Procurement Representative

Nalco, an Ecolab Company, is looking for a **Procurement Representative - Direct Materials **to join us. If you are a passionate professional that enjoys interacting with internal stakeholders, external suppliers and likes to work in an empowered environment, we invite you to apply. You will be joining a talented team that makes big impact by delivering value to Ecolab business to deliver what matters most to a variety of industries worldwide.

**Procurement Representative** leads strategic initiatives and manage the procurement operations for the major Direct material spend in raw materials, packaging materials and contract manufacturing categories for his country or cluster. Procurement Reps are also involved in a specialty area such as compliance, system, processes and analytics (CSPA). This position typically reports to a Sr. Procurement Representative or Procurement Manager as per the structure available.

**What’s in it For You**:
After spending 1-2 years in this position an associate will have the following key experiences:

- Develop a level of expertise in an assigned area
- Tactical negotiation skills
- Gain broader procurement management and process management and people management knowledge
- Able to execute on Total Cost sourcing processes
- Exposure to management both within and across departments
- Enhance Presentation and communication skill

**What You Will Do**:

- Lead by example the regional and global Compliance, safety and ethical initiatives
- Manage day-to-day activities within designated supplier relationships in their assigned categories /region.
- Manage service level and quality complaint resolution as required for existing supplier base
- Identify, communicate, and support process improvements for materials or services in assigned areas and with key stakeholders as required
- Use TDC (Total Delivered Cost) sourcing processes and tools to effectively manage assigned sub-categories
- Responsible for execution and proposing sourcing strategies and savings projects within assigned sub-categories
- Responsible for sourcing part of GMI (Gross Margin Improvement) and Localization projects
- Act as second line of defense in expediting orders to ensure adherence to contracted delivery terms and investigates and resolves problems as required
- Identify alternate suppliers and/or alternate materials/processes and drives approval process
- Own contract process for assigned categories / region. Responsibility for ensuring contracts within the category are updated, accurate, and uploaded in the required contract system
- Responsible for financial reporting of savings projects and headwinds. Manages the tight materials process to ensure security of supply
- Support Ecolab’s quality systems through engagement with suppliers to work toward successful corrective action resolution and continued quality
- Lead savings projects, TDC sourcing process or other initiatives that supports achieving team goals
- Collaborate with regional / global sourcing teams

**Position Details**:

- This position is based at **Ecolab office or plant in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia** as per requirement.
- 4-5 years of procurement experience is expected.
- Experience Procurement Category management in FMCGs or Chemical industry is preferred but not limited.

**Minimum Qualifications**:
**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Science graduate with chemistry specialization or Batchelor in Chemical / Mechanical / Industrial Engineering
- English is mandatory.

**Cultural Drivers**:

- People who enjoy striving to do their best and are never satisfied.
- People with the tenacity to see things through.
- People who can create healthy tensions and manage & win them.
- People who are excited about challenging the status quo.
- People with diverse views, imagination, curiosity, flexibility & focus.
- People with the ambition to develop new skills and take on new responsibilities.
- People who robustly champion the right thing to do and the right way to do it.

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**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**

Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, and disabled individuals at all levels of the workforce. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.