Senior Manager Procurement (Portland)

Senior Manager, Procurement will operate in a highly matrixed environment. This person will plan and procure direct as well as indirect materials and services for us by utilizing available resources and methods, in an efficient and effective manner. Depending on the prior experience of the candidate and the needs of the organization, the specific commodities could include Pulp / Logistics / Capital / Indirect Procurement categories. This person will participate in various corporate sponsored initiatives and providing strong leadership in strategic sourcing on several commodity categories thus helping leverage spend at the highest possible level, both locally and globally.

Essential Position Responsibilities

• Works with and provides strategic direction to the appropriate Procurement employees to develop and execute commodity specific strategic sourcing plans targeting reductions while ensuring security of supply, managing financial exposure / risk, and supporting efficient, high quality mill operations.
• Develop and implement key negotiation strategies with current and new suppliers potentially across multiple areas of procurement to support the company's sustainable growth initiatives. Function as a resource for corporate level negotiations.
• Responsible for analyzing the spend, developing spend sub-groupings and sourcing strategies, and implementing the strategic sourcing process leading to more effective third party spend.
• Responsible for making sure that the appropriate mill level procurement activities necessary to support mill operations occur efficiently while delivering the required results.
• Assist Commodity Managers to develop comprehensive and professional sourcing plans and to complete internal data discovery, scope and specification development, market due diligence, competitive intelligence, RFIs and RFPs
• Collect and evaluate RFIs and RFPs (as appropriate) using best in class sourcing tools, techniques, and business practices
• Negotiate complex agreements, statements of work, and service level agreements, with manufacturers, distributors, and service providers, leading a team.
• Facilitate the company's internal process for approval, execution, and lifecycle management of agreements
• Lead implementation and rollout of negotiated agreements to ensure full utilization and supplier compliance with negotiated terms
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement through structural cost reduction and performance improvement, involving suppliers, as required.
• Measure supplier performance against key business objectives. Participate in formal supplier business reviews, including but not limited to supplier evaluations, supplier audits and other related activities
• Provide functional strategic direction in areas of expertise to Procurement employees with the goal of integrating Procurement strategies (and organizations where appropriate) into a comprehensive execution plan that delivers value to customers, stakeholders, and suppliers
• Collaborate with key stakeholders in Manufacturing and R&D to identify opportunities to utilize lower cost alternatives and material substitutions.

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