The Category Manager, Roofing Sustainability will support and manage the efforts for the Roofing Products Group to meet Saint-Gobain’s 2030 Circular Economy Goals of 80% reduction of non-recovered production waste, aligned with our corporate purpose of Making the World a Better Home. This role entails working with the operations and environmental teams and external partners to develop and implement strategies to stabilize the inter and post-industrial waste recycling at each manufacturing facility. This position requires an innovative mindset to help solve business challenges, a spirit of collaboration due to the breadth of the functions involved, and a commitment to process improvement as these activities will evolve and scale over the coming years
This role serves as an individual contributor on the Procurement team while providing strategic leadership for North American regional collaboration or sustainability topics. Develop and implement procurement plans and strategies to support forecasted needs for services/materials using purchasing E-tools to source, bid on and purchase commodities, including regional and local sustainability topics and Roofing related categories (that are ultimately used to manufacture proprietary and highly-engineered residential and commercial roofing products, such as Landmark® (Pro, Premium, Solaris and Climateflex®), Presidential Shake®, Belmont® and Flintlastic®. Responsible for direct ownership for developing/managing partners, technology, contract negotiation and regional/local strategy. Supports, develops and drives sustainable actions linked to the business unit objectives for the Roofing.