Jowat

Procurement

• Lead purchasing and strategic sourcing activities for U.S. manufacturing operations
• Develop and execute global and regional sourcing strategies for raw materials, packaging, and other key spending categories
• Identify, evaluate, qualify, and develop suppliers in North America and international markets
• Negotiate supply agreements, pricing, payment terms, logistics conditions, and other commercial terms
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, value improvement, and total-cost optimization while maintaining quality, service, and supply security
• Monitor global raw-material markets, supply-and-demand developments, geopolitical risks, tariffs, logistics constraints, and other factors affecting availability and cost
• Develop sourcing alternatives and contingency strategies to improve supply-chain resilience and reduce single-source dependencies
• Build strategic relationships with key suppliers and conduct regular supplier and commercial reviews
• Partner with Production, R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and Finance
• Collaborate with purchasing colleagues and stakeholders across the international organization, particularly European headquarters and the global manufacturing network
• Support qualification and commercialization of alternative raw materials and suppliers with technical and quality teams
• Establish and track purchasing KPIs, savings initiatives, supplier performance, and sourcing projects
• Lead, develop, and mentor the U.S. purchasing organization
• Ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies, ethical standards, contractual requirements, and applicable regulations

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