CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.
What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.
Job Description
Position Purpose:
Global Procurement is committed to deliver a significant contribution towards Brambles growth goals, enabling the markets to win through Procurement using breakthrough category strategies and sourcing execution to support operating margin improvement and competitive advantage.
Indirect Procurement categories tend to be complex with varying stakeholder needs, significant external spend and key relationships up to and including executive level. The prime accountability for this role is to drive value through ensuring the commercial elements of spend in these categories are executed brilliantly with our vendors.
This role will lead sourcing decisions with key stakeholders that is enabled through a business partnering approach with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the IT Leadership Team. This role will apply & oversee category management to support the maximization of value, whilst minimizing risk from all external spend and assuring quality of delivery and performance.
Your mission:
- Be an effective Business Partner & trusted advisor to the CIO and each of the ITLT members
- Challenge the ways of working with a focus on the ‘game-changers’ leveraging scale & skill
- Co-create 3-year strategic plan with clear deliverables for the global procurement categories of IT, Telecoms & Network
- Deliver savings targets that are procurement led, support SOF initiatives across the category portfolio
- Support the delivery and assignments of all procurement “enabled” Shaping-our-Future (SOF) initiatives across the portfolio including direct reports and wider procurement teams as necessary
- Play an active role in the IT annual budget process
- Maintain and review the records of procured IT products and services
- Monitoring and control unrolling contracts
- Develop the Strategic Vendor Management Function to enable greater value, compliance, and identify & reduce risk
- Be a trusted advisor to the regional procurement teams as required
Your experience:
- Strong IT Category or commodity management experience as Procurement Director on a Global level
- Multiple years’ experience within a large international business
- Senior stakeholder management (including C suite)
- Cost & financial management
- Supplier management
- Ideally MCIPS qualified (not mandatory)
Skills & Knowledge
- Ability to articulate the supply market and take that knowledge to develop a strategy/executable plan
- Executive presence and confidence with senior stakeholders and C suite
- Global mentality and collaborative approach
- Knowledge within the category across multiple industries and subcategories
- Leads by example and directs the category teams to find additional information
- English is a must have – fluency in Spanish is an advantage
Remote Type
Hybrid Remote
Skills to succeed in the role
Adaptability, Category Strategy, Contract Management, Cost Management, Cross-Functional Work, Data-Driven Decision Making, Digital Literacy, Emotional Intelligence, Feedback, Inclusive Leadership, Innovation, Learn From Mistakes, Market Analysis, Mentorship, Motivating Teams, Prioritization, Procurement Strategies, Procurement Systems, Responsible Sourcing, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management, Supplier Performance Management (PM), Talent Development
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.
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What We Do
CHEP is a global leader in managed, returnable and reusable packaging solutions, serving many of the world's largest companies in sectors such as consumer goods, fresh produce, beverage and automotive. CHEP’s service is environmentally sustainable and increases efficiency for customers while reducing operating risk and product damage. CHEP’s 7,500-plus employees and 300 million pallets and containers offer unbeatable coverage and exceptional value, supporting more than 500,000 customer touch-points in 49 countries. Our customer portfolio includes global companies and brands such as Procter & Gamble, Sysco, Kellogg's, Kraft, Nestlé, Ford and GM. CHEP is part of Brambles Limited. For more information, visit www.chep.com.
Reliability. Flexibility. The success of your business depends on both. With CHEP, you can be confident that you’ll get the equipment you need, when and where you need it. Our scale is unmatched, with more than 110 million pallets and over 530 service centers across North America. So you no longer need to worry about seasonal peaks or unexpectedly high demand.
With our broad array of solutions and our pragmatic, roll-up-your-sleeves know-how, we give our consumer goods customers the platforms, the quality, the supply and the support they need to make more money on every unit load. Because everything just works better.
