About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>The Role</b></H2> </div><div><p>The Category Manager - Supply Chain will partner closely with our Supply Chain team to drive maximum commercial value across a ~$60M spend indirects portfolio (encompassing road, ocean, warehousing, forklifts, and pallets). Working with cross-functional teams, you will develop and implement operational improvements while validating and challenging requirements for physical logistics changes across our Cans business.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Key Responsibilities</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Lead end-to-end category strategies and upcoming major contract renewals for supply chain indirects to secure top commercial outcomes and maximize competitive advantage</li> <li>Collaborate closely with the internal Supply Chain team to take operational strategies to market, validate requirements for physical changes, and build winning business cases</li> <li>Plan, lead, and conduct key negotiations with major supplier partnerships while lifting overall negotiation capability and best-practice equivalence across the procurement team</li> <li>Establish and implement a structured supplier assurance framework and review timetables to systematically monitor performance and deliver negotiated benefits</li> <li>Manage supplier escalations and run systematic reviews to ensure strict contract compliance, Chain of Responsibility (CoR), and logistics safety requirements are fully met</li> <li>Inject alternative thinking into the category, championing fleet electrification, labor depreciation strategies, and the broader sustainability roadmap with major providers</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About You</b></H2> </div><div><ul type="disc"> <li>Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, procurement, or a related discipline</li> <li>3+ years in procurement or supply chain, with deep expertise in transport, warehousing, 3PL, and logistics market dynamics</li> <li>Track record of developing end-to-end category strategies, managing large contract portfolios, and leading complex negotiations</li> <li>Exceptional communication and business-partnering skills to influence cross-functional teams and present confidently to executives</li> <li>A self-starter with exposure to creative solutions around sustainability, category management and technology</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Why Orora?</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Hybrid working – 3 days in the office & 2 days work from home</li> <li>Discounts available on health care plans, gyms, spas, beverages & more</li> <li>Purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave per year</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>How to Apply</b></H2> </div><div><p>Click on <strong>APPLY NOW.</strong></p></div></div></div>