Avery Dennison-posted 3 months ago
$101,250 - $135,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Mentor, OH
Paper Manufacturing

Avery Dennison is strategically evolving its Global Procurement function from a cost center to a Value Creator, emphasizing a unified "ONE Avery Dennison" mindset. Our Vision: To create holistic value for the enterprise through our ONE Avery Dennison procurement mindset. Our Mission: To gain a competitive advantage in our industry through exceptional procurement practices with an ultimate goal of creating value for the enterprise and our customers. We engage with our internal and external stakeholders in ways that cultivate trusted partnerships. We mitigate risk, employ innovative thinking, embrace the rapidly emerging digitized world and commit to practices that advance sustainability through our 5 levers strategic plan. Innovation & Sustainability, Building Scale, Risk Management, Managing The Tail, Surplus Creation. We are committed to positioning Procurement as a competitive advantage for our enterprise and are driving a 5 year transformation journey through Project Nova. Our focus remains on uplifting our Performance, Processes, Programs and our People.

  • Lead and implement Project Nova initiatives within assigned business.
  • Drive the functional transformation in sync with our Avery Dennison Plan to Win, our Material Groups Global Strategy and the 5 Levers Strategic Plan.
  • Manage supplier relationships and drive necessary quarterly business reviews driving holistic performance conversations.
  • Deliver the latest thinking and best practices in the areas of strategic sourcing, cost modeling, supplier relationship development, and total cost of ownership.
  • Develop and implement long-term strategies that are geared toward developing competitive advantage in materials and reducing supply base risk.
  • Stay on the leading-edge of materials trends, creating first mover advantages and delivering innovation, new materials and new suppliers to the business.
  • Share market, competitive, geo-political intelligence on a regular basis in all aspects of the supply chain to enable the enterprise the necessary navigation.
  • Work with Marketing, R D and the greater Procurement team to determine future sourcing needs to extract maximum value from the supply base and develop sourcing plans to address the future direction of the business.
  • Ensure value stream analysis, supplier roadmaps and cost models are robust and complete for each category.
  • Liaison with the other regional and the global procurement teams managing global supply risk and help identify and qualify new sources of supply that are aligned with the subcategory procurement strategy and the business strategy.
  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 5+ years purchasing or related experience with Supervision and Leadership experience.
  • Market/application/product knowledge for the listed High Value Categories segment is a plus.
  • Excellent presentation, oral and written communication skills.
  • Proven vendor selection and negotiation skills with strong business acumen.
  • Relationship builder.
  • Strategic planning and project execution.
  • Digital mindset.
  • Innovative and sustainable thinker.
  • Prior experience leading complex RFx, supplier/vendor negotiations and developing contracts.
  • Possess leadership, mentoring, training and project management experience.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed (< 10%).
  • Salary range: $101,250 - $135,000/year.
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