Regional Commodity Manager

Title: Regional Commodity Manager, Outbound Logistics

Location: Limerick, Ireland.

Overview:
Want to join a world-class global procurement organization where you can drive change while building a long-term career? Dell’s procurement organization offers the opportunity to learn industry leading skills through our in-house training programs and top of the line career development courses. Recognized for our world-class processes, as a member of the Worldwide Procurement team you will have an opportunity to support Dell’s transformation strategy, develop your career, and partner with a diverse team of talented procurement experts.

You will be part of the Global Freight Fulfilment, Logistics and Trade (GFLT) procurement organization and work as a Regional Commodity Manager, responsible for regional execution of our global procurement strategy for Outbound (Ground, Parcel and Bulk) transportation, reporting to the Global Logistics Procurement Director.

You Will:

• Proactively manage regional contractual expiry and compliance tied to the global category strategy. Deliver cost improvement through the execution of regional sourcing plans and managing RFI/P, as appropriate, via e-procurement tools.
• Increase the visibility of spend and the portion of spend under contract and being actively managed
• Enable the implementation of our global procurement strategy for Outbound Logistics in EMEA by driving alignment across the procurement and regional stakeholder/supply base
• Understand key cost drivers and monitoring regional risk / opportunity. Remain abreast of procurement trends and new developments in the market-space for assigned categories and providing these regional insights in the development of future category strategies.
• Participate in global procurement initiatives and striving to continually improve procurement processes and procedures

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain or related field (MBA or post graduate degree preferred)
• 5+ years of procurement experience as a category manager or similar role or 2+ years of procurement experience as a category manager with MBA or post graduate degree
• Able to leverage advanced negotiation techniques to progress the sustainable achievement of cost, contractual and service level goals
• Strong analytical capabilities including report development and analysis as well as making data-driven recommendations and decisions
• Strong presentation and persuasion skills with an ability to clearly communicate across all levels of the organization
• Ability to build strong, long-lasting business relationships internally and externally

Desirable

• Strong project/program management capabilities
• Previous experience leveraging e-procurement tools
• Experience working within a large, global, center-led procurement team working for a remote line manager

Who we are

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