# Category Manager, Polymer Packaging

**Company**: Diageo
**Location**: Plainfield, IL
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $102,375 to $170,625 (annual)
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

The Category Manager, Polymer Packaging will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering Diageo's NAM Polymer packaging procurement strategy, leading category management across PET and Closures; contributing to a cohesive, best-in-class 3-5 year sourcing strategy.

The role is accountable for managing significant spend, driving value creation, supplier performance, innovation, and risk management across the packaging supply base.

Key responsibilities:

- Strategic Review and Improvement: Evaluate current procurement processes and ways of working against best industry practices across key markets, identifying opportunities for optimization and growth.

- Collaboration and Needs Assessment: Partner closely with the technical team to develop a comprehensive needs profile by assessing specifications, performance outcomes, and critical requirements.

- Market Intelligence Integration: Engage with industry experts and professional service providers to leverage market intelligence effectively, ensuring informed decision-making in strategy development and program planning.

- Contracting Best Practices: Maintain a current understanding of industry-leading contracting practices across primary geographies, developing a suite of contract frameworks and master schedule templates for immediate application as projects commence.

- Leadership and Commercial Expertise: Provide leadership and commercial acumen throughout the sourcing, tendering, negotiation, and contracting processes to drive value and efficiency.

Accountabilities:

- Strategic Leadership: Drive the development and execution of unified 3-5 year procurement PET and Closures packaging strategies, ensuring alignment with Diageo’s broader business objectives.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Foster strong partnerships with internal stakeholders across various functions to support procurement initiatives and operational excellence.

- Performance Monitoring: Establish performance metrics and continuously monitor procurement activities, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and delivering value to the organization.

Benefits:

- Competitive Rewards and Benefits package including annual incentive payment and stock awards

- Healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellness benefits, and industry-leading parental leave

## Skills

### Required
- procurement
- packaging
- PET
- Closures
- supply chain management
- strategic leadership
- commercial expertise

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