CATEGORY MANAGER, ROOFING SUSTAINABILITY

Saint-Gobain • Malvern, PA

402d

About The Position

The Category Manager, Roofing Sustainability will lead initiatives to support the Roofing Products Group in achieving Saint-Gobain's 2030 Circular Economy Goals, focusing on reducing non-recovered production waste. This role involves collaboration with operations and environmental teams, as well as external partners, to develop and implement waste recycling strategies across manufacturing facilities. The position requires innovative thinking, strong collaboration skills, and a commitment to process improvement, while also serving as an individual contributor on the Procurement team with strategic leadership responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience in the required field.
• 3-5+ years of relevant category management experience required.
• 3-5+ years procurement experience in large companies managing spend >$75-100MM.
• Strong organization and communication skills to work in a fast-paced cross-functional, multinational business environment.
• Direct responsibility for managing productivity initiatives, pricing, contracts, and long-term agreement negotiations.
• Ability to demonstrate the development and execution of business strategy.
• Experienced in negotiation tactics and contract development/execution.
• High level of problem-solving skills for mitigating risk in Economic/Supply Chain issues.
• Strong Microsoft Office suite skills and analytical skills.
• Strong written & verbal communication skills, as well as effective presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Learn existing waste streams, technologies, and strategies used to recycle them within the Roofing network.
• Develop, implement, and manage program strategy to eliminate and stabilize non-recovered waste at all roofing manufacturing facilities.
• Identify market trends, new technologies, existing solutions, and business models that may be regional and could be transferred.
• Lead and manage the non-recovered waste strategy in partnership with operations.
• Develop internal best practices, procedures, and guidebook to educate and support operational waste recycling.
• Provide leadership, influence, and guidance to management team to support plant non-recovered waste strategies and implementations.
• Travel to operations facilities to develop in-person relationships and to recycling partners for audits and relationship building.
• Support and manage roofing network sustainability supplier engagement and Scope 3 supplier meetings.
• Support R&D efforts on innovation projects and evaluate ideas and strategies for category strategies.
• Analyze and improve process and supply chain procedures to increase operational efficiency and drive cost-saving initiatives.
• Implement strategies for negotiating commodity purchasing agreements based on market knowledge.
• Analyze demand, supply, and forecast for assigned raw materials and monitor ongoing trends.
• Perform category market analysis for origination, application, and cost structure of commodities.
• Prepare technical reports on strategies based on industry best practices and technologies.
• Identify potential cost-saving opportunities through supplier management and negotiations.

Benefits

• Excellent healthcare options: Medical, vision, prescription & dental
• Family Focus & Balance: Parental leave, paid time-off and Employee Assistance Program
• Financial Security: Competitive 401(k), Company-funded Retirement Accumulation Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program (PEG)
• Tuition Reimbursement: Continuing education for every season of your career
• Pet Insurance options: Insurance plan & prescription discount program for pets
• Employee Recognition Programs
• PerkSpot: Exclusive online discount marketplace
• LiveWell: Rewards for living a healthy lifestyle

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees