.For over 75 years, BIC has been creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that are a part of every heart and home.As a member of our team, you'll be a part of reigniting a beloved brand as we continue to reimagine everyday essentials in new, sustainable and responsible ways.Our "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" approach to work creates an environment where self-starters, problem solvers and innovative thinkers thrive. BIC team members are empowered to take ownership of their careers and bring their unique perspectives to the table to make a meaningful impact on our mission.It's a colorful world - make your mark by joining the BIC team today.As our next **Procurement Manager Latin America - Plastics,** you will lead and actively participate in the Latin America (LAM) strategic sourcing activities. Your goal will be to achieve significant year-on-year cost and productivity improvements while maintaining or improving product quality and vendor service levels. You will work closely with key stakeholders (both internal and external) in member organizations and in corporate functions to develop effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans. What are you waiting for? Come and join us in our exciting BIC World!**What You'll Do**- Support/ Coordinate the development of and deploy procurement strategies related to the assigned categories. Follows alignment to priorities and performance goals, executes the strategy and implement strategic procurement efforts and innovation in specific categories as necessary and appropriate. Deploy sourcing best practices globally and ensure they are widely adopted- Follow strategy implementation. Track and trace forecasted performance vs. actual savings for the categories. Assist to find solutions to mitigate any supply risk- Represent sourcing categories with Group stakeholders. Communicate sourcing market trends/results for categories to key stakeholders. Work with finance stakeholders to ensure savings are built and measurable into budgets and the annual operating plan. Support the sourcing team to be actively engaged in core business processes. Provide regional/local budget input on market effect, standards and productivity initiatives impacting costs- Participate in the process to select and monitor suppliers. Coordinate the supplier selection and negotiation process for key sourcing teams and overall management of the strategic suppliers to the group.- Lead regional/ local sourcing strategies in alignment with the global category strategy and oversee sourcing events- Maintain expertise in the categories of spend
