Procurement Manager

4 weeks ago

Bratislava, Bratislavský Kraj, Slovakia Johnson Controls Full time
Job Description

What You Will Do

Johnson Controls is seeking an experienced professional to join our Procurement EMEALA Team as a Category Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, planning, implementing, analyzing, and executing regional Strategic Procurement activities related to assigned Direct Materials.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute strategies to improve business process productivity, reduce costs, and procurement-related expenses while improving profitability and increasing Trade Working Capital (TWC) aligned with all business units' requirements.
  • Manage relationships with suppliers, including day-to-day operations, issue escalation, and negotiation.
  • Work effectively with business units leaders globally to ensure alignment of the global strategy and adoption of best practices.
  • Research, identify, and register appropriate service providers by region/country to support business unit and plant operations.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with business unit regional procurement managers to effectively leverage expertise across the organization.
  • Develop business review formats and common scorecards to evaluate ongoing performance.
  • Stay informed of market trends and regulation changes that may affect our business operations and communicate impacts proactively.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5+ years' experience in procurement roles in direct materials (preferably metals), working in an international environment.
  • Strong analytical skills, including ability to analyze and learn cost structure models in many different regions.
  • Proven negotiation skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively across channels, with business unit personnel, purchasing staff, to achieve understanding of business goals.
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

Preferred

  • Confident communicator with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Organized with attention to detail.
  • Drive to 'make things happen' and create opportunities.
  • Creative problem solver.
  • Experience gathering and analyzing data to drive category decision-making.
  • Experience in MS Office and ideally procurement processes, including eProcurement suites.

Our Benefits

Johnson Controls offers a competitive salary, regular monthly bonus after 6 months of employment, fully covered meal vouchers, monthly free workplace massage, winter vitamin package, onsite FIT days, and a flexible benefit allowance so you can choose to tailor the rest of the benefits to suit your individual needs.

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