European Procurement Manager

The successful candidate will directly support the Director of Procurement Growth Supply Chain & Procurement.

Supply Oversight:

1. The SPA for all key capital growth expansion projects for equipment procurement across UK & EUR locations listed.

   1. Track key performance metrics and align with sourcing strategies, including: delivery, quality, and consolidation efforts

   2. Develop process to collect feedback from plants, communicate feedback to suppliers, and provide rewards/consequences for performance (monthly or quarterly)

   3. Drive toward making Howmet the customer of choice

   4. identify opportunities to reduce costs, standardize goods or services, adapt new supplier technologies, solve problems involving pricing or supplier performance.

   5. Develop project management approach with Supplier Quality to implement plans, corrective actions, and minimize risk and ensure supplier continuity

Locations to support are: Exeter UK, Köfém Hungary, Gennevilliers & Dives France

Additional Responsibilities:

• Category Management

  • Develop and adjust the Strategy with International Segment and Procurement leaders

  • Lead cross-EU Category Management, key categories: -

    • Outside Processing

    • MRO (establish strategy and top 5 process to identify opportunities and trial at each plant)

    • Gases: Argon, CO2, etc.

    • Energy

• Transportation

• Indirect Spend and Plant Specific Buys

  • Develop check lists for each plant

  • Ensure Check Book process in place

  • Develop recovery plans for plants missing forecast

  • Track overall material cost and spend (Direct and Indirect)

• Lead Cash Flow improvement

  • Develop targets by plant for payment terms by spend and execute

  • Negotiate payment terms with contracts to improve cash flow

  • Manage timing of receipts and payment terms to improve cash at year end

  • Negotiate payment “push outs” to next quarter or year

• Lead or support, as required, cross-EU projects and assignments related to supply and procurement

• Bachelors degree from an accredited institution

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Procurement/Supply

• A high volume of travel is needed by the role (>50%)

• Fluent English speaker / second language desirable
• Expert Excel, Power point and presentation development skills.
• Highly developed verbal, written and presentation skills and ability to tailor messaging for various audiences

Must hold correct right to work documents for the UK

Please note that this role may be subject to export control restrictions, including under ITAR. Any offer of employment will be conditional on the successful candidate meeting the applicable legal requirements for access to controlled information or technology.