Procurement

• Leader in Global Procurement responsible for developing and driving execution of category management strategies
• Manages the development and delivery of value from the supply base to mitigate risk, reduce cost, and reduce working capital
• Engage with mid-level leadership and frequently interact with senior leaders
• Independently lead projects and engage global stakeholders to evaluate cross region opportunities
• Leverage extensive negotiation experience with large, complex negotiations
• Identify, forecast, and execute on cost-out opportunities and working capital improvements
• Build collaborative, long-term key supplier relationships to drive value to the business

Senior Category Manager – Cap Ex Equipment

• Lead strategic sourcing for new professional services purchases – conducting needs assessments, managing RFx processes and negotiating enterprise agreements.
• Own the renewal management for existing contracts, initiating reviews 90+ days before expiration to optimize terms and right-size licenses.
• Analyze and build TCO and ROI models, so contracting teams can build contracts to support KPI compliance by our supplier base.
• Partner with key business stakeholders to assess needs and build requirements for RFx events.
• Maintain supplier relationships through structured business reviews, performance tracking and issue resolution.
• Feed market intelligence and sourcing insights back to the Professional Services Category Manager to inform broader category strategy.
• Engage and participate in special projects or complete other duties as assigned

Strategic Sourcing Manager – Procurement

• Build and implement a strategic sourcing framework that drives efficiency, compliance, and agility in purchasing software, cloud services, and business partnerships.
• Oversee procurement operations to ensure all requests flow smoothly through the right reviews and approval paths while meeting SLAs for speed and compliance.
• Partner with CISO and IT teams to ensure software purchases are secure, complementary to our existing stack, and optimized for cost.
• Serve as system admin for Zip, maintaining and improving workflows that guide stakeholders through each stage of the SaaS and services procurement lifecycle.
• Advise business partners on procurement policy and best practices, ensuring expectations are managed and decisions align with company standards.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Finance to monitor and optimize cloud spend, surfacing insights that drive budget efficiency.

Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Vendor Management

• Developing and executing sourcing strategies for assigned resin categories
• Ensuring a reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable supply base
• Partnering closely with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders to drive commercial value
• Managing supplier relationships, strategy, and business needs within assigned Commodity categories
• Overseeing contract management and compliance
• Travel to supplier and Amcor sites, applicable trade or industry events
• Acquiring and maintaining in-depth knowledge of market forces and trends
• Qualifying suppliers, creating risk assessments, and making recommendations
• Presenting periodic comprehensive sourcing reviews of assigned commodity portfolio
• Liaising between suppliers, international sourcing, divisional manufacturing, sales, R&D, and Purchasing department
• Acting as project manager for cross-functional teams
• Working with Division Managers to implement inventory strategy
• Participating in the training and development of Purchasing staff

Senior Manager, Category Procurement PP

• Provide clinical management of organ donor patients across all age groups
• Honor donor wishes while guiding families through the donation process with empathy and respect
• Apply advanced critical care strategies to optimize organ function and maximize transplant opportunities
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare teams throughout the donor management process
• Coordinate with transplant centers and healthcare partners to ensure timely and effective organ recovery and placement
• Promote donation awareness and support a positive donation culture through education and outreach
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice development

RN – Organ Procurement Coordinator

• Maintain and deepen Nava’s relationships with existing cooperative purchasing vehicles, state-specific procurement mechanisms, and schedule contract holders
• Conduct regular outreach and engagement with vehicle administrators and state procurement officials to keep Nava positioned as an active, compliant, and preferred vendor on existing vehicles
• Monitor utilization rates and activity on current vehicles; identify underperforming vehicles and develop strategies to increase engagement or reactivate dormant relationships
• Track contract vehicle renewal timelines, compliance requirements, and reporting obligations; coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure Nava meets all vehicle-level requirements proactively
• Serve as Nava’s primary relationship owner with vehicle administrators, cooperative purchasing organizations, and state procurement bodies
• Identify procurement vehicles, cooperative agreements, and acquisition pathways in priority states where Nava currently lacks coverage or where gaps create a competitive disadvantage
• Develop and execute a vehicle establishment roadmap, prioritizing new cooperative agreements, schedule contracts, and state-specific vehicles that open doors in key target states before pursuits require them
• Lead the application, onboarding, and activation process for new vehicles; coordinate with Legal, Finance, and Contracts to ensure compliance and timely execution
• Build and maintain a current vehicle map that tracks which vehicles Nava is on, which are actively used, and which represent untapped entry points by territory
• Lead the early operationalization of Nava’s NASPO ValuePoint agreement, including identifying the incremental infrastructure, processes, and marketing efforts required to support NASPO at scale
• Develop a NASPO-specific go-to-market plan that identifies target states, outreach strategies, and activation milestones for the first 6–12 months
• Coordinate with the GTM and Communications teams to develop NASPO-specific marketing and nurturing materials that increase state awareness of and confidence in purchasing through the vehicle
• Track NASPO pipeline activity and utilization; report on vehicle performance and surface recommendations for improving activation and revenue contribution
• Provide per-territory acquisition pathway recommendations integrated directly into Capture Engineer territory capture plans, answering “how does this state buy services like ours” before the relationship conversation advances far enough to matter
• Conduct competitive vehicle analysis: identify where competitors are positioned on cooperative vehicles that could lock Nava out of procurements, and develop strategies to close those gaps preemptively
• Advise Capture Managers on activated pursuits where vehicle selection is a competitive variable
• Research and analyze state-specific procurement authority, sole-source pathways, emergency procurement options, and cooperative vehicle eligibility to ensure Nava has a viable acquisition route for every priority opportunity
• Maintain a landscape of cooperative purchasing organizations (NASPO, NCPA, SEWP, state-specific cooperatives) and advise on Nava’s positioning relative to each

Procurement Vehicle Strategist

• Define sourcing event scope and strategy; identify opportunities based on spend, value, risk, and capacity.
• Present goals, strategy, and project plan to sponsors/partners, secure approvals, and align resources to execute.
• Negotiate contract terms and conditions with suppliers, partnering with internal SMEs to deliver mutually beneficial outcomes aligned to organizational goals.
• Build strong relationships with assigned team leaders to understand goals and sourcing needs; serve as primary sourcing contact and liaison with suppliers to optimize relationships and resolve issues.
• Promote the value of strategic sourcing; provide leadership reporting on spend, project activity, risks, opportunities, and results.
• Evaluate competitive offerings by comparing bids across financial and qualitative factors; estimate timing of savings/value realization and recommend best overall value.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing for RFx, renewals, and new contracts, including project management oversight.
• Serve as contract SME for assigned suppliers; ensure compliance with approval processes and standards, and support contract management from award through completion.

Senior Procurement Specialist

• Provides contracted service procurement functions mill wide
• Coordinates plant contracted services
• Manages specified mill material vendors
• Creates analytical spend reports
• Oversight of plant services teams and truck drivers
• Reviews and processes purchase requests
• Resolves invoice issues
• Interviews suppliers to obtain product, service, and delivery information
• Sources contracted services and negotiates vendor contracts
• Prepares and publishes specifications for bids
• Evaluates bid responses
• Conducts market research and cost reduction initiatives

Procurement & Site Services Manager

• Execute category strategy & implementation plan created by Regional Category Lead
• Manage local supplier relationships within focus area
• Provide input to regional category strategy based on market dynamics
• Support regional sourcing events, working with Agile Squads
• Monitor supplier performance indicators and initiate supplier reviews as required
• Build trust and credibility with suppliers
• Ensure compliance to K-C Policies and internal controls

Senior Procurement Specialist, Packaging – Cartons

• Responsible for execution of procurement strategy and development of purchasing systems to achieve service and profitability goals
• Leads the Purchasing Agents and drives best-in-class procurement processes, people, and capability improvements
• Develops and implements processes for entering, maintaining, and updating purchasing orders, data, and pricing in the system
• Develops continuous improvement processes for Procure to Pay and coordinates with IS resources and Accounting resources to implement such systems
• Integrates purchasing system with billing system to ensure material for service and T&M projects are billed in a consistent and profitable manner
• Prepares and disseminates reporting information on purchasing system usage, consumption, vendor/material data, and status
• Assists Director of Procurement with establishing key supply chain relationships/partnerships to support broader EnPTi goals and objectives
• Develops, negotiates, maintains, and analyzes blanket agreement/preferred material pricing contracts
• Implements, monitors, and analyzes procurement metrics including pricing comparisons, customer satisfaction, order volume, and other useful measures as needed

Procurement Manager

• Lead procurement operations and sourcing requirements for Excellerate Engineer to Order (ETO) Business.
• Collaborate between cross-functional teams including procurement, engineering, project management, operations, finance, and leadership.
• Develop standard processes and systems to reduce costs, eliminate waste, and minimize risk.
• Establish key metrics for organizational effectiveness and align sourcing processes to category strategies.
• Develop strategic partnerships with suppliers for value services and on-time delivery.
• Assist with the development of project procurement strategies and resources.

Procurement Director

• Own procurement strategy for IT hardware, software and services, aligning sourcing decisions with business goals.
• Lead vendor relationships, including negotiations, contract optimization and performance management.
• Analyze technology spend and market trends, leveraging reporting and dashboards to inform sourcing strategy and drive cost savings.
• Oversee and continuously improve procurement processes, including purchase order workflows, to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Partner with IT and business leaders across North America to align purchasing priorities and influence decisions through data-driven insights.

Senior IT Purchasing Specialist

• As a Strategic Sourcing Director for Greenheck Group you provide strategic leadership across Sourcing Systems, Trade Compliance, International Sourcing, and Sourcing Transformation.
• Responsible for developing and executing enterprise-wide strategies that align with corporate and divisional priorities.
• Leads transformational initiatives that modernize sourcing capabilities, including systems and SAP optimization, AI-enabled automation, trade compliance programs, and global sourcing strategies.
• Partner closely with sourcing leaders across business units to provide platforms, processes, governance, and capabilities that support material procurement and supplier management activities across the enterprise.
• Guides leaders and teams responsible for critical global suppliers, international sourcing programs, and compliance activities, ensuring continuity, scalability, risk mitigation, and alignment with group-level and strategic objectives.
• Directly accountable for managing annual international sourcing spend exceeding $80M and influencing sourcing strategies across the company’s $600M+ global supply chain footprint.

Strategic Sourcing Director – International Sourcing, Trade Compliance, Systems

• Contributes to the development of multi-year strategies and business plans for the Chemical Analysis Division and drives the execution of the Procurement vision with key colleagues in the division
• A key partner to the divisional operations leader with a focus on strategy, execution and implementation
• Facilitates the development and execution of long-term strategies that will optimize quality, cycle/response time, technology, risk, and total cost
• Mitigates risk, uses technology, improves processes and systems, and reduces overall cost of ownership and acquisition
• Establishes and implements short and long-term goals, strategic plans, policies and procedures for the Division aligned with Group and the divisional leadership team
• Translates Divisional business and Procurement objectives and targets to Category management teams and monitors category management contributions to these targets
• Delivers on key objectives (Annual Operating Plan - AOP), delivery, quality, service, cost, innovation, and growth commitments for Division Procurement
• Coordinates long range strategies with the business partners across the Division and implements plans
• Partners with Category Managers, R&D, Engineering to deliver annual value improvements and drives competitive advantage
• Provides input to make or buy and footprint decisions, supplier selection, and supplier management for product innovation projects and vendor transitions, monitors the execution and communicates results to senior leaders
• Ensures alignment with business colleagues within the Group and Division on projects
• Serves as the point of contact and ensures the implementation of Enterprise Processes such as Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk and Supplier Management
• Collects supplier (technical) capability requirements for current and future product portfolio as input for supplier scouting
• Gathers Division business requirements and assures compliance to regulatory requirements
• Drives and tracks compliance for indirect materials
• Uses ‘scouting approach’ to influence R&D and Commercial partners earlier in NPI process, monitor product pipeline (LCM), support product platforming
• Serves as point of contact for Procurement within the Division
• Consolidates, analyzes and reports on divisional procurement metrics for business reviews
• Aligns the Procurement strategy with the Divisional Leadership team
• Ensures procurement value contribution to business and supports Division initiatives
• Manages division input to category strategies (Global, Group specific)
• Engages with supplier leadership to support the CM team and Division in achieving Thermo Fisher objectives related to quality, cost, innovation, growth and compliance
• Supports the development and implementation of common processes, standardized work, use of tools and technologies.

Procurement Manager – Divisional Procurement Partner

• Lead the data management and quantitative analyses of sourcing activities within the Strategic Sourcing Organization (SSO).
• Include themselves in the strategic sourcing process as they will require working on complex problems that create analytical tools, data recommendations/solutions to problems.
• Experience using Power BI and Microsoft Power Platform to create new tools/solutions.
• Develop, document, and deliver repeatable processes to meet partner requirements.
• Manage multiple priorities to meet reporting/project timelines.
• Written and verbal communication with partners at all levels.

Strategic Sourcing Analyst

• Guide and influence business and senior leadership through key strategic projects and procurement strategy, focusing on critical vendor management, integration, and informed purchase guidance aligned to Zendesk growth and partner vision.
• Develop, maintain, and validate accurate forecasts for usage, licenses, and capacity for key contracts in collaboration with Engineering, IT, and business units to gather data and identify trends or potential risks to inform contract negotiations and prevent over-commitment or unnecessary costs.
• Lead sourcing strategy, complex negotiations, and vendor diversification for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Model (LLM) providers.
• Analyze and optimize AI/LLM consumption, including token usage and capacity planning, to inform contract negotiations and mitigate financial risk.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing execution, including market research, RFx strategy development, and acting as an escalation point for contract negotiations partnering with Legal, Security, and IT.
• Support spend management projects focused on savings, process efficiency, and risk reduction, including total cost of ownership evaluations and pricing audits.
• Implement and manage a multi-vendor LLM ecosystem strategy to ensure diversification, cost efficiency, and performance optimization.
• Drive commercial leverage by maintaining commitment discipline and pursuing flexible renewal cycles with major LLM providers to mitigate market volatility and pricing shifts.
• Collaborate with Engineering and IT to manage the governance layer for internal AI productivity tooling to track seat vs. consumption costs and align model spend with security and legal approvals.

Manager – Strategic Sourcing, Software and Engineering

• Help place K-C at the forefront of External Contract Manufacturing through collaboration across multiple supply chain functions;
• Provide a sound understanding of market dynamics and benchmarking;
• Lead the development of a global procurement strategy and ensure seamless alignment with local, regional and global requirements.
• Develop recommendations through fact-based analysis in support of a resilient, cost-effective supply base aligned with business and product requirements;
• Drive efficiency by reducing complexity and promoting standardization wherever possible.
• Collaborate with cross functional product owners across Procurement, Planning, Logistics, Transportation, Manufacturing, Quality and Safety teams to achieve challenging goals;
• Develop strategic supplier partnerships that deliver measurable business opportunities and continuous innovation.
• Govern and enforce the category strategy and K-C processes, while leading with a continuous improvement mindset for routine category strategy updates;
• Establish trust and create an environment of accountability with stakeholders impacted by ECM goals and objectives;
• Routinely influence at all levels of leadership through routine, succinct communication.
• Lead peer and cross-functional teams across multiple levels of the organization in the creation and execution of Dispensers strategies and initiatives.
• Lead market benchmarking and supplier scans to inform initiative prioritization, supplier selection, and negotiation strategy;
• Reduce single source risk where applicable and lead informed RFx events to achieve a balanced scorecard for the category.
• Partner with other ECM Procurement team members in the ownership and execution of all commercial terms and supplier negotiations;
• Ensure compliance with all K-C Code of Conduct and Procurement rules.

Global Dispensers Category Manager

• Manages relationships with vendors including vendor selection, elimination and performance review activities.
• Develops requests for projects, reviews bids, and negotiates contracts with third party vendors.
• Works with business partners to determine sourcing needs and provide indirect sourcing support.
• Collaborates cross functionally with legal on sourcing contract drafting, negotiations and finalization with third party vendors.
• Maintains a working knowledge of existing contracts to navigate contract extensions and supplier relations.
• Submits purchase orders, requests approval and inputs contracts into sourcing systems.
• Stays abreast of strategic projects to ensure timely execution of sourcing demands.

Advisor, Indirect Procurement Sourcing – IT Software

• Own product sourcing, vendor selection and new product development within your assigned product category.
• Lead vendor negotiations to build successful business partnerships.
• Organize vendor visits to understand the manufacturing process and keep a pulse on market trends.
• Support the creative strategy for your product category’s catalog and digital marketing layouts.
• Make a direct impact in increasing company profitability, product quality and data accuracy.
• Build strong relationships with Uline leaders and internal teams including Purchasing, Creative and Quality Control.
• Coach and develop a team of Product Management Analysts.

Category Manager

• Own product sourcing, vendor selection and new product development for your assigned category.
• Lead meetings and negotiations with domestic and international vendors for Uline product lines to support successful partnerships.
• Communicate with vendors on performance, product development and maintaining best-in-class quality standards.
• Build strong relationships with Uline leaders and internal teams including Purchasing, Marketing and Quality Control.
• Coach and develop a team of Product Management Analysts.

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