The Manager, Indirect Central Purchasing manages the North American purchasing strategy for specific central services (Marketing and Travel) that fall within the scope of the Indirect Purchasing team supporting central business functions. In this capacity, the role is responsible for all aspects of category management for these strategic, indirect, and complex purchase categories across all business units in North America. This position engages with stakeholder teams at leadership levels to drive the purchasing activities for the benefit of the organization. Additionally, as this role is part of a Regional Purchasing team, the Category Manager will work in sync with the Global Purchasing team in France. A key challenge for this role is to act as a conduit, converting Saint-Gobain macro strategies into actions and projects. The Manager, Indirect Central Purchasing also provides support and guidance for local purchasing teams dedicated to the North American Business Units. This position does not have direct reports but will lead cross-functional project teams, engaging internal Stakeholders according to each project need.

This position is responsible for execution of the Indirect Purchasing strategy for assigned Central Services Categories at Saint-Gobain in North America with est. $50MM+ spend responsibility across Indirect central services categories. The Strategy will align with corporative initiatives, properly translating these goals into tangible actions and deliverables that incorporate business requirements approved by central services leaders across North America. This person will establish and lead cross-functional teams to develop, advocate, and implement best-in-class purchasing category strategies to achieve short and long-term objectives, working closely with related internal departments (e.g. Legal, Privacy, IT & Security) to ensure success. 

Develop, lead, and maintain sourcing activities that deliver the category strategy objectives: Identify spend, control sourcing strategy, and lead sourcing, supplier negotiations, contract negotiations, and supplier selection to optimize the value proposition and drive savings associated with the assigned categories of indirect spend for North American businesses utilizing the digital purchasing e-Tools provided by Saint-Gobain.