Central European Raw Materials Procureme

INOVYN

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About The Position

INEOS Inovyn is Europe's leading producer of vinyls and in the top three worldwide. With an annual turnover of €5.1 billion, INEOS Inovyn has circa 4,300 employees and manufacturing, sales and marketing operations in 8 countries across Europe. INEOS Inovyn’s portfolio consists of an extensive range of class-leading products arranged across General Purpose Vinyls; Specialty Vinyls; Organic Chlorine Derivatives; Chlor Alkali; Hydrogen and Performance Chemicals. INEOS Inovyn's annual commercial production volume is circa 10 million tonnes.

The job holder is accountable for the development and delivery of procurement strategies for key raw materials, 96 different products including Lime milk, Parafin, Glycerine Surfactants (Anionic + Nonionic + Fatty alcohols) Organic Peroxides, Plasticizers, Oleic Acids as well as FIBC/Big bag. The jobholder is responsible for managing a portfolio of contracts to ensure the optimum balance between cost, supply performance and avoidance of business disruption is achieved. Jobholder will report to the Procurement Manager, Feedstocks and Raw Materials of Inovyn.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in commercial field or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years experience in a leading procurement role in a European multi-sites company.
• Good chemical market knowledge
• Good communicator fluent in written and spoken English, appreciated other languages
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills
• Contract / Competition Law knowledge and understanding
• Capability to lead, direct and influence members of multifunctional teams in an international and multicultural environment.
• Strong delivery/cost focus
• Ability to gather critical information from key sources to assist in problem solving
• Ability to logically break down problems into essential elements, carry our diagnosis and develop solutions
• Ability to pursue excellence in line with the organisation norms and values
• Influencing and challenging skills
• Continue to perform effectively in stressful and difficult circumstances
• Ability to apply repeated and enduring effort to overcome obstacles to complete tasks
• Motivated, with strong work ethic, takes actions to improve personal capability
• Change agent constantly seeking opportunities for improvement and supporting the organisation through periods of fast paced change - “Can do” attitude.
• Experience operating across different cultures and regions
• Experience in dealing with conflicting situations both externally e.g. with Suppliers, and internally when managing conflicting priorities from the two Procurement Category Managers
• Interpersonal awareness ability to draw inferences about and maintaining awareness of other interests, moods and concerns

Nice To Haves

• other languages

Responsibilities

• Ensure selected suppliers meet SHE standards and requirements
• Develop and deliver strategy to enable procurement of goods and services to meet business needs.
• Manage internal and external interfaces
• Chemicals and Raw Materials market expert

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree