Global Associate Procurement Manager

Job title:

Global Associate Procurement Manager

Company:

Ecolab

Job description

At Ecolab we are hiring a Global Associate Procurement Manager to join our Procuremente team in Barcelona, Spain! In this role you will be responsible for delivering business results, development, and execution of global strategies, ensuring continuity of supply, and minimizing total cost of ownership, all of which are required to meet the business needs.What You Will Do:

• Working in a multicultural environment and collaborating with colleagues from various backgrounds and able to operate effectively across multiple time zones.
• Linking knowledge of current market trends with supplier portfolios to identify opportunities for marketplace advantages, and generate innovative ideas for gaining a competitive advantage
• Develop and implement global strategies to drive cost savings project and initiatives
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, negotiating contracts and ensuring optimal pricing and quality to create value for the organization
• Support global strategic initiatives to drive continuous improvement in category performance.
• Collaborate with regional teams to ensure consistency in messaging and execution of projects and drive positive impact against key business priorities.
• Engaging with the R&D and Procurement Business Partner teams to drive portfolio optimization and consolidation
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and guidelines relating to the chemical category
• Ensuring security of supply by driving sole source breaks and contingency plans
• Min 25% travel requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7 years of purchasing experience, preferably in raw material or direct purchasing with strong commercial background and proven international working experience.
• Immigration sponsorship not available for this position

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Business, Engineering, Chemistry, or related field
• Demonstrated history of teamwork, and project management skills
• Demonstrated professionalism and strong presence in interactions with others

Ecolab’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) reflects our longstanding value of working together to integrate diverse perspectives to challenge ourselves, reach our goals and do what’s right. Disability certificate will be an asset.#li-eu

Expected salary

Location

Barcelona

Job date

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 03:21:21 GMT

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