Description
As a Global Procurement Category Specialist - Chemicals at 3M, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with innovative and diverse people around the world.
This role will be based in the Global Capability Centre (GCC) in India and will operate as an individual contributor role. The role will have global responsibility across various Chemicals subcategories, with a significant portion of spend responsibility aligned to the Americas region.
Procurement Sub-Category Leadership
- Providing procurement sub-category support across 3M Businesses and Divisions for various Chemicals subcategories
- Initiating and supporting plans to implement global procurement solutions that achieve measurable business results
- Supporting category strategies and sourcing activities for assigned chemical raw materials
- Establishing close working relationships with business unit stakeholders, global category teams, regional procurement teams, and suppliers
- Researching and understanding short- and long-term market outlooks for assigned materials, feedstocks, suppliers, and relevant chemical value chains
- Leading supplier negotiations, competitive bidding events, supplier analysis, sourcing recommendations, and supplier relationship management activities
- Performing complex contract negotiations in partnership with global category leaders, business stakeholders, suppliers, and 3M Legal
- Proactively communicating project direction, sourcing status, supplier issues, risks, and recommended actions to key regional and business stakeholders
- Recommending and influencing sourcing decisions through data-driven analysis, market intelligence, supplier insights, and alignment with business requirements
- Negotiating to resolve supplier or business issues, implement sourcing strategies, and ensure stakeholder satisfaction
- Managing assigned suppliers in collaboration with global and regional Chemicals category teams
Procurement Analysis and Design
- Determining and implementing sourcing solutions for multi-faceted situations involving distribution of business, supplier negotiations, category strategy, supplier management, external sources of supply, and continuity of supply
- Conducting spend analysis, supplier analysis, market assessments, cost-driver reviews, and business requirement evaluations to support effective sourcing decisions
- Developing cause-and-effect analysis and documentation to support sourcing recommendations, supplier decisions, risk mitigation plans, and category strategy execution
- Developing and recommending tactical and strategic sourcing solutions to business unit stakeholders, global category teams, and procurement management
- Supporting supplier selection, supplier performance reviews, supplier segmentation, risk assessments, and external supply evaluations
- Supporting New Product Introduction activities by identifying capable suppliers, validating sourcing options, and ensuring alignment with cost, quality, regulatory, logistics, and supply requirements
- Partnering with internal 3M stakeholders to support business needs and sourcing execution
- Using SAP, GEP, and other procurement systems to support sourcing execution, supplier data management, purchase information, reporting, and business analytics
Procurement Process Improvement
- Identifying and implementing opportunities for process improvements that improve service, speed, compliance, supply continuity, or cost
- Minimizing total product and process cost by supporting cost-reduction efforts and facilitating implementation of innovative sourcing best practices
- Supporting productivity initiatives, including price negotiations, supplier consolidation, alternate sourcing, demand management, specification optimization, and logistics or working capital improvements
- Recognizing impacts on related processes and ensuring communication of issues, risks, and proposed solutions to appropriate business and process owners
- Supporting category risk reduction strategies by partnering with 3M stakeholders and suppliers on dual sourcing, supplier diversification, regional supply options, and material availability plans
- Tracking project progress, savings delivery, supplier actions, and stakeholder commitments to ensure timely execution of sourcing initiatives
- Working effectively in a global, matrixed environment while operating from the 3M Global Capability Centre in India
Contracting Ownership
- Leading contract negotiations with supply partners, working in partnership with 3M Division stakeholders, global category teams, and 3M Legal
- Implementing and negotiating supplier agreements covering complex supply relationships
- Supporting contract structures that may include supplier managed inventory, consigned materials, formula-based pricing, indexed pricing, supply assurance commitments, minimum order quantities, lead time requirements, and service-level expectations
- Maintaining awareness of contract timelines, renewal dates, pricing mechanisms, supplier obligations, and key commercial terms for assigned suppliers or categories
- Ensuring supplier agreements support business requirements, sourcing strategies, risk mitigation needs, and applicable 3M processes