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
Position Summary: The Procurement Commodity Lead, Corporate Services and Sustainability, develops and executes sourcing strategies, evaluates products and services offerings, recommends suppliers, and negotiates contracts. This position engages and maintains strong partnerships primarily with the IT organization and other assigned corporate departments. This role places purchase orders, maintains systems such as SAP, vendor management, and contract management, and collaborates with Accounts Payable to enable supplier payments.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Collects business requirements to identify and pre-qualify potential suppliers
Develops, distributes, and compiles supplier information through RFPs/RFQs
Analyzes and negotiates proposals for quality, service, cost, payment term or other criteria
Recommends suppliers that are the best fit for purpose to meet stakeholder requirements
Partners with Legal and suppliers to develop mutually acceptable contractual agreements
Implements and maintains supplier information across relevant internal systems
Processes purchase requisitions and purchase orders in a timely manner
Ensures internal stakeholder needs are understood and communicated to suppliers
Works with suppliers as needed to resolve order issues
Leverages spend to preferred suppliers through effective stakeholder communications
Supports business continuity planning and continuous improvement opportunities across key suppliers and categories to improve total cost and minimize potential service risks
Manages metrics necessary to ensure stakeholder satisfaction and ongoing competitiveness of procured products and services.
Ensure procurement activities and needs are met in a manner that comply with internal policies and external regulations
Support requirements for supplier engagement with Together for Sustainability (TfS)
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in finance, business, or related field, or relevant working experience
5+ years of experience in procurement or related role
Procurement experience across corporate services areas, with a preference on expertise with negotiating, managing contracts, and driving supplier performance related to the IT function.
Additional Qualifications:
Demonstrated analytical skills using MS Excel and PowerPoint required
Details and results orientation that is comfortable working within tight deadlines
Strong stakeholder engagement orientation to build effective relationships
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to communicate at different levels across an organization; good interpersonal skills
Creative problem solving that includes a challenger and growth mindset
Ability to organize and prioritize assigned work using project management and other tools
Some travel may be required, <10%
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.
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