# Director, 3rd Party Materials - Global Procurement

**Company**: 3M
**Location**: Maplewood, MN
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $287,281 - $351,122
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159433

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## Description

The Director, 3rd Party Materials - Global Procurement role at 3M involves developing and executing procurement and category strategies across packaging materials and related supply markets throughout the Americas region.

Key responsibilities include:

- Category Strategy Leadership: Own global category strategy development and execution for Molding, Metals, Electronics, Tapes, Abrasives, and Films.

- Global NPI Leadership - Consumer Business Group: Embed procurement early in the product development lifecycle, partnering with R&D, Design, Engineering, and Marketing.

- Supplier Relationship Management: Build and maintain strategic, global partnerships with key suppliers across all six material categories.

- Cost, Contracting & Negotiation: Lead complex, global commercial negotiations and manage long-term supply agreements.

- Supply Chain Risk & Sustainability: Develop strategies that strengthen supply resiliency and advance supplier sustainability.

- Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing global procurement team.

The successful candidate will have:

- Bachelor’s degree or higher

- Ten (10) years of Sourcing, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering and/or Manufacturing experience

- Five (5) years of leadership or people management experience

This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.

The expected compensation range for this position is $287,281 - $351,122.

## Skills

### Required
- procurement
- supply chain
- leadership
- negotiation
- sustainability

### Nice to have
- digital procurement initiatives
- project management
- financial acumen

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