Purchasing Manager - Regional Supply Resilience NA

$95,000 - $110,000/Yr

Henkel - Rocky Hill, CT

Full-time - Mid Level

Rocky Hill, CT

10,001+ employees

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Purchasing Manager - Regional Supply Resilience NA at Henkel is responsible for optimizing the end-to-end value chain from demand to supply, ensuring supplier performance, and managing supply continuity. This role involves proactive engagement with suppliers, enhancing supplier quality, and mitigating risks associated with supply disruptions. The Purchasing Manager will also support sourcing categories to improve contractual agreements and standardization, while ensuring consistent documentation and reporting on supply resilience KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Optimize the end-to-end value chain demand-to-supply to improve supplier performance levels.
• Ensure supply continuity and manage critical shortages and Force Majeures to avoid out of stocks.
• Support sourcing categories in enhancing contractual agreements for risk mitigation and operational performance.
• Ensure consistent global documentation and reporting on supply disruptions and defined supply resilience KPIs.
• Enhance the usage of tools and BI dashboards on supplier performance and supply disruption.
• Scout local suppliers in collaboration with sourcing teams to increase sourcing flexibility.

Requirements

• MBA degree with a minimum of three years of related experience or a four-year college degree with five years of related experience.
• Proven understanding of general business processes including Supply Chain and Procurement planning.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to align multinational resources to resolve Supply Chain issues.
• Ability to quickly gain cross-category knowledge in different direct materials and logistics sourcing categories.
• High level of digital skills to drive creative solutions in Procurement and Supply Chain.
• Demonstrated project management and communication skills.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• 401(k) matching
• Life insurance
• Wellness Programs
• Performance Bonus Incentives
• Childcare Benefits
• International Career Opportunities
• Employee Recognition Programs