Axalta is searching for a Category Manager - Site Services, to join our team in Glen Mills, PA!

In this role you will focus on the following areas:

Accountable for managing $68M site services spend in Americas, reporting to the Director, Indirect & Logistics Procurement Americas.Functional supervise a sourcing specialist support the developed category strategy.Close collaboration with internal stakeholders to determine current and future sourcing needs + develop and execute corresponding category strategies.Deliver significant cost savings and avoidances as well as continuous improvement plans.Identify and manage global projects in alignment with cross-functional internal stakeholders.Manage and evolve a supplier base that offers optimal quality, service, technology, and value (QSTV). Lead efforts to qualify alternate or second source suppliers.Negotiate and implement supply agreements that include ideal terms from a QSTV perspective.Conduct quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with key suppliers to advance supplier-supported company objectives, develop supplier capabilities, address gaps in supplier performance.In collaboration with the Business Units, Operations, Technology, and/or other functional stakeholders, develop and continuously evolve a cost savings/productivity plan for the category that includes a pipeline of new ideas, in-process projects, and projects accruing savings in support of exceeding annual productivity goals.Identify and execute TCO improvement opportunities.Effectively address all supplier performance failures via the root cause and corrective action process, successfully levying claims, and other tactics as appropriate.Create and maintain effective e-Sourcing events and catalogs to increase productivity.Monitor and resolve disconnects in the buy channel process in conjunction with the Procurement policy to improve overall compliance and actively managed spend.

Qualifications:

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Economics or Engineering. Experience may be acceptable in lieu of degree.5 or more years’ experience in project management.Experience with Manufacturing, Engineering, or Supply Chain.Experienced using Procurement e-sourcing-tools.Experience partnering with senior-level leaders and stakeholders in a matrix organization.Experience with the source-to-contract Procurement process.Comfortable negotiating both internally and externally.

Preferred

Prior experience leading diverse, multi-functional teamsProcurement project management preferred.ARIBA experience preferred.Strong analytical skills and creative problem-solving capability.Superior communication and good presentation skills.Self-motivated, service-oriented “Can do – Will do” mindset and attitude.Strong organizational and planning skills.Ability to travel up to 20%, including international travel.

Our Company:

Axalta has remained at the forefront of the coatings industry by continually investing in innovative solutions. We engineer technologies that protect customers’ products – whether they are battling heat, light, corrosion, abrasion, moisture, or chemicals – and add dimension and beauty with colorful finishes. We have a vast and ever-evolving portfolio of brands primed to play an important part in everything from modernizing infrastructure around the world to enabling the next generation of electric and autonomous vehicles.  

 

Axalta operates its business in two segments: Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings, which serve four end markets, including Refinish, Industrial, Light Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle, across North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Our diverse global footprint allows us to deliver solutions in over 140+ countries and coat 30 million vehicles per year. We’ve recently set an exciting 2040 carbon neutrality goal, in addition to 10 other sustainability initiatives, and we take pride in working with our customers to optimize their businesses and achieve their goals.

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