Fabric and Home Care Purchasing Manager
About The Position
This role is responsible for Fabric & Home Care (F&HC) printed packaging materials. It owns supplier execution, digital transformation, and supply chain capability development to ensure reliable, efficient, and sustainable delivery of packaging materials across the business. The successful candidate will develop and lead the F&HC Material Execution Team (MET), building organizational capability while driving cross-functional alignment and execution of critical supply initiatives. The role also serves as the F&HC Supply Purchasing Digital Champion, advancing digital tools and processes that improve supplier collaboration, visibility, and operational performance.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in purchasing supplier relationship management and performance leadership.
- Bachelor's degree in Purchasing, Business, or an equivalent degree.
- Experience or capability in supply chain execution and material planning.
- Experience or capability in digital transformation and systems implementation.
- Cross-functional leadership and influence.
- Project management and change leadership.
- Data analytics and performance management.
- Forecasting, capacity planning, and supply risk management.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead the Fabric & Home Care Material Execution Team (MET), building team capability while ensuring effective execution of supply strategies, risk mitigation plans, and cross-functional business priorities.
- Partner with suppliers and multifunctional teams to identify process improvements, resolve supply issues, and deliver business continuity.
- Serve as the F&HC Supply Purchasing Digital Champion, driving adoption and continuous improvement of digital supplier tools and capabilities.
- Expand and strengthen digital supplier inventory connections to improve visibility, responsiveness, and supply chain decision making.
- Standardize, maintain, and enhance supplier scorecards to improve performance management, governance, and supplier accountability.
- Drive supplier compliance with key business metrics, reporting requirements, and operational performance expectations.
- Provide supply purchasing leadership for new packaging supply chains, including capacity planning, business continuity planning, SLEA creation, and development and qualification of corrugated packaging solutions.
- Lead initiatives to improve forecasting accuracy, Below the Line (BTL) planning processes, and supplier capacity planning capabilities.
- Use data, analytics, and digital tools to drive operational excellence and improve supply reliability, service, and cost performance.
- Support innovation, transformation, and sustainability objectives through effective supplier collaboration and execution.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
