Regional Logistics Category Manager

Regional Logistics Category Manager

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.  

We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you? 

In your future role as a Regional Logistics Category Manager, you will

• Optimize and deploy Logistics (Warehousing & Transportation) commercial agreements in North America region (Mexico, USA and Canada)
• Support development of a coherent regional Logistics plan aligned with each business area strategy and the individual local logistics requirements.
• Lead the Logistics categories (Rail Freight, Leasing and Bulk Warehousing) across North America region
• Lead procurement of Logistic services in North America (all aspects: specify, negotiate, contracting, etc.), including contract authorization in all businesses to deliver optimal Total Cost of Ownership
• Lead Logistics regional tenders and strategic sourcing activities
• Contribute to the continuous assessment and benchmarking to identify logistics improvement opportunities
• Contribute to modelling & simulation, footprint development, logistics mode selection to ensure cross business and sites synergies and that the benefits are captured
• Create value and deliver financial savings with P&L (Profit and Loss) impact and process optimizations to business
• Develop and execute negotiation related to Rail Logistics in Americas and secure profitable deals
• Develop short and long term leasing strategies to support growth
• Develop and maintain in depth market knowledge and forecasting abilities in regards of rail transportation and warehousing and fleet management in North America
• Lead supplier meetings and ensure that contracted partners will meet agreed service levels and safety standards stablished by Nouryon and the Chemical Industry
• Lead regional workshops and internal meetings with aim to identify new opportunities for value creation
• Lead strategic initiatives to drive transportation optimizations
• Ensure risk management support for the implementation of Logistics change projects
• Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques to ensure non-supply disruption
• Proactive follow-up possible market and capacity changes in international logistics in all related countries and deploy contingency plans to secure the supply and ensure the most optimal costs
• Ensure commercial controls to fully leverage Nouryon’s power in the market to secure maximum benefit to individual businesses
• Work closely together with all stakeholders such as:  Logistics function of Supply Chain and Manufacturing / Operations, Business Leadership Teams, Sales Managers and Procurement
• Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes
• Provide rapid support to stakeholder when needed as a key channel for escalation
• Work closely with strategic suppliers to drive cost down and optimize service levels
• Ensure logistics tools & processes are used and proper stablished among all business
• Ensure compliance 
• Deliver continuous logistics improvements
• Identify best practices and benchmarks and ensure sharing and deployment within the company
• Travel: This position requires 10% of travelling

We believe you bring

• Business or engineering degree at bachelor/university level
• At least 5 years relevant work experience in logistics/supply chain activities
• Strong background in logistics operations and safety requirements. Desirable background in the Chemical Industry and knowledge in dangerous goods products
• Strong background on the USA and Canada rail shipping industry
• Good understanding of external business trends to drive strategically the process standardization agenda.
• Strong Project management experience (In-depth knowledge of Nouryon (ALPS) processes and methodologies, Strategic Sourcing Methodology, Lean management methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma)
• Following software skills
  • MS-Office
  • Business Warehouse / SAP
  • Working in a SharePoint environment

Great if you have

• Excellent interpersonal relationship skills and communicator, able to listen, able to handle team tensions
• Stress resistance, flexible, problem-solving attitude
• Seen by others as credible, trustworthy, and open to new ideas
• Strong analytical & interpersonal skills and ability to influence and guide others
• Focused on results
• Good problem-solving skills, able to identify and structure issues, run accurate analyses and synthesize recommendations
• Strong desire to improve existing status
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluency in oral and written Spanish

Good to know
 

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/  

We look forward to receiving your application! 

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.  
 

We encourage you as a valued Nouryon employee to share talents from your network to help us to bring in new Changemakers through our new Employee Referral Program! Bringing new, skilled people with a great mindset is beneficial for both you and Nouryon. All info you need to make a referral is here. Join us in growing Nouryon!  

About Nouryon

We’re looking for tomorrow’s Changemakers, today. 

If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change. If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment. 

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We have already chosen our sourcing channels for this recruitment and kindly ask not to be contacted by any advertisement agents, recruitment agencies or staffing companies. 

Nouryon is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.