Procurement Buyer

This is Energizer Holdings, Inc.Energizer Holdings responsibly creates products to make lives easier and more enjoyable. To do this, we lean into our culture as an organization - we win together, while serving each other, with a willingness to act boldly, all while doing right. Our colleagues hail from all backgrounds, nationalities and walks of life, but our shared mission and purpose make us one team. Because we’re a global organization, you will always have opportunities to learn, grow and develop in your career. We support flexible working arrangements wherever possible.Position SummaryThe Global Procurement Buyer is deeply involved in conducting analysis to support category strategy development and execution. The Buyer will support supplier relationship management and the achievement of cost/performance targets. They will lead category/supplier management for sub-categories and suppliers assigned to them.**Responsibilities**:- Ensure supplier scorecards are up to date and maintains accurate and timely information on the supplier.- Support negotiations with suppliers and cost model development across their category and lead efforts for their assigned sub-categories/suppliers.- Understand the importance of stakeholder management and begin to engage stakeholders.- Support the development category specific pipeline.- Conducts reliable analysis when requested.- Manages day-to-day supplier relationship activities.- Supports risk and compliance program management.- Conduct quantitative analysis using Excel.- Develop category and supplier profiles.- Conducts supply market analysis.- Executes sourcing and product cycle plan projects independently.- Tracks procurement performance metrics.- Demonstrates knowledge of negotiation tools/techniques and applies them regularly when given opportunities- Manages sophisticated financial analysis and business cases independently.- Demonstrates expertise in benchmark and should-cost analyses using competitive intelligence and reports- Demonstrates an understanding in the Energizer strategic sourcing process.- Develops and implements sub-category procurement strategy, goals and savings targets in line with company strategy and procurement best-practices for assigned areas.- Evaluates bids, selects, and recommends supplier/components to achieve goals.- Point of contact for vendor information, evaluations, and assessments.What we are looking for- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or Business Management preferred.- 2+ years experience in procurement (practical and strategic).- 2+ years of experience with demonstrated success of managing projects.- Work hour flexibility working with a Global team.- Procurement Systems (i.e., Spend and Contract Databases) experience.- Sourcing experience and Commodity knowledge.- Experience in quantitative analysis using Microsoft Excel/Access (beyond basic data entry).- Highly self-motivated with the ability to drive change in a decentralized organization with minimum supervision- Strong analytical thinking with demonstrated results.- Strong oral and written communication skills with ability to present ideas in business-friendly language (English, Spanish).- Ability to set priorities and make decisions.- Some travel required.What we prefer- Experience in managing supplier relationships and conducting negotiations.- Experience working in SAP.- Strong facilitation skills to collaborate with stakeholders across company to implement sourcing strategies.- Strong understanding of costs, working capital, and other financial metrics.- Ability to coordinate multiple projects and programs.- Knowledge and use of eProcurement and eSourcing methodology.Come join usEnergizer is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.