Senior Site Procurement Leader

GAF • Tuscaloosa, AL

3d • $80,000 - $110,000

About The Position

At GAF, we cover more than buildings. We cover each other. No matter what role, tenure, or track, under this roof you are empowered to be there for your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we don’t back down from hard work– we support one another in pursuit of something bigger. We define the future while leading the present. And under this roof, we own our opportunities. Becoming the market leader only happens when everyone feels they have the opportunity, and the support, to thrive. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most. Job Summary The Sr. Site Procurement Leader role will serve as the strategic procurement oversight and subject matter expert for sourcing goods and services needs for GAF sites. They will report to the Procurement Excellence Team. This role will be a key face of procurement excellence for Indirect Procurement activities at their assigned Operating Sites. They will ensure streamlined procurement processes for their sites by collaborating proactively with their business stakeholders. Working in the center-led procurement team, they will help drive optimal cost while supporting safe operations, high quality, and leading streamlined procurement processes within their sites. The ideal candidate puts the internal customer first, is highly collaborative, and has influential skills, aligned work experiences, and deep process knowledge of procurement (S2P business processes). They will drive procurement strategies and programs for their assigned sites while ensuring they meet productivity requirements and the needs of the businesses. This role participates in both regional and network wide procurement programs and manages local and important supplier relationships. Responsibilities include implementing effective strategies, systems, and processes to support simplification, standardization, leverage, and compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or Related Field required
• Experience understanding and supporting the socialization and execution of strategies with clear goals and priorities.
• 8+ years of Industrial manufacturing and/or similar experience, with 5+ years of procurement experience.
• Demonstrated business and financial acumen.
• Business acumen – creating, positioning, negotiating commercial arrangements to deliver competitive advantage.
• Project Management experience with strong data analytics experience to provide data driven procurement solutions.
• Strategic leadership skills in developing and nurturing strong working ties with site leadership and operations teams.
• Skilled in influencing, motivating, and developing diverse teams
• Strong negotiation skills-Experience managing and negotiating contracts to meet business needs and objectives.
• Collaborate closely with manufacturing plant sites to resolve supply issues and implement procurement strategies.
• Conduct spend analytics to achieve optimal TCO, reviews market intelligence, evaluates benchmarks and best practices to drive continuous improvement across supplier base.
• Supplier Relationship Management.
• Negotiate contracts and purchase order terms and conditions with the inclusion of Legal, Risk Management, Business leadership and Finance, as required.
• Good analytical and quantitative skills
• Procurement experience
• Customer Service orientation
• Expertise working cross functionally in a matrixed environment
• Ability to simplify complexity
• Collaborative with the ability to influence others
• Process improvement mindset with the ability to critically analyze opportunities & connect the right resources to drive the improvement
• Bias to action/breaking down barriers/finding & driving solutions
• Comfortable with mining data and data analytics
• Solid technical skills with comfort learning new systems quickly
• Proficient in G Suite (Google Sheets, Google Docs, gMail)

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of Industrial manufacturing and/or similar experience, with 5+ years of procurement experience preferred.
• Experience within procurement or supply chain with a strong ability to gain partnerships with cross-functional partners
• Influencing best practice standardization in procurement
• SAP S/4 HANA and Ariba experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Enable the development and execution of category strategy in alignment with business strategy for specific site requirements, and ensure leveraged needs are fulfilled in alignment with the appropriate Category Manager
• Act as a strategic thought partner for Procurement and Business leadership.
• Collaborate with Category Managers and peers on Procurement and Supplier strategies.
• Develop and maintain effective local and regional supplier partnerships.
• Continuously seek to improve and manage total cost for site indirect materials.
• Proactively develop and implement effective risk mitigation strategies for key materials.
• Ensure site supplier compliance and enable improved performance management by upholding contractual obligations and authoring Contracts with Firm SLA’s/KPI's at the site level.
• Drives the strategy to leverage key suppliers across sites and highlight consolidation opportunities to Strategic Category Managers.
• Lead consolidation of spend on assigned site(s) by collaborating with centralized teams across the network.
• Provide and leverage market and competitive intelligence with other Indirect functions.
• Lead site cross-functional collaborative efforts to streamline and better enable S2P processes.
• In coordination with the legal department and ISC category manager guidance, develop applicable contracts and agreements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to select suppliers, negotiate and develop the best value for GAF. This includes coordinating and supporting RFPs.
• Ensure the procurement of required services is in alignment with EHS and ISN compliance regulations.
• Participate in cross functional team projects involving HQ to ensure value is attained through early involvement.

Benefits

• We offer a wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• Our Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood.
• Our robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.
• Other exciting programs and perks are available to help employees achieve work-life balance, including (but not limited to) a wellness program, free financial coaching, a referral program, and product rebates when purchased for an employee’s primary residence.
• Professional growth and development are very important to us! We offer internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program.
• We're committed to fostering a culture that reflects our values to connect, empower, evolve, and inspire. We offer many opportunities for employees to connect with one another, including through our Employee Resource Groups who focus on education and allyship for all of our employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees