Job Description

Job Overview

• Enhance the total value proposition and delivery of the purchasing organisation, driving execution of the strategy at a category level and ensuring synergy program achievement.
• Ensure delivery of the P+ targets, projects and implementation of the category strategies for the BU\'s within the area of responsibility (i.e. Resins Category)
• Facilitate the implementation of procurement strategic sourcing plans, understanding, acknowledging and resolving roadblocks ensuring prompt initiative implementation
• Represent category requirements within the procurement organisation and act as a central focal point for BU communication and ensuring category requirements are recognised within purchasing strategy
• Interface with the full breadth of the procurement organisation with a focus on execution and compliance, and ensure best practice and local procurement activity development.
• Support the Resins category by using best purchasing practices, ensuring pooling of spend/commodities across plants or regions is performed when relevant or achievable, and making sure that all relevant category procurement saving initiatives are recorded within the group Procurement savings tool.
• Support central purchasing tools and processes, in the form of implementation, maintenance or utilisation.
• Work seamlessly with other group functions that have a category focus (i.e. CI) ensuring commonality of purpose and shared resource input.

Principal Accountabilities
Build strong relationships within the specific area of responsibility (i.e. Resins Category) between the BU\'s, central organisations, and Group Procurement

• Build and maintain strong relationship between the key stakeholders at BU and category level
• Discuss all subjects openly and directly with complete trust on all sides
• Have a good understanding of Resin Category & BU expectations, concerns or preferred direction.
• Have a good understanding of other cost reduction activities being performed within the area of responsibility
• Represent the interests of the area of responsibility within the procurement organisation

Facilitate strategy implementation

• Work efficiently to execute group or BU purchasing strategic direction for the Resins category
• Manage strategy implementation according to or exceeding plan and monitor for compliance
• Identify, understand and resolve roadblocks to implementation - ensuring saving targets are secured & reported.

Communication

• Take ownership of topics and ensure response/resolution within a timely manner
• Communicate the current procurement strategic direction, as it relates to the area of responsibility as needed
• Ensure that the needs of the BU\'s and the category are effectively represented in the Purchasing Strategies

Identify Category Savings opportunity

• Work closely within the area of responsibility to identify saving opportunities, which by their nature may not be considered at central level or due to BU / category dynamics being specific in nature
• Communicate opportunities centrally to the relevant CPM to be addressed either centrally or locally
• Track savings opportunities using GSTT tool
• Support implementation of key savings/TCO opportunities

Perform category specific procurement activities

• Assist GPD and CPM in driving category procurement strategic direction and initiatives
• Perform analysis to support decision making process and identification of opportunities
• Support category strategy development

Sustainability - Point of Contact

• Be the central point of contact for resins category regarding activities in the sustainability area. This specifically covers (but not limited to):
• Supplier developments in Post-Consumer Resin (PCR) & Advanced Recycled Materials (ARM), the latter also known as pyrolysis, taking resins back to \xe2\x80\x9cbasic building blocks\xe2\x80\x9d
• Customer requirements for PCR
• Interaction with Amcor globally, representing AFAP\'s position on the above two points
• Development and detailing AFAP\'s roadmap to achieve Amcor\'s Sustainability commitments (The \xe2\x80\x9cPledge\xe2\x80\x9d; Green House Gas; Envirowaste; Net Carbon Zero)
• Other related initiatives, as required

Category support

• Work seamlessly with the team regarding all aspects of strategy implementation and synergy programs, as required - this may involve, negotiation support, data gathering, identifying key contacts, etc

Market information

• Maintain an expertise in the geographic and category specific to the area of responsibility
• Develop and maintain industry/market knowledge (i.e. be the subject matter expert) and support with relevant analysis. Know the market, supplier spend, priorities, needs, etc.
• Manage price tracking process

Drive Best Practice & common approach

• Ensure BU/category initiatives follow the Amcor sourcing process - i.e. commonality of approach
• Actively identify, communicate and support the sharing or development of procurement best practices, either locally, regionally or within the central organisation.

Tools & Process

• Be fully able to develop and utilise procurement tools and processes, acting as a key user, implementation resource or promotion agent for delivery of procurement best practice within the full procure to pay process, for the area of responsibility
• Integrate purchasing into core business process at BU/category
• Own and implement procurement tools and process for the Resin team

Qualifications/Requirements
Knowledge and Experience

• University degree in a relevant discipline (Engineering or Commerce background preferred)
• Minimum of 6 - 8 years of relevant work experience in procurement
• Fluent in English and one other language
• Relevant experience in an upstream or downstream company with a mature procurement function
• Experience in market and benchmark analysis at a broad level
• Innovation process experience considered advantageous

Job Specific Skills and Abilities

• Experience in analytics to drive identification of opportunities and support decision making
• Proficient Excel and Powerpoint skills
• Process oriented to define and implement appropriate structure to manage category initiatives efficiently
• Project management ability to drive a project to completion
• Ability to communicate clearly and manage key stakeholders
• Technical knowledge of Resins
• Understanding of Resins industry
• Commercial skills - business acumen / market knowledge
• Appropriate application of market analysis tools - industry analysis (Porter model) and supplier analysis - and a demonstrated understanding of the cost drivers in their markets
• Experience in the selection, preparation and execution of commercial agreements relevant to the category being sourced
• Effective participation in multi-functional work-projects and cross-functional teams in an international environment
• Working knowledge of company information and data systems used by Procurement
• Understanding of key administrative systems that impact Procurement and suppliers
• Procurement technical skills, confirmed capability in each of the Key Sourcing Skill

Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly lighter weight, recyclable and reusable, and made using an increasing amount of recycled content. In fiscal year 2022, 44,000 Amcor people generated $15 billion in annual sales from operations that span 220 locations in 43 countries. NYSE: AMCR; ASX: AMC

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