Regional Procurement Manager - Wine/Spirits Labeling
Multi-Color Corporation, Louisville, KY, United States
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As the global leader of premium labels, MCC helps brands stand out in competitive markets and inspire positive consumer experiences. Backed by over a century of printing experience, MCC is focused on the future by developing consumer-driven innovations and sustainable packaging solutions. Working for our team, you can truly make a difference.
As a leader identity and execute cost savings initiatives, build supplier relationships, ensure continuous supply of materials and services while managing working capital for your assigned region of 4-6 plants. Collaboration with global category managers and plant organization stakeholders on specific category strategies to provide the lowest cost of ownership solution while providing high quality materials and services. Oversee working capital initiatives through alignment with plant organization and supplier base. This role will have direct and indirect reports and will require leading through influence. This role can be based in either the Napa, CA or Louisville, KY areas to service the Wine & Spirits region.
Why work at MCC:
- Compensation: $112,261-$159,313
- Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and 401(k)
- Paid Holidays: New Years, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, plus two floating Holidays
Responsibilities:
- Provide input to the global category managers for the region regarding specific plant requirements during the sourcing strategy development stage.
- Lead implementation of cost savings initiatives for the region including ongoing monitoring after implementation to ensure achievement of cost savings for the region.
- Identify initiatives for the region to reduce costs and improve services and quality received by the supplier base for material and services.
- Monitor supplier contractual terms for the region to ensure compliance including company policy, service, quality and volume commitments.
- Main point of contact for the review and approval of regional supplier contracts.
- Main point of contact as escalation point for supplier issues for the region to ensure continuity of supply to support plant requirements.
- Ensure regional working capital targets are met by monitoring processes within procurement to minimize aged raw materials and support initiatives to reduce carrying costs related to inventory levels.
- Monitor processes and controls for compliance and collaborate with other region procurement management for continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with regional procurement management team to develop dashboards, metrics and measures to identify areas for improvements for each region. Communicate regularly with internal customers the results of dashboards and metrics.
- Establishes and maintains effective relationships with suppliers and internal customers.
- Oversee the supplier performance program for the region and address any supplier issues identified during the supplier performance review.
- Track and report project-based cost savings for the region. Ensure validation and approval guidelines are met.
- Cultivate and promote diverse supplier relationships.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Regional Procurement – Americas
- Create personal development plans for team members to ensure continuous evolution and development of the team.
- 25% travel
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business or related area or equivalent required.
- Minimum 7 years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Minimum 3 years of supervisory experience preferably in a multiple location structure required.
- Experience with cost analysis and financial knowledge.
- Experience using an ERP computer system to plan and procure materials required.
- Analytics – Experience with complex analysis that leads to making informed decisions and generating ideas to improve overall business performance.
- Communication – Experience to express information/ideas in a professional manner to varying levels of the organization and suppliers.
- Leadership – Experience empowering others to achieve results through professional motivation and team development. Proven experience leading cross-functional teams through influence and achieving goals aligned with company objectives.
- Project Management – Experience leading multiple cross departmental projects at the same time and understanding key milestones to achieving project goals.
- Proven record of achieving annual cost reduction savings and working productively in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in Wine & Spirits Market a plus.
- Proficient in MS Office: Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- CPM, CPIM, CIRM, CFPIM or other certification a plus.
- Multi-lingual skills is a plus. (Spanish
Other considerations:
- MCC offers a competitive wage and generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and 401(k).
Diversity & Inclusion:
MCC fosters an inclusive culture that respects and embraces our teammates’ diverse backgrounds and experiences, so that everyone can achieve their full potential here. We aspire for our company to truly reflect the diversity of our customers and the markets we serve. We are committed to equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of peoples’ gender identity/expression, age, language, sexual orientation, ability, race, socioeconomic status, national origin or other characteristics.