Senior Manager – Warehouse Procurement Full Time

The role is to manage the warehousing procurement within Logistics & Distribution team for North America

The person must drive value on total warehouse procurement spend through category expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and relationship with internal/external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Data collection and detailed analyses to support local business stakeholders in driving procurement strategy
• Analyze current sourcing footprint, develop sourcing vision, and provide improvements
• Data collection on spend, and understanding spend insights
• Market intelligence of the category in related BU
• Design workshops with local and regional business stakeholders to align overall procurement objectives
• Identify trends and patterns in spend data to proactively propose cost-saving opportunities and risk mitigation
• Conduct deep-dive analyses into supply chain bottlenecks and risks, proposing long-term solutions
• Maintain and improve supplier performance scorecards based on procurement metrics and business impact
• Lead supplier selection process
• Tender design
• Analyses of RFX responses and shorten the list of suppliers.
• Organize / Facilitate supplier negotiations [Strategic decisions to be led/taken at BU level by BU associates]
• Consolidate scenarios to be defended on final review with internal partners
• Develop and execute advanced multi-scenario tender strategies to evaluate supplier risk vs. value
• Conduct supplier due diligence, focusing on sustainability, ESG compliance, and geopolitical risk factors
• Lead contracting
• Review current contracts
• Establish updated terms in line with RFX outcomes, support the negotiation of terms with internal partners and suppliers.
• Ongoing administration of compliance and tracking.
• Supplier information management
• Support sector colleagues in high-complexity, multi-market, or multi-year contracts, factoring in currency risks, inflation, and market volatility
• Proactively manage supplier relationships to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and drive continuous improvement
• Act as an escalation point for resolving contract disputes and ensure seamless supplier onboarding
• Managing cost control
• Feeding forecasts for annual operating plan and quarterly updates.
• Search for improvement opportunities, deliver productivity and cash improvement targets
• Drive cost modeling initiatives and set benchmarks for price adjustments based on market movements.
• Identify and lead cross-functional savings initiatives (e.g., supplier-led innovations or process efficiencies)
• Category Management
• Collaborate with category leads to develop and execute long-term category roadmaps aligned with business
• Innovation & Value Creation
• Conceptualize and implement initiatives that go beyond cost savings, such as supply chain resilience, supplier diversity, and carbon footprint reduction.
• Risk Management
• Develop contingency plans for critical suppliers to ensure supply chain continuity during disruptions.
• Lead comprehensive supplier risk assessments, including financial health, geopolitical risks, and business continuity plans.

Detailed projects are to be allocated during AOP cycle according to the team’s overall workload.

Qualifications

• Engineering/MBA Degree
• 8-10 years of experience in GP Operations/Shared Services
• Strong background in procurement in FMCG categories.
• Good knowledge of logistics/warehousing landscape
• Good business acumen, knowledge of financial fundamentals, analytical and computer skills.
• Strong internal customer management skills. Capacity to listen understand internal client needs and deliver appropriate solutions
• Ability to perform in matrix organization.
• Languages: English (Written & Oral)
• Highly Collaborative: works well with others, including internal and external stakeholders to deliver results
• Inclusive: treats all people with respect and fairness, open to and respectful of others’ opinions and points of view