Procurement, Indirect Category Management Leader

Veolia North AmericaFeasterville-Trevose, PA (Onsite)Full-Time

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Company Description

Part of Veolia Group, Veolia Water Technologies Solutions brings together experienced professionals in pursuit of the same goal: to solve the world's most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, the environment and energy. We’re always looking for passionate and creative people to help us in this mission!

Job Description

The Indirect Category Management Leader will report into Veolia WTS Chief Procurement Officer and will be responsible to oversee $500M of global Veolia WTS indirect spend across various categories. In partnership with internal, functional stakeholders and business partners, the Leader - Indirect Category Management will drive enterprise-wide cost out and cash optimization initiatives for the enterprise while building long term sustainable category strategies as well as supplier relationships. This role will influence and collaborate with senior management, PL leadership, regional leadership and supply base to develop/deploy a holistic, global strategy for the Indirect Spend.

As we are working to shape and implement a global procurement function for the Water Tech Zone (WTS + VWT), the Indirect Category Management Leader will play an instrumental role in this process, helping shape the global organization adapted to support our ambition to increase the strategic impact of the procurement and support Water Tech Zone growth . This role will lead the implementation for NAM.

Key responsibilities:

Develop “Buy Better” mindset, specifically development of relevant category strategies for the top spend areas with emphasis on preferred supplier utilization, vendor rationalization, in source vs. outsource whilst driving a laser focus in improving service levels with suppliers.

Support “Spend Smarter” actions aimed at demand management, leveraging proactive budgetary interrogation to influence purchasing behavior via needs assessment.

Developing executing the overall Indirect Sourcing strategy for VWTS in close collaboration with the functional stakeholders to ensure business requirements are met.

Market research and analysis in order to develop expertise in core categories including Real Estate, Logistics, IT, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Intellectual/Purchased Services, Facilities, MRO, Office Services, Travel and Fleet, industry dynamics and Market trends.

Perform data analysis and utilize financial acumen to identify opportunities to leverage scale, and drive best value proposition /vendor selection for VWTS.

Develop expertise in contract requirements in order to negotiate the most favorable pricing and contract terms and conditions.

Implement rigorous supplier relationship management processes including leading period business reviews to monitor and manage supplier performance and value proposition KPI's (cost quality service etc.).

Strong project and process management in order to execute global regional sourcing strategy with cross functional teams.

Build good working relationships with all functional partners (Supply Chain, Legal, Operations, Finance).

People and organization:

Recruit, develop, manage, recognize and reward staff. Plan organizational evolution to adapt to internal/external context and design/implement succession paths for individuals in the function/company.

Build and maintain an organizational environment that cultivates the broad development of a best in class, engaged and effective regional procurement team.

Serve as an active contributor to Management Team and Procurement Leadership Team as well as other regional and global teams as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

Core Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, or similar field, candidate with a master's degree and / or certification like CPM/CPSM, PMP, etc. will have added advantage.

Thirteen (13) years’ experience in Procurement, Supply Chain function or equivalent role, with knowledge of category management, contract management and category strategy deployment.

Other Useful Skills Abilities:

Proven strategic thinker with strong financial and business acumen, in addition to strong execution.

General understanding of Indirect material categories and water treatment technologies (products and operations)

Familiarity with market trends and key suppliers in the relevant Indirect space

Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Negotiation skills and ability to influence with competencies in general expense contract requirements/nuances.

Strategy development and implementation.

Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills, capable of developing presentations and comfortable interacting with internal/external stakeholders and WTS senior management.

Experience in working in different cultures and environments, in a matrixed organization.

Possesses unquestioned integrity and strong business ethics and leads by example.

Demonstrates a firm commitment to the company’s values (Solidarity, Performance, Simplicity, Empowerment and Inclusion) and culture.

Advanced interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills. Open, objective and transparent communication, listening, proactive.

Demonstrated experience in building and leading high-performing teams, with effective talent management, pipelining and building of partnership across sub-teams.

Team player with peers to share and implement the best practices.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.