Regional Category Manager - Metals & Raw Materials
Location: Scotland, Italy, Czech Republic or any European country with a Chart/Howden base
Company: Howden, a Chart Industries company
The Regional Category Manager will lead and develop the European category strategy for metals and raw materials and drive supply chain initiatives. This includes directly managing Europe’s raw materials category and serving as the “subject matter expert,” building a community of category leaders to execute the strategy. The role also manages and shapes the supply base to create a favourable advantage for Chart operating companies.
What You Will Do
* Define category strategy and gain buy-in from key stakeholders for specific initiatives to execute strategy.
* Drive collaboration and best practice sharing among category representatives across the operating companies.
* Implement Supply Agreements & price lists with suppliers that define fair sharing of risk & accountability.
* Monitor supply markets and commodity trends, and advise operating companies on how to respond.
* Select and drive implementation of the most effective supply chain (mills or distributors) balanced with operational needs and constraints.
* Continuously build and maintain a funnel of savings initiatives and achieve verified savings targets.
* Lead supplier management through deployment of supplier tiering and manage Tier 1 supplier relations.
* Support new supplier qualifications and implement measures to minimize quality, OTD, and cost risk.
* Identify and lead the identification and execution of VAVE opportunities with suppliers.
* Develop and manage a communication plan, to include engagement activity, dissemination of sourcing strategy and compliance for Raw Materials among the Category Communities.
What do you bring?
* Degree in engineering, business administration, finance or related discipline.
* Relevant experience in metals market.
* Experience of working across multiple locations, understanding the constraints and working culture within them.
* Strong leadership skills and ability to influence and lead small teams.
* Strategic focus with the ability to analyse, formulate and implement strategic procurement strategies to significantly reduce costs.
* Experience in negotiating high-value, complex procurement agreements.
* Excellent team player with the ability to work in a matrix environment with multiple customers.
* Strong inter-personal skills.
* Sets personal deliverables and maintains commitments.
* Accurately captures, records and communicates information.
* Enjoys difficult challenges, finding solutions not problems.
* Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to clearly present ideas, concepts and processes.
* Advanced competency in MS Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI and Word.
Our Benefits Package
* A flexible, hybrid working environment
* Generous holiday entitlement package totalling 33 days annual leave
* Howden Pension Plan with a maximum employer contribution of 7%
* Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental and adoption leave pay
* Free onsite parking
* Group Income Protection plan
* Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal – Cycle2Work programme, range of discounts across various retailers, wealth of information to support health & wellbeing
* Dedicated Help@Hand Service – free counselling, physiotherapy, financial support, medical second opinion, remote GP, personal training, nutrition consultations etc
* Opportunity to be involved in our ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives – STEM ambassador & volunteering
Chart is an equal opportunity employer
The Company intention in respect of recruitment, selection and promotion is to appoint the most suitable candidate for each job regardless of that person’s race, religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing and Sales
Industries
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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