, contract management systems, SAP, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled tools