Procurement Manager

Salaried/Skilled Trades NSG Group•Toledo, OH

27d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Procurement Manager will lead, coach, and develop Plant Buyers to ensure effective service delivery and professional growth. This role involves implementing lean procurement processes and best practices across all plants, acting as an escalation point for procurement-related issues, and embedding a performance-driven culture focused on results, compliance, and collaboration. The manager will ensure adherence to all NSG Policies and Procedures. A key responsibility is deploying regional indirect strategies aligned with global objectives, analyzing the supply market, and managing supplier relationships to optimize cost, quality, risk, and sustainability. The role requires leading cost reduction, cash generation, and risk mitigation initiatives, partnering with stakeholders to maximize value, and delivering budget targets for the indirects category in North America. The manager will also support supplier process audits and report procurement performance against KPIs, driving ESG, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives. The position has regional oversight of procurement services in all manufacturing locations in the region, with category responsibility for Indirects in North America (annual spend of 60 million USD/ 12,000 POs / 1,400 active suppliers). Key measures include cost savings, working capital, risk mitigation, ESG contribution, and stakeholder satisfaction. The role is a member of the Regional Procurement Leadership Team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field
5+ years’ experience in procurement or supply chain, ideally in industrial sectors
Strong negotiation, analytical, and supplier relationship management skills
Experience managing teams and working cross-functionally in a matrix environment
Proficiency with ERP systems (preferably SAP) and advanced Excel skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence at senior levels
Demonstrated ability to deliver savings and manage category strategies

Nice To Haves

Fluency in Spanish

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop Plant Buyers to ensure effective service delivery and professional growth.
Ensure lean procurement processes and best practices are implemented consistently across all plants.
Act as the escalation point for procurement-related issues across the region.
Embed a performance-driven culture focused on results, compliance, and collaboration.
Ensure All NSG Policies and Procedures are adhered to in all plants.
Deploy regional indirect strategies in alignment with global objectives.
Analyze and manage the supply market, identifying opportunities to optimize cost, quality, risk, and sustainability.
Negotiate and manage supplier relationships, ensuring delivery against agreed KPIs.
Lead cost reduction, cash generation, and risk mitigation initiatives, ensuring results are captured in Group reporting.
Partner with stakeholders to ensure category solutions address business needs while maximizing value.
Deliver the agreed budget targets for the category in the region and ensure all savings are fully reported consistently within established Group reporting mechanisms.
Undertake specific cross-regional projects within the category, as and when delegated by the Regional Directors.
Act as the prime contact with regional SBU stakeholders, in relation to the category.
Support supplier process audits (where necessary) in order to validate production to ensure that all necessary controls are in place.
Deliver annual savings and working capital improvements as set by the Procurement Director.
Report procurement performance against KPIs and implement corrective actions where required.
Drive ESG, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Indirects category.
Adherence to NSG/Pilkington Standards of Business Conduct and its Values and Principles.
Other duties as assigned by manager.