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Job Description:

EMEA Procurement Category Specialist (m/f/*)

Job Description:

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with curious, creative 3Mers.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Procurement Category Specialist, for the EMEA region, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Providing Category Ownership across 3M Businesses & Divisions, serving as a Procurement Category Specialist for Converting & Pack Out Services across 3rd Party Manufacturing & Hard Goods.  

• Responsible for driving supplier consolidation, while helping 3M and the Procurement organization meet its cost savings and working capital goals.

• Minimizing the total product and process cost by initiating cost reduction efforts and facilitating implementation of innovative Procurement best practices.

• Leading supplier selection and owning external supplier relationships as the key point of contact for 3M, leading negotiations, being part of effective NPI launches, and managing complex supplier relationships.

• Identifying, leading & implementing solutions for complex and multi-faceted situations regarding dual-sourcing, negotiation, category strategy, supplier management, and external sources of supply.

• Determining & leading opportunities for process improvements that improve service, speed or cost, through analysis of Procurement information & metrics, including navigating complex situations and managing multiple internal & external stakeholders.

• Developing strong partnerships with suppliers and internal 3M stakeholders, including Manufacturing, R&D, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain Operations.

• Implementing and negotiating Agreements to cover complex supply relationships, which may include VMI (vendor managed inventory), consigned materials, formula-based pricing, etc.

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or equivalent experience

• Previous experience in Sourcing, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering and/or Manufacturing experience in a private, public, government or military environment

• Fluent in English language both written and verbal

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Experience in Procurement, especially with contract manufacturers.

• Strong negotiation and contracting skills

• Initiative, self-starter with a positive & pro-active approach

• Project management experience

• Experience successfully collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on complex projects.

• Appropriately engages stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• Skilled in written and oral communications

• Financial acumen and comfort with conducting business analytics

• Additional language capabilities

Job specifics

• Based in either the UK, Germany or Poland or flexible across the EMEA region.

• Work your way eligible with either Hybrid/Remote/Home based/Office based - all fully supported

• May include up to 10% domestic/international travel

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Resources for You

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers. If you have further questions please reach out to Max (our AI Virtual Assistant) via our Career Page. 

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