Procurement Representative - Ecolab

General Summary

The Procurement Representative provides procurement support to the major spend categories of direct and Indirect procurement for country/cluster support. Interviews, selects, and negotiates with vendors. Works closely with suppliers and internal associates including R&D, Marketing, Supply Chain. Develop strong resilient supplier base for competitive sourcing enabling the ambitious business growth. This position typically reports to a Procurement Manager or Sr. Procurement Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead by example the regional and global safety and ethical initiatives
• Manages day-to-day activities within designated supplier relationships in their assigned categories /region for direct materials which includes raw materials, packaging materials and contract manufacturers (job/toll manufacturer)
• Work with close coordination with regional/ Global procurement and local supply chain as well as internal stakeholders.
• Manages service level and quality complaint resolution as required for existing supplier base
• Identifies, communicates, and supports process improvements for materials or services in assigned areas and with key stakeholders as required
• Manages Complete Indirect & Equipment Category including but not limited to Equipment, Logistics & Warehousing, Facilities, Manufacturing, MRO, IT, Professional Services, Travel & Entertainment, Fleet.
• Collaborate with category team and market team for sourcing alignment that tie to TDC activities
• Responsible for execution and proposing sourcing strategies and savings projects for direct and Indirect procurement
• Responsible for sourcing part of GMI (Gross Margin Improvement), Localization projects and supply resiliency.
• Acts as second line of defense in expediting orders to ensure adherence to contracted delivery terms and investigates and resolves problems as required
• Identifies alternate suppliers and/or alternate materials/processes and drives approval process
• Owns contract process for assigned categories / region. Responsibility for ensuring contracts within the category are updated, accurate, and uploaded in the required contract system
• Responsible for financial reporting of savings projects and headwinds. Manages the tight materials process to ensure security of supply
• Support Ecolab’s quality systems through engagement with suppliers to work toward successful corrective action resolution and continued quality
• Leads savings projects on Direct/Indirect/EQ Categories, TDC sourcing process or other initiatives that supports achieving team goals
• Provide market intelligence, insights, and supply security to bring our business a competitive advantage everywhere we operate
• Collaborates with regional / global sourcing teams
• Manage tight material with alternative support
• Build up supplier pool to support resiliency program

Job Requirements

• 3-5 Years of relevant Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field (Candidate with Chemical / Technical background preferred)
• Fluent in English, Arabic and French
• Tactical negotiation skills
• Excellent Communication skills