Category Manager – Site & Facilities Services

Qualifications Required · Bachelor’s degree in Economics or Engineering. (Additional experience may be acceptable in lieu of degree). · 5 or more years’ experience in Procurement/Category Management including On-Site Services · Experienced using Procurement e-sourcing-tools. · Experience partnering with senior-level leaders and stakeholders in a global, matrix organization. · Experience with the source-to-contract Procurement process. · Comfortable negotiating both internally and externally. Preferred · Prior experience leading diverse, multi-functional teams in collaborative efforts. · ARIBA experience preferred. · Strong analytical skills and creative problem-solving capability. · Superior communication and good presentation skills. · Self-motivated, service-oriented “Can do – Will do” mindset and attitude. · Strong organizational and planning skills. · Ability to travel up to 20%, including international travel. Responsibilities Axalta is searching for a Category Manager – Site Services to join our team in Glen Mills, PA! In this role you will negotiate with and manage vendors for on-site services for a production facility including Gardening, Piping, waste management, canteen services and other services impacting the manufacturing site. In this role you will: · Be accountable for managing $68M site services spend in Americas, reporting to the Director, Indirect & Logistics Procurement Americas. · Manage and evolve a supplier base that offers optimal quality, service, technology, and value (QSTV), and lead efforts to qualify alternate or second source suppliers. · Functionally supervise a sourcing specialist supporting the developed category strategy. · Closely collaborate with internal stakeholders to determine current and future sourcing needs + develop and execute corresponding category strategies · Identify and manage global projects in alignment with cross-functional internal stakeholders. · Deliver significant cost savings and avoidances as well as continuous improvement plans. · Negotiate and implement supply agreements that include ideal terms from a QSTV perspective. · Conduct quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with key suppliers to advance supplier-supported company objectives, develop supplier capabilities, address gaps in supplier performance. · In collaboration with the Business Units, Operations, Technology, and/or other functional stakeholders, develop and continuously evolve a cost savings/productivity plan for the category that includes a pipeline of new ideas, in-process projects, and projects accruing savings in support of exceeding annual productivity goals. · Identify and execute TCO improvement opportunities. · Effectively address all supplier performance failures via the root cause and corrective action process, successfully levying claims, and other tactics as appropriate. · Create and maintain effective e-Sourcing events and catalogs to increase productivity. · Monitor and resolve disconnects in the buy channel process in conjunction with the Procurement policy to improve overall compliance and actively managed spend.

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