Senior Category Manager, Packaging - Northville, MI

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Job Description
This position is responsible for leading value generation, sourcing, and profitability improvement initiatives to optimize indirect and corporate spend across various packaging categories such as Corrugate, Cartons, Packaging Supplies, Returnable/Reusable Packaging, and Pallets. Close interaction and coordination with internal partners and external suppliers is required. Success will be measured on spend addressed, savings achieved, and working capital impact. The central challenge of the position is to capture value from indirect spend categories while meeting key business objectives such as service, quality, timing, and security of supply. The position may be based in Northville, MI and reports directly to the Executive Director, Indirect Procurement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Help to drive corporate indirect procurement and profit improvement, while delivering the following to the business:
Category Planning:

• Work with corporate team, business units, and regional stakeholders to prioritize an evolving portfolio of high-value process improvement and sourcing initiatives.
• Serve as a full partner to the business in evaluating and challenging the status quo to surface value opportunities.
• Lead the aggregation, normalization, and analysis of spend data to identify potential value opportunities.
• Ensure proper sequencing and business support for value capture initiatives.

• Drive sourcing projects emerging from category planning.
• Define goals, including roles and responsibilities of stakeholders.
• Incorporate business requirements into sourcing plans and RFP strategies.
• Manage the planning and launch of RFx events, leveraging eSourcing tools as appropriate.
• Enhance competition by leveraging spend and qualified new suppliers.