Total 240 Manager level Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in 222 - Panama City Beach, Fl

Purpose and Scope

This position will lead the procurement team in driving the formulation of SembWaste’s procurement strategies to effectively manage the processes. You will hold a key role in establishing and overseeing the procurement activities, managing stakeholder relationships, contract negotiation. Key responsibilities will also include the adherence to compliance and risk management standards while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead and oversees the procurement team to achieve departmental objectives and professional and career growth of staff.
• Undertake key strategies through strategic sourcing plan and robust contract management to achieve cost savings through effective negotiation.
• Facilitate effective communication between procurement team, internal stakeholders and vendors, to ensure smooth procurement operations.
• Review and evaluate areas of opportunity and drive cost efficiencies through deep understanding of market dynamics, economic factors, and regulatory changes that may impact procurement.
• Establish trusted business partner relationships, to provide optimised business results including supply assurance, cost, quality, service, innovation & sustainability.
• Direct negotiations of contract terms and conditions with vendors to meet organisation’s procurement requirements and quality assurance standards.
• Identify and mitigate procurement risks through effective risk management strategies.
• Drive corporate governance measures, ensure compliance with relevant regulations, legal requirements, company policies, and ethical standards.

Qualification, Skills and Experience

• Degree in Procurement/ Purchasing/ Business/ Supply Chain Management/ Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 8 to 10 years of experience in procurement field.
• Proven ability to lead, with at least 5 years in a leadership role within the manufacturing/ engineering/ chemical/ processing plants sector.
• Action and solution oriented including sourcing selection and negotiation with vendors, contracting best practices, costs and spendings analysis, supplier relationship management.
• Collaborative mindset, with an excellent leadership and communication skills to effectively interact with team, vendors, stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Experience in using procurement systems.

At Sembcorp, our shared corporate behaviours underpin all the work that we do in building a sustainable future:

• Institution-first Mindset – Put the interest of the Group ahead of individual interests.
• Collaboration – Deliver through collaborating across markets, businesses and functions.
• Accountability – Hold team and self accountable to deliver on our commitments.

Your new company
This is a multinational banking and financial services institution, with over 450 branches in 19 cities. They offer a wide range of financial services, including corporate banking, investment banking and asset management, ranked amongst the largest 25 banks globally by assets under management. This team has moved from a decentralised to a centralised capacity. Therefore, a strong desire to promote procurement internally is needed for this role.

Your new role
You will be supporting the Procurement Director in establishing the value of procurement, with a direct focus on leading and managing the IT Category. You will be managing £50m worth of spend, as well as direct management of a small team reporting to you. The principal part of this role will be the full E2E procurement process of the IT category. A Market Data Category manager will be reporting into you, so market data exposure would be desirable.

What you'll need to succeed
You will NEED to have predominant exposure to category management of IT - any other profiles won't be considered. You must have an innovative mindset in order to support the development of the entire procurement function. You will need to have great interpersonal and communication skills when engaging stakeholders and suppliers, as well as exposure managing people. You will need to have a good understanding of the market, products and services in the IT category with great stakeholder engagement to help centralise procurement.

What you'll get in return
With the company being very pro-people development, you will be joining a very collaborative team with a plethora of opportunities and exposure across the business. On offer is a competitive salary with 25 days annual leave, discretionary bonus and private medical and dental. As the company is very people focussed, you will benefit from a great work-life balance - 2-3 days in the office.

What you need to do now
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