Ecolab Company has an opening for an Associate Procurement Manager - Environmental & Social Responsibility (ESR) in our Global Procurement Team located in St. Paul, MN. If you are a passionate professional that is seeking opportunity, advancement, and a rewarding career we invite you to apply. This is a great opportunity to join a highly recognized global growth company offering competitive compensation and benefits in addition to career growth. Through hands-on oversight and management of strategic third-party partnerships at an operational level, you will play a critical role in influencing our day-to-day operations, strengthening business resilience, and ensuring an agile approach to change and transformation for our evolving operating model as it relates to executing on our Environmental and Social Responsibility (ESR) ambition with our partners. Working closely with various internal teams, you will be a bridge between Ecolab and strategic vendors, ensuring appropriate connectivity, communication and information sharing. Working with external partners, you will design a roadmap for collaboration and continuous improvement, finding opportunities to leverage vendor capabilities and accelerate speed to value. What You Will Do: Primary owner of the relationship between vendors, certifying bodies and Ecolab Acting as overlay between vendors and business & category management Teams Working with stakeholders on vendor strategy; primarily those with reciprocal relationships Manages reporting of vendors' quarterly business results Sales forecast vs actuals Continuous Improvement - SLA Tracking Diversity & Sustainability planning and progress Opportunity identification and conflict resolution Identifies and aggregates partner/customer facing vendor created content (sell guides, price lists, data sheets, SOWs & SLA, etc.) for Relationship Repository Create vendor performance scorecards Facilitate vendor training as needed Identifies issues and makes actionable recommendations to ensure optimum vendor performance across multiple process areas including sales, marketing, support, billing. Assist in driving sales alignment against vendor's organizational objectives Deliver monthly forecasts for each vendor to Finance Conduct interviews with vendors Customer requests and survey responses as needed Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree 3 years of professional experienceincluding Supplier Diversity and/or Supplier Sustainability Experience with Sourcing methodologies Immigration Sponsorship is not offered for this role Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated history of leadership Demonstrated skills in clear communication and good presentation skills Demonstrated competitive drive and strong orientation for results and achievement Demonstrated professionalism and strong presence in interactions with others Demonstrated teamwork and project management skills Demonstrated problem solving and critical thinking skills Plans to start, or progress toward an advanced degree in business, finance or a related area #li-ussc #LI-Hybrid Benefits Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families.to see our benefits. 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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran. In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). 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