Category Procurement Manager Aluminum Emea Prague, Praha

Category Procurement Manager Aluminum Emea

**Job Details**
**Position Job Title**:Category Procurement Manager Aluminum
**BG and BU**:Amcor Flexibles Europe, Middle East & Africa (AFEMEA)
**Function**:Procurement
**Location**:Czech Republic / Prague**
**Line Manager’s Job Title**:Group Procurement Director Category Aluminum, Paper, Board
**Contract Type**:Permanent
**Job Purpose**
- Build relationships with suppliers in the Aluminum Foil and Foil Stock category to position Amcor as a preferred and trusted business partner and ensure an uninterrupted supply of quality goods at optimum Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
- Deliver sustainable business results, including supply assurance, cost, quality, service and innovation, sustainability improvements which are required to meet the business needs.
- Contribute to the overall Foil Manufacturing Strategy, develop the relevant Aluminum Foil and Foil Stock Category strategy and play a key role in the implementation of both.
- Enhance total value procured from the Aluminum Foil and Foil Stock supply base by driving qualification and simplification across the Category accounts.
- Play a key role in Amcor’s global Sustainability Strategy in the development and implementation of a sustainable and responsible sourcing strategy.
- Align AFEMEA Aluminum Strategy with the global aluminum sourcing team
**Job Dimensions & Scope**
Financial: Annual spend at around 350 million Euros
Process: Forward thinking up to 3 years
Staff: No direct reports
Scope & Geographical spread: Regional/Global
**Principal Accountabilities**
**Strategy Development and Implementation**
- Contribute to the development of the internal Foil Manufacturing Strategy and translate the key business directions into concrete inputs in the Foil Stock Category Strategy
- Develop Foil and Fiol Stock Category strategy, inclusive of global sourcing, risk management, technology shift, responsible sourcing, sustainability trends and global trade considerations
- Work closely with key stakeholders to develop and implement effective sourcing strategies for the category in order to ensure quality of services, significant cost reductions, added value and responsible sourced materials.
**Results Achievement**
- Control and optimize resources to meet objectives and deliver agreed results while working closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure that sourcing strategies are implemented and function well
- Track and report savings monitor TCO improvement as well as working capital improvement using the tracking tools in place
- Assess and manage risks across the category while developing and contributing to a risk strategy for the category together with mitigating actions
- Manage the supplier base across category area, leverage spend across EMEA or globally and drive & implement best practices and cost reduction initiatives across EMEA
- Monitor integration of Procurement in core business processes
**Negotiation and Contract Management**
- Enhance the relationship with suppliers in an innovative way to realize best total value
- Manages negotiation process, content and results in leading the negotiation team to define the desired outcome of a negotiation
- Use Amcor negotiations techniques and tools to prepare and monitor process
- Build strong relationships with key material providers in order to negotiate more interesting contractual agreements and service levels
- Regularly review and monitor contract realisation and delivery
- Identify and resolve issues or escalate issues, if required
- Ensure transparency in carrying out execution purchasing procedure
**Relationship Management**
- Identify stakeholders; understand, interpret their current and future needs and manage their expectations;
- Build very good rapport with suppliers and obtain access to senior sales managers
- Collaborate strongly with relevant departments to ensure understanding and compliance with key purchasing strategies
- Create, maintain, enhance professional networks
- Contribute towards Purchasing excellence and customer satisfaction
**Financial Planning**
- Develops budgets and targets based on aggressive, well founded, realistic, forward oriented goals
- Ensure that financial resource allocation is cost-effective and aligned with strategic and operational plans
- Build an accurate forecast for category price movements
**Qualifications/Requirements**
**Formal Qualifications and Experience**
- Min. 5 years of experience in Raw Material procurement (preferably Aluminum)
- Relevant experience in a company with a mature procurement organisation
- Experience in Project Management
- University Degree
**Specific Skills and Abilities**
- Purchasing technical skills, confirmed capability in each of the Key Sourcing Skills
- Experiences in the selection, preparation and execution of commercial agreements, relevant to the materials items being sourced
- Demonstrated understanding at an operational level, interacting with other functions
- Effective participation in multi-func

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