Procurement Manager

Essential Functions

• Leadership & Management
  • Lead, coach, and develop Plant Buyers to ensure effective service delivery and professional growth.
  • Ensure lean procurement processes and best practices are implemented consistently across all plants.
  • Act as the escalation point for procurement-related issues across the region.
  • Embed a performance-driven culture focused on results, compliance, and collaboration.
  • Ensure All NSG Policies and Procedures are adhered to in all plants.

• Category Management – Indirects
  • Deploy regional indirect strategies in alignment with global objectives.
  • Analyze and manage the supply market, identifying opportunities to optimize cost, quality, risk, and sustainability.
  • Negotiate and manage supplier relationships, ensuring delivery against agreed KPIs.
  • Lead cost reduction, cash generation, and risk mitigation initiatives, ensuring results are captured in Group reporting.
  • Partner with stakeholders to ensure category solutions address business needs while maximizing value.
  • Deliver the agreed budget targets for the category in the region and ensure all savings are fully reported consistently within established Group reporting mechanisms.
  • Undertake specific cross-regional projects within the category, as and when delegated by the Regional Directors.
  • Act as the prime contact with regional SBU stakeholders, in relation to the category.
  • Support supplier process audits (where necessary) in order to validate production to ensure that all necessary controls are in place.

• Business Performance
  • Deliver annual savings and working capital improvements as set by the Procurement Director.
  • Report procurement performance against KPIs and implement corrective actions where required.
  • Drive ESG, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Indirects category.
• Adherence to NSG/Pilkington Standards of Business Conduct and its Values and Principles
• Other duties as assigned by manager

Scope/Dimensions:

• Regional oversight of procurement services in all manufacturing locations in the region
• Category responsibility: Indirects category in North America (annual spend of 60 million USD/ 12,000 POs / 1,400 active suppliers)
• Key measures: cost savings, working capital, risk mitigation, ESG contribution, and stakeholder satisfaction
• Member of the Regional Procurement Leadership Team, working closely with Category Managers and Global Procurement peers

Top Competencies Needed for Success in the Role:

• Results: Drives performance, delivers on commitments, takes ownership for risk and opportunity management.
• People: Coaches and empowers teams, listens actively, and builds collaborative stakeholder relationships.
• Vision: Brings customer and stakeholder perspectives into decision-making, embraces change and innovation.
• Influence: Communicates with impact, gains stakeholder alignment, and builds strong supplier partnerships.

Qualifications Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field
• 5+ years’ experience in procurement or supply chain, ideally in industrial sectors
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and supplier relationship management skills
• Experience managing teams and working cross-functionally in a matrix environment
• Proficiency with ERP systems (preferably SAP) and advanced Excel skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence at senior levels
• Demonstrated ability to deliver savings and manage category strategies

Qualifications Desired:

• Fluency in Spanish

Other Requirements:

• Flexibility to travel domestically and overseas (expected 20% of the time)\

We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package, which includes 401k, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, company paid holidays, paid vacations, and education assistance.

NSG Group/Pilkington is an equal opportunity employer; M/F/D/V encouraged to apply.  Qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin.  Applicants have the option to confidentially self-identify or not self-identify when applying.