European Procurement Manager

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

Supply Oversight:

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

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

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

  Drive toward making Howmet the customer of choice

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

  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