Who We Are and What We Do

Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders. We serve five growing and distinctive end markets, which form the basis for our five divisions: Filtration, Food & Consumer Packaging, Healthcare, Building Materials, and Technical Materials. Our pro forma net sales 2021 for continuing operations amounted to EUR 2.6 billion and we employ some 7,000 people. If you’re interested in learning more about our organization, please visit www.ahlstrom.com. It is a very exciting time to join our organization!

We are building the Procurement organization of the future!

About the Opportunity.

Our company has tripled in size in the last five years. To support the growth in our transformation, we’ve created a Global Category Buyer, Chemicals position. This role reports to the Global Category Manager, Direct Materials and is part of the Global Procurement team. The Directs Team sources materials for all five divisions supporting our innovative and sustainable growth platform to become the preferred sustainable specialty materials company.

This role is responsible for ensuring supply to the business at best possible total cost of ownership and service level. The qualified incumbent will provide insights to the Category Manager to support the development and implementation of the Category Strategy and execute world-class RFx and supplier relationship management according to best practices in Category Management.

This position can be based out one of our locations in the US (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky and South Carolina)

Essential Functions and Primary Responsibilities:

• Contribute to delivering the value and securing TCO reductions of the category in scope
• Support and provide inputs to build fact-based category analysis using adequate procurement tools and templates
• Support global category strategy elaboration, implementation, and follow-up
• Responsible, upon delegation by Category Manager, for the execution of RFx process
• Negotiate final commercial package and contract
• Support the supplier relationship management process
• Track internal performance within category
• Support relationship with category stakeholders
• Execute risk management approach for the category in scope
• Actively contribute to the development of the Category organization
• Travel to sites within the Ahlstrom Group, supplier meetings, fairs and trade shows

Minimum Occupational Requirements:

• A minimum of 1 to 3 years of experience in Category Management or in other relevant strategic procurement functions
• Chemicals experience, required
• Minimum business, commercial and financial acumen
• Have an entrepreneurial spirit and ‘Ownership Mindset’
• Willingness and ability to challenge own and others’ beliefs and thinking in a constructive manner
• Willingness to travel to plants 20% per annum after onboarding

Required Occupational Competencies:

• Communication. Express information to individuals or groups considering the audience and the nature of the information (e.g., technical or controversial); speak clearly and confidently; organize information in a logical manner; speak using common English conventions including proper grammar, tone and pace; track audience responses and react appropriately to those responses; effectively use eye contact and nonverbal expression.
• Presentation. Prepares and delivers persuasive, clear messages in a style appropriate to the audience. Exhibits mastery of materials, a comfortable and effective delivery style, and handles inquiries about the topic with ease.
• Problem Solving. Ability to solve problems by analyzing situations and apply critical thinking in order to resolve problems and decide on courses of action and implement the solutions developed in order to overcome problems and constraints. Ability to define issues, problems and opportunities, generate different courses of action, evaluate the constraints and risks associated with each course of action identified and selects the viable option in order to address the problems and/or opportunities identified.
• Analytical Thinking. Ability to identify and define problems, extract key information from data and develop workable solutions for the problems identified in order to test and verify the cause of the problem and develop solutions to resolve the problems identified.
• Critical Thinking. Ability to look at situations from multiple perspectives. Breaks problems into component parts. Considers and organizes parts in a systematic way. Creates solutions to problems using novel methods and processes. Looks for underlying causes or thinks through the consequences of different courses of action.
• Collaboration. Ability to work co-operatively with other individuals and makes valued contributions to the outputs of others in order to assist own team or project to achieve the required outputs.
• Teamwork. Demonstrate a commitment to the mission and motivation to combine the team’s energy and expertise to achieve a common objective. Understand the dynamics of effective teamwork in order to attain higher levels of performance. Demonstrate ability to work as part of a tight-knit and competent group of people. Demonstrate a commitment to engage teams in other departments or divisions of the organization.

Compensation and Benefits: Our company offers a Competitive Salary with Career Growth Opportunities and a Full Benefits Package including Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, Company Provided Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Competitive 401(K) Plan with Company Match and Defined Contributions, Short-Term Incentive Bonus Program, and Fitness Center and Weight Watcher’s Membership Reimbursement. Other available benefits include Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, and group rates available for MetLife Home & Auto Insurance as well as Nationwide Pet Insurance.

Ahlstrom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which we are firmly bound. Ahlstrom will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with our company on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Application Question(s):

• Do you have experience sourcing to contract or sourcing to pay? If so, please briefly explain your experience.
• Do you have experience with category sourcing for chemical suppliers? If so, please briefly explain your experience and the suppliers you've worked with.
• Do you require visa sponsorship now or in the future?
• What are your base annual salary requirements?

Work Location: Remote

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