Senior Manager, North American Packaging Procurement

[Please note this is a Direct Search led by Bacardi. Applications from agencies will not be accepted nor will fees be paid for unsolicited CVs.]

Job Description

Your Opportunity

You are a passionate leader who will collaborate with business stakeholders to develop and execute category strategies to maximize value for the business. This includes creating a vision for packaging procurement, developing long term strategies, leading sourcing events, negotiating contract terms; building strong supplier relationships and identifying ways to maximize cost savings, supply security, while reducing our environmental footprint.

Your goal is to become a trusted leader and business partner who creates competitive advantage for Bacardi through managing vision and purpose, cross-functional collaboration, and operational excellence.

About You

You are a strategic thinker, with strong leadership and management skills, and have a proven track record in Procurement. You are fearless in all you do with the founder’s mentality to do the right thing for Bacardi.

Responsibilities

With our Consumer at the heart, your key focus will be:

* Procurement Leader for Packaging categories (Glass, Labels, Corks, Corrugate, and Barrels) within North America, responsible for savings, cash, supply security, and sustainability. Strong partner with Global Packaging Procurement.

* Team leader responsible for goal setting, employee performance, recruiting and talent development, and executive stakeholder engagement for categories under responsibility.

* Functional expert who leverages category expertise, influencing, and collaboration skills to become a trusted business partner with key cross-functional partners in Finance, Innovation, Logistics, and Quality within the region to deliver savings goals and working capital improvements.

* Leads strategic supplier engagements within the portfolio and responsible for supplier segmentation and supplier relationship management strategy development.

* Creates structure and process through ambiguity to ensure agility and performance delivery through times of change, while elevating performance of his/her team through coaching, directing, and performance management.

* Utilizes strategic sourcing methodology to lead the cross-functional development of category strategies, negotiation plans, and business continuity plans to create competitive advantage for Bacardi.

* Collaborates with other Bacardi stakeholders and departments to create synergies to drive optimal value for the organization through category innovation, supplier performance management, and monthly/quarterly financial forecasts.

* Proactively works with suppliers to ensure the delivery of continuous improvement and supply continuity plans which ultimately leads to a competitive advantage for Bacardi.

* Represents North America in the development of Global Packaging category strategies and serves as the single point of contact for all packaging related items within the region,

* Works closely with Supply Chain Leadership across multiple production facilities and point of escalation for any major quality or supply chain issues within the packaging portfolio.

* Manages two direct reports with responsibility for performance management, coaching, capability development, and succession planning.

Skills and Experience

The Skills & Experience needed to create your legacy

* Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Industrial Engineering
* Master’s Degree in Business or Engineering preferred.
* Experience in mentoring, recruiting, and project leadership required, team management experience preferred.
* Experience in category strategy, sourcing strategy, and/or 7-step sourcing strategy development required.
* Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in Procurement with at least 3+ years in Packaging Procurement
* Experienced in contract negotiations, including development of negotiating plans and strategies, driving process efficiencies, and executing Master Services Agreements, required.
* Ability to demonstrate proven results in delivering cost savings, cash, and service improvements, required.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using market intelligence or service benchmarking tools, preferred.
* Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) and Food & Beverage experience, preferred.
* Experience with eSourcing tools and SAP.
* Excellent PC skills: MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
* Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.