Purchasing Manager ensuring availability of food and non - food products for HANS IM GLÜCK, a leading entity in system gastronomy. Main responsibilities include supplier management and process development.
About the role
- Category Manager leading procurement initiatives for major capital projects at AEP. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and optimize procurement strategies.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary representative of Procurement to AEP business units and implement sourcing strategies that optimize spend.
- Act as the main point of contact for project teams, strengthening partnerships, improving service levels, and driving key Supply Chain performance metrics.
- Oversee coordination between Project Procurement professionals and other Supply Chain teams and resources to support project delivery.
- Ensure adherence to AEP and regulatory standards, policies, and procedures across all project procurement activities.
- Collaborate with Project Procurement professionals and Supply Chain teams to fulfill all material and service requirements for assigned projects.
- Represent Supply Chain in project meetings, phase gate reviews, and other forums, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
- Lead escalation and resolution of project material issues, including developing corrective actions and recovery plans.
- Partner with project managers to develop procurement matrices and plans covering material supply, contracting, logistics, and expediting.
- Develop and manage comprehensive Project Procurement Execution Plans, including pricing, PO/MR tracking, order timelines, contractual need dates, and delivery expectations.
- Support project engineers, managers, and contractors in procuring goods and services in accordance with approved procurement plans.
- Monitor and report on all procurement planning activities, including material requisitions, supply tracking, shortage identification, and expediting.
- Assess and communicate quality, cost, and schedule impacts arising from Supply Chain activities; develop mitigation strategies to reduce project risk.
- Address escalated issues and ensure timely communication of resolutions to project and Supply Chain stakeholders.
- Build and maintain strong relationships across AEP’s procurement organization.
- Develop and sustain collaborative networks with internal stakeholders and suppliers to support demand planning, forecasting, strategy development, and contract utilization.
- Lead cross-functional teams including technical subject matter experts and other stakeholders in the development and execution of sourcing strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, or related disciplines.
- Ten (10) or more years of progressively responsible experience in project management, category management, strategic sourcing, purchasing, consulting, cost accounting, finance, or related PMP/SCM fields.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, SCMP, CPSM, or equivalent preferred.
- Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with strong influencing and persuasion capabilities.
- Demonstrated innovation, initiative, leadership, and management experience.
- Ability to lead teams in a matrixed organization across geographical and functional reporting lines.
- Proven experience negotiating large, complex commercial agreements.
- Ability to apply market intelligence and insights to the project schedule.
- Strong understanding of the strategic sourcing process.
- Advanced negotiation and project management skills.
- Thorough knowledge of purchasing, accounts payable, work management, and financial systems; familiarity with AEP systems (e.g., SAP, Ariba) preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Excel (Pivot tables, VLOOKUP) is required; familiarity with visualization tools is preferred (Tableau, PowerBI, or SQL).
Benefits
- Unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.
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