Corporate Procurement Manager

The Manager, Raw Materials Corporate Procurement plays a vital role in supporting the global procurement function for our Small Pack Business. Involvement will include Raw Material purchases of steel coils & sheets, Purchase Order (PO) placement, Item-level pricing updates, inbound metal tracking, supplier management, internal management reporting of coils & sheets, key performance metric tracking (On-Time Deliveries, Demand Accuracy & Quality) and working closely with Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) Team to understand customers’ needs. This role reports directly into the Vice President of Global Sourcing, North America and is a key business partner working with our SIOP Team, Plant & Corporate Quality Team as well as Operations Team.

Responsibilities

• Work with SIOP Team to understand plants’ needs in SAP, create PO’s in SAP for mill orders for all Small Pack plants & supplier email validation. Ensure PO accuracy to match daily shippers from mills to receive into the system & verify plants received in all coils for reporting
• Work with SIOP Team on Safety Stock Levels & ensure we have plans to keep stock levels at those required volumes
• RFQ (Request for Quote) preparation & analysis for General Line, Specialty & Pail Suppliers
• Work closely with Service Centers for any cut sheets, slit metal or metal shortages as part of procurement process to ensure no supply gaps
• Prepare internal management reporting and analysis to support operational leadership for decision making when placing orders, ending inventory levels, incoming receipts & demand review
• Work with the global Procurement and SBU operations teams, develop useful accurate, meaningful, and streamlined reporting to highlight KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) for the business ie. OTIF (On Time In Full supplier delivery performance) & SCAR’s (Quality documentation)
• Help with budgets and forecasts
• Collect, consolidate and analyze monthly financial and inflation data
• Review/validate data for accuracy and consistency and work with any other team necessary to improve accuracy and reliability of data (IT Team, SIOP Team, Operations & Engineering Teams)
• Provide all necessary support to help the team achieve the Mauser EIP (Earnings Initiatives Projects) goals, a global cost optimization project optimizing the integration of business processes across all business units (rail vs truck cost savings, gauge reduction, etc)
• A valued team member that helps share best practices across businesses
• Help with supplier set-ups & validation, as needed

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting recommended, not required
• 3+ years of experience (non-manager role) with data analysis and a manufacturing background is preferred
• Outstanding Excel, modeling and PowerPoint skills required
• Experience with SAP mandatory. Oracle Hyperion, Microsoft Access database, Power BI considered a plus
• Ability to meet deadlines, multi-task efficiently and take ownership with projects
• Detail oriented, with high level of ethics and integrity
• knowledge of internal controls and business processes preferred
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment where priorities change quickly and multi-tasking is key to success
• This is a hands-on position and a successful candidate will have to roll up their sleeves to succeed. He or she must be able to “deep dive” into the details of the business while staying focused on the big picture and be able to conceptualize both problems and solutions
• The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, energetic and possess a natural curiosity to learn