Global Category Manager

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United Kingdom Crownpaint Full time
Global Category Manager - Packaging Materials

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Join Us as a Global Category Manager for Packaging Materials

Are you ready to craft impactful strategies and champion sustainability in packaging on a global scale? At our core, we believe in nurturing creativity and empowering our team members to excel and innovate. Dive into a role where your strategies will directly influence our operations worldwide, nurturing both local and international partnerships as our Global Packaging Materials Manager.

If you're ready to steer our global procurement strategies and push the boundaries of what's possible in packaging, we would love to hear from you.

Here’s some of the other things you can look forward to

  • Design and Implement Global Strategies: Develop comprehensive category strategies for packaging materials, emphasising sustainable and innovative solutions
  • Engage and Influence: Build and maintain robust relationships with regional category managers and other senior partners to ensure alignment and seamless execution across markets
  • Handle Supplier Relations: Analyse current suppliers, negotiate new partnerships, and decide which relationships to continue or phase out, striving for efficiency and sustainability
  • Problem-Solving: Address and resolve issues, demonstrating your ability to balance direct action with critical thinking
  • Drive Savings Initiatives: Drive continuous cost optimisation activities through ongoing market tracking, supplier selection and negotiations to deliver and exceed saving targets, in collaboration with Hempel R&D, operations, quality etc.
  • Empower through Autonomy: Operate autonomously, becoming the go-to expert for global category management in packaging, influencing high-level decisions.

What should you bring to be successful in this role

  • Proven Global Experience: Solid background in packaging category management on a global scale, with hands-on experience in handling plastic, metal, industrial, consumer, decorated, neural etc. packaging materials
  • Commercial and Financial Prowess: Strong background in financial analysis and highly commercial
  • Communication Proficiency: Fluency in English, both written and spoken, with strong presentation skills in PowerPoint and proficiency in Excel and PowerBI
  • Negotiation and Stakeholder Management: Outstanding negotiation skills paired with the ability to lead and engage partners at all levels effectively
  • Analytical and Strategic Approach: Keen analytical skills to review, strategize, and implement effective category management plans
  • Courage to Lead: Not shy about asking tough questions or challenging the status quo, while also valuing and respecting diverse viewpoints. This will be important as the role will require regular travel to various countries.
  • Desirable Qualities: Experience in the paint/coatings industry is a plus, as is proficiency in a second language.

What We Offer

We offer an attractive reward package that includes:

  • A company culture that is inclusive, warm, welcoming, driven, and allows everyone to show up as themselves every single day without judgement
  • Ample annual leave each year
  • A generous pension plan where the Company will match, and even double your contribution
  • Multiple other benefits relating to your health and wellbeing

Sounds like a match

Apply now and submit your application

More About Crown Paints & Hempel

Crown Paints have been manufacturing paint for longer than most, over 200 years in fact, with over 60 years proudly holding the Royal Warrant. It’s fair to say that we know our craft; however, what really sets Crown apart is the support we provide for cultural, humanitarian and scientific causes across the world.

Alongside our owners, The Hempel Foundation, we place a special focus on education for children in need, and are proud to support the education of over 55,000 children across 22 projects worldwide. You can therefore guarantee here at Crown - It’s not just paint. It’s personal

We are committed to promoting a workplace that values unique backgrounds, perspectives, and talents. Creating an inclusive environment where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work is crucial for our success in shaping a brighter future with sustainable coating solutions.

We recognise that our journey must be persistent. We are dedicated to continually developing and improving our efforts and have a variety of programs and initiatives such as a global 16 weeks paid parental leave policy from day one, Inclusive Leadership Training, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, an internal Women’s Network, and mandatory Anti-Harassment Training. This is not a complete list, but essential in ensuring that every employee feels the responsibility of protecting our inclusive culture by treating each other with respect.

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