The purpose of this role is to plan, organize, and coordinate all pack material procurement activities in line with the overall company objectives in addition to analyzing, reviewing, and developing sourcing decisions, and conducting major negotiations for short and long-term contracts as appropriate.

Duties And Responsibilities

 

• Leads the commercial category in securing all pack materials in accordance with the scope of demands.
• Negotiates pack material pricing arrangements and ensures that they meet specifications.
• Prepares pack material standard costs with assistance from the Purchasing department for annual budgeting.
• Supports purchasing forecasts and develops plans to improve cost of direct pack materials.
• Maintains and updates information regarding pack materials.
• Supports plants to ensure deliveries in cases of shortages or production changes.
• Aligns material needs to optimize working capital utilization while minimizing overstock and obsolescence.
• Seeks continuous improvements in respect to handling, moving, storing pack materials.
• Analyzes data, finds pertinent issues, and produces suggestions to support strategic, tactical, and operational procurement choices.
• Provides accurate import documentation to guarantee fast custom clearance and avoid delays and demurrage fines.
• Provides the necessary quotations in case of purchase requests to make the optimal decision with respect to price and quality.
• Participates in the introduction of new products innovations (NPI) projects to guarantee the effective launch of the new product and the timely delivery of any required associated activities and materials.