Senior Procurement Manager - Chemicals & Raw Materials

Role Scope The Senior Manager, Procurement - Chemicals & Raw Materials leads the strategy and day-to-day execution of Twin Rivers' chemicals and raw-material portfolio, including strategic sourcing, purchasing, inventory management, material planning, supplier performance, supply assurance, and continuous improvement across the manufacturing network. Lead and develop the current team responsible for purchase-order entry, inventory management, raw-material planning, delivery coordination, and resolution of supplier execution issues; adapt the team structure as business needs evolve. Own category strategies, sourcing, negotiations, contracts, supplier performance, budgeting, market intelligence, risk management, and cost-savings delivery. Ensure tactical activities are executed accurately and on time, while stepping in directly when shortages, delivery failures, purchase-order issues, or other supplier challenges threaten mill operations. Enterprise Leadership & People Management Lead, coach, and hold accountable a small hands-on team, currently two employees, with the ability to expand the organization as the portfolio and business needs grow. Balance long-range category leadership with daily operational oversight; set priorities, clarify responsibilities, review exceptions, and ensure follow-through. Provide governance for requisitions and purchase orders, inventory targets, material plans, delivery schedules, supplier escalations, and constrained-material allocation. Create a practical operating cadence that gives the team clear priorities while providing Operations and leadership visibility to risks, actions, owners, and due dates. Strategic Category & Supplier Management Develop multi-year category strategies by chemical family and raw-material segment, including demand outlook, cost drivers, supply-market structure, risk exposure, sourcing options, and negotiation roadmaps. Lead major sourcing events, negotiations, and contract strategies, with emphasis on total cost, index integrity, service, quality, payment terms, liability protection, and supply security. Segment suppliers and lead strategic-business reviews, joint value creation, innovation pipelines, and corrective-action plans. Create qualified alternatives, dual-source critical materials where economically justified, and maintain contingency plans for high-risk supply chains. Work closely with product development and technical teams. Use market intelligence and cost models to challenge supplier pricing, anticipate supply-demand shifts, and improve commercial leverage. Planning, Inventory & Supply Assurance Set inventory strategy and target ranges by material, site, lead time, criticality, shelf life, storage capacity, and disruption risk. Ensure raw-material plans align with production schedules, forecast changes, shutdowns, supplier constraints, transportation realities, and cash objectives. Drive reduction of excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and off-spec inventory while protecting mill continuity and customer commitments. Lead cross-functional responses to shortages, force majeure events, quality failures, logistics disruptions, and abrupt market changes. Improve planning parameters, master data, visibility, and exception-based management Continuous Improvement & Value Delivery Lead and develop a continuous-improvement pipeline across chemicals, raw materials, inventory, and planning, with clear priorities, owners, milestones, and financial impact. Actively govern and engage in execution of the savings portfolio, removing barriers and tracking initiatives from validated opportunity through implementation, Finance confirmation, and sustained results. Mobilize and support direct reports and cross-functional teams to deliver cost reduction, consumption improvement, standardization, substitution, waste reduction, and working-capital initiatives. Financial Impact & Business Partnership Develop the annual commodity and raw-material budget, including price, volume, mix, u…

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