NPR Procurement Sites Manager Europe

The role and responsibilities

• Secure an optimized and stable supply of material and services to the 8 manufacturing sites while maintaining a strong link and alignment with the other 7 members of the regional NPR Procurement Leadership Team.
• Lead and develop a team of 10 tactical NPR site buyers within the region to secure supply to the sites by applying risk mitigation methodology and monitor the supplier base.
• Act as the main point of contact for 8 site General Managers and participate in site management meetings. Work with the tactical buying team and the regional NPR Management team to align on priorities and activities for the sites.
• Support team with escalated issues and work with the regional NPR management and stakeholders to resolve those with high speed and attention.
• Plan, support and staff CapEx projects below <1 MEUR and secure timely implementation of medium and large sized projects together with tactical buying team.
• Together with teams, continuously seek opportunities to lower cost and spending while working closely with key stakeholders at the sites and support implementation of the regional category strategies.(4 categorymanagers)

Responsibilities:

• Be the main interface and first point of escalation to the site general managers across the region and help drive standardization in products, services and processes across sites and BUs.
• Secure availability and quality in the local procurement support to all manufacturing sites, offices and labs and actively engage with stakeholder to understand the needs and business requirements and how those can be used to improve and develop procurement support at the sites.
• Bring the day to day operational perspectives into the regional NPR procurement management team and secure that the operational and long term needs of the sites are reflected in the regional procurement strategy.
• Keep the team engaged, motivated and support individual competence development through on the job training, active performance management and other available learning and development tools.
• Implement and drive best practice in sourcing of CapEx investments <1 MEUR and secure early involvement of procurement in the projects. Actively work to embed a strong focus on TCO within the organization to bring value beyond the initial purchase.
• Align and collaborate with the Capex Procurement Project Managers to secure timely and reliable implementation of mid and large Capex Projects and feedback supplier performance and contract compliance to the category managers regularly.
• Support the strategic objectives and targets of the NPR procurement organization and work in accordance with the supplier management strategy set by the 4 regional category managers and be the ambassador for supplier and contract compliance at the sites.

Functional Responsibilities/Network

Member of Site Management Team(s)

Member of the regional NPR Procurement Team 8 fte

Support all BUs within the region

• Bachelor or Master Degree in a business related area
• Minimum 7 years procurement experience, preferably in chemical or similar industry
• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience
• Good negotiating skills and ability to engage and motivate people
• Ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels of the organization and external contacts
• Strong people manager skills with the ability to lead people remotely
• Experience of change management and processes
• Good organizing skills and ability to prioritize between tasks
• Capability to build strong relationship internally and externally
• Highly effective in stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Analytical mind set and problem solving skills with the ability to communicate a concise and efficient manner.
• Proficient with MS Office: SAP/Ariba, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
• Fluent in English and Dutch. Additional languages are an asset.

Travel: frequently to the sites in NL (Rotterdam, Delfzijl, Hengelo, Deventer. Arnhem Herkenbosch, Geleen) and periodically to Denmark (Mariager)

Nouryon, the former Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals provides a wide range of high quality and sustainable ingredients that are integral to numerous key industrial processes worldwide. Thus we serve high profile customers in sectors including paints, detergents, foods, plastics, cosmetics, construction, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, electronics, agro and oilfield applications. Nouryon has € 5 bln revenue, 10.000 employees, 3 business lines, and 67 manufacturing sites all over the world.

Our NPR Procurement organization is committed to the highest standards of NPR (non-product related) Procurement and aims to deliver best-in-class services that support Nouryon strategic objectives by continuously improving the NPR spend-down program. In order to achieve this we are strengthening and centralizing NPR Procurement to better leverage its commercial buying power, increase procurement involvement in CapEx projects, and better fit our current and future business needs.

You will join a 150-employee Global NPR Procurement organization. 50% of them works in the Europe region The Department offers a working environment full of real opportunities for professional development as we enhance our specialization at operational and strategic levels. As such, this role demands the motivation necessary to deliver results that will underscore the strong impact of procurement on the company’s strategy.