Procurement Manager

AdvanSix plays a critical role in global supply chains, innovating and delivering essential products for our customers in a wide variety of end markets and applications that touch people’s lives, such as building and construction, fertilizers, plastics, solvents, packaging, paints, coatings, adhesives, and electronics. Our reliable and sustainable supply of quality products emerges from the vertically integrated value chain of our three U.S. based manufacturing facilities. AdvanSix strives to deliver best-in-class customer experiences and differentiated products in the industries of nylon solutions, chemical intermediates, and plant nutrients, guided by our core values of Safety, Integrity, Accountability and Respect.

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Why work at AdvanSix?

• We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being
• Total Rewards program includes a competitive compensation, health, dental, vision & wellness programs, paid vacation, 401K with company matching, health savings programs, disability & life insurance, employee assistance program
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education, certifications, training, and development
• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences
  
  
  

The Procurement Manger will lead a team of Commodity Leaders to procure over $90 Million of annual operations procured Hard and Soft Craft Construction services; develop strategic strategies aligned with AdvanSix Values and Value Creation roadmap; while preserving an optimal enterprise supplier risk outlook.

Responsibilities

Category Management: The Individual will be accountable for leading the team in mitigating supply risk, maximizing financial improvement and driving innovation of the supply base. They will direct and lead the team to:

• Develops short and long-term category specific strategies that are aligned with AdvanSix goals for reducing costs and meeting financial expectation, while managing vendor relationships. Drive consolidation of spend and seek out synergies across the organizations where applicable, by forming and leading cross-functional strategic sourcing teams to develop and implement category/commodity strategies and to drive cost from individual spend sub-categories; consults with Sr. Management, and other subject matter experts to develop alternative solutions; advises on options, risks, total cost of ownership, and business impacts; and
• Interact with stakeholders to develop, engage and lead supplier relationships for extracting the greatest value in supplier quality, total cost effectiveness, enhanced service levels, risk management, sustainability, and innovation. Manage the ongoing performance of our suppliers including objective setting and supplier evaluations where warranted; and
• Actively seeks ways to streamline business processes; researches and provides information on industry category trends and best practices. Provide procurement input to maximize procurement leverage, optimize project design and minimize project durations and cost.
  
  
  

Procurement Execution: For funded Capital and Plant activities, the individual will assign appropriate team members as points of contact for certain Capital and Plant Turnaround projects. They will direct and lead the team to ensure it:

• Executes category sourcing strategies including development and execution of RFI’s and RFP’s, documents bid events through correspondence to suppliers; develops selection criteria and drives the selection and approval process of suppliers in collaboration with cross-functional teams; conducts supplier negotiations and ongoing supplier management. Develop negotiation strategies, gain alignment from stakeholders, lead cross-functional, category-based negotiation teams, and implementing appropriate supplier risk analysis; and
• Conduct on-site pre-proposal meetings at the facilities to ensure plant requirements (both technical and commercial) are met; and
• Negotiate contracts, terms, progressive pay schedules, delivery milestones; and
• Write contracts and Purchase Order’s within delegation of authority; and
• Resolve or facilitate the resolution of supplier issues with invoicing, qualifications and back-charges and claims.
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or Arts Degree; and
• 8+ years of indirect plant/ capital procurement sourcing or 10+ capital project management experience & increasing responsibility in the industrial plant field (Chemical, Refining); and
• 3+ years of experience managing direct reports both co-located and at other locations
  
  
  

Additional Qualifications

• Ability to balance strategic goals with urgent tactical activity
• Highly organized and effective manager of both time and resources
• Ability to drive to meet goals without direct supervision
• Demonstrates personal commitment to meeting the needs of the business
• Ability to communicate effectively with Executive Management, Operations Management, external contacts such as high-level positions within supplier organizations, and with all levels within the AdvanSix organization including requisitioners
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications (especially Powerpoint & Excel)
• Technical proficiency with appropriate procurement systems and analytic tools (SAP and Business Warehouse), and e-procurement systems (Scan-Market or Ariba)
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or post graduate degree
• Certified Purchasing Manager endorsement
• Advanced negotiation training and routine application of the skills
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification
  
  
  

The base salary range for this role is $130,700 to $196,100

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include periodic pay rate adjustments based on market competitiveness. Hired applicants will be eligible for paid holidays, paid time off including vacation, eligibility to purchase company stock, tuition reimbursement, and a 401K with a competitive company match. Certain roles may be eligible for discretionary financial benefits such as incentive pay, equity awards, and participation in a deferred compensation plan.

Hired applicants will be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings account eligibility, employer-provided short term disability benefits, eligibility to purchase long term disability benefits, employer-provided basic life insurance and eligibility to purchase voluntary life coverages.

The pay range, incentives and benefits listed above are general guidelines only and not a guarantee of total compensation or benefits. The final offer will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, the responsibilities of the job, experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as the job location, applicability of a collective bargaining agreement, length of service, internal equity, and alignment with market data. The incentive pay is dependent on your role, business results and individual performance. All aspects of total rewards offered are subject to the terms and conditions of the specific plans.

At AdvanSix, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past work experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to still apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

AdvanSix is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, veteran status, or any other protected classification.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of AdvanSix about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at AdvanSix via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of AdvanSix, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by AdvanSix for this position and a valid agreement with AdvanSix is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the AdvanSix agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.