Lead, coach, and develop Plant Buyers to ensure effective service delivery and professional growth.
Ensure lean procurement processes and best practices are implemented consistently across all plants.
Act as the escalation point for procurement-related issues across the region.
Embed a performance-driven culture focused on results, compliance, and collaboration.
Ensure All NSG Policies and Procedures are adhered to in all plants.
Category Management – Indirects
Deploy regional indirect strategies in alignment with global objectives.
Analyze and manage the supply market, identifying opportunities to optimize cost, quality, risk, and sustainability.
Negotiate and manage supplier relationships, ensuring delivery against agreed KPIs.
Lead cost reduction, cash generation, and risk mitigation initiatives, ensuring results are captured in Group reporting.
Partner with stakeholders to ensure category solutions address business needs while maximizing value.
Deliver the agreed budget targets for the category in the region and ensure all savings are fully reported consistently within established Group reporting mechanisms.
Undertake specific cross-regional projects within the category, as and when delegated by the Regional Directors.
Act as the prime contact with regional SBU stakeholders, in relation to the category.
Support supplier process audits (where necessary) in order to validate production to ensure that all necessary controls are in place.
Business Performance
Deliver annual savings and working capital improvements as set by the Procurement Director.
Report procurement performance against KPIs and implement corrective actions where required.
Drive ESG, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Indirects category.
Adherence to NSG/Pilkington Standards of Business Conduct and its Values and Principles
Other duties as assigned by manager
Scope/Dimensions:
Regional oversight of procurement services in all manufacturing locations in the region
Category responsibility: Indirects category in North America (annual spend of 60 million USD/ 12,000 POs / 1,400 active suppliers)
Key measures: cost savings, working capital, risk mitigation, ESG contribution, and stakeholder satisfaction
Member of the Regional Procurement Leadership Team, working closely with Category Managers and Global Procurement peers
Top Competencies Needed for Success in the Role:
Results: Drives performance, delivers on commitments, takes ownership for risk and opportunity management.
People: Coaches and empowers teams, listens actively, and builds collaborative stakeholder relationships.
Vision: Brings customer and stakeholder perspectives into decision-making, embraces change and innovation.
Influence: Communicates with impact, gains stakeholder alignment, and builds strong supplier partnerships.
Qualifications Required:
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field
5+ years’ experience in procurement or supply chain, ideally in industrial sectors
Strong negotiation, analytical, and supplier relationship management skills
Experience managing teams and working cross-functionally in a matrix environment
Proficiency with ERP systems (preferably SAP) and advanced Excel skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence at senior levels
Demonstrated ability to deliver savings and manage category strategies
Qualifications Desired:
Fluency in Spanish
Other Requirements:
Flexibility to travel domestically and overseas (expected 20% of the time)\
We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package, which includes 401k, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, company paid holidays, paid vacations, and education assistance.
NSG Group/Pilkington is an equal opportunity employer; M/F/D/V encouraged to apply. Qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. Applicants have the option to confidentially self-identify or not self-identify when applying.