Global Indirect Category Procurement Strategist

hace 4 días

Saltillo, Coahuila de Zaragoza, México Johnson Controls International A tiempo completo

**Job Summary**

Johnson Controls International is seeking a highly skilled Global Indirect Category Procurement Strategist to develop and lead the implementation of global category procurement strategies for assigned Indirect Procurement Facilities/MRO categories.

**Key Responsibilities**

  • Develop and lead implementation of global category procurement strategies for assigned Indirect Procurement Facilities/MRO categories
  • Lead traditional and non-traditional supplier procurement activities, ensuring timely execution and focusing on global solutions that improve services and reduce costs
  • Facilitate supplier procurement process and negotiations relative to business requirements and cost, maximizing JCI's leverage and negotiation position
  • Lead supplier contracting negotiations and execution, collaborating with corporate legal for escalation of certain risk-related terms and conditions
  • Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders to increase engagement and develop a robust procurement project pipeline
  • Drive collaborative procurement efforts with cross-functional counterparts and matrix teams to maximize transactional efficiency and mitigate potential risks
  • Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with key suppliers to understand their current services and additional capabilities
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of business and functional strategic roadmaps and resulting business requirements, as related to assigned categories
  • Drive cost-out targets for the supply management organization; calculate and report savings
  • Drive compliance of enterprise agreements
  • Assist with key supplier issue resolution and risk mitigation, as required
  • Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of marketplace, benchmarks, and industry best practices for assigned categories

**Requirements**

  • Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university is required
  • Advanced degree in business, finance, and/or legal is highly desirable
  • 6+ years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience is required
  • Significant negotiating experience is required
  • Operational and procurement experience
  • Prior contracting experience (negotiation, implementation, management of agreements) is required
  • Fluency to speak and write in English

**Preferred**

  • Extensive project management experience and/or PMP certification is preferred
  • Operational and/or procurement experience in most if not all of the assigned Indirect Corporate Services Categories is strongly preferred

**Leadership and Project Management Skills**

  • Ability to lead complex procurement events and demonstrated negotiation skills
  • Ability to influence others and manage competing internal stakeholder priorities
  • Ability to generate alternative solutions for consideration to increase total value to the organization while reducing cost and minimizing risk
  • Ability to develop and communicate vision and strategic procurement initiatives, both verbally and in writing, to internal and external stakeholders
  • Demonstrated project management capabilities to lead multiple and complex projects
  • Demonstrated capability to translate strategies into executable implementation plans
  • Ability to identify new procurement opportunities
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse groups of people in a global, matrix organization
  • Clear problem-solving skills
  • Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Sound prioritization skills to balance multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • Ability to embrace change in the organization
  • Supply Market Knowledge and Corporate Services Procurement Knowledge

For most or all of the above-listed categories, in-depth knowledge of key industry drivers and dynamics, understanding of categories and category-specific procurement processes/issues/strategies, understanding of current supplier markets, products, customer demands, and future trends, in-depth knowledge of variety of procurement implementation approaches (e.g. RFX, e-auction), strong contract development skills, supplier management and stakeholder management skills, in-depth knowledge of pricing issues, service levels, and supplier content are required.

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