Manager, Procurement Operations – PRO

Joining the team at SC Johnson Professional® makes you part of a family company with a deep history in the professional market as a leading manufacturer of skincare, cleaning and hygiene products, and smart technologies. We provide solutions to Healthcare, Clean Industrial, Industrial, Office & Institutional, Hospitality & Travel, and Retail & Entertainment markets.

SC Johnson Professional® is a business unit within SC Johnson, a family-owned and led company and leading manufacturer of quality, trusted products since 1886.

Location: Denby, Derbyshire

Function: Global Procurement

Internal Job Title: Manager, Procurement Operations

About the Role:

As the leader of Procurement Operations in the SC Johson Professional Business Unit (PRO), you lead the day-to-day operations for PRO driving winning performance in the areas of Customer Service, Cost, Quality, Innovation and Sustainability. This role owns and works cross-functionally to deliver on supplier performance measurement, continuous improvement of processes, innovation projects, and supply chain resilience while managing a team of 1 direct report. This role represents Procurement within the EU PRO supply chain leadership team and partners closely with Procurement Portfolio to ensure PRO is represented in key material sourcing strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Leads PRO’s procurement organization for EU. Accountable for managing a portfolio size of
• approximately US$30MM spend.
• Accountable for delivery of PRO results in terms of Cost Savings, Profitability, Supply
• Resiliency, Quality, Sustainability, and Customer Service.
• Collaborate, and if required lead, with the Procurement Portfolio teams on sourcing strategy
• development.
• Provide insights and recommendations to sourcing strategies in line with the
• needs of PRO.
• Lead execution of strategy implementation within the region.
• Manage PRO EU supplier performance through execution of Supplier Relationship
• Management (SRM) program.
• Work cross-functionally and with PRO stakeholders (e.g., Planning, Quality, Finance, etc.) to
• drive process excellence and optimization.
• Ensure prices and other SAP parameters are well maintained (including price maintenance).
• Partner with PRO’s EPD and NPD teams to ensure projects are implemented on time.

Experience you’ll bring:

• Procurement leadership experience
• Skilled with contract negotiation and sourcing methodologies.
• Strong leadership and team development competences and experience to raise the capability of a procurement team.

Behaviors you’ll need:

• Ability to think globally, strategically, and objectively.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to make prudent business decisions and manage day-o-day operational issues.
• Skilled in building relationships and strategic alliances internally and externally.

Inclusion & Diversity 

We believe Inclusion and Diversity is more than a program. We embed inclusive practices in our day-to-day work, the way we relate to our colleagues, collaborate and make decisions.

We value the collective richness of the differences people bring to the organization, including style, personality, thoughts, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and disability – that enables all to bring their full contributions to the organization.