Manager, Chemical Category

Description

Chemical Manager role

Kenvue is currently recruiting for a Category Manager, Global Base Chemicals

Who We Are At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care.

Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we're the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON'S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love.

Science is our passion; care is our talent.

Our global team is made up with 22,000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to deliver the best products to our customers.

With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means to have the power to impact life of millions of people every day.

We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future-and yours.

What will you do

KENVUE develops and delivers medicines and consumer health products to >1B people everyday.

Chemical ingredients are the core technology in our products, critical to the value we aim for our consumers & patients.

KENVUE's Enterprise Chemicals Ingredients is a sophisticated global category of >3000 materials, across 30 different sub-categories, supplied by ~700 active suppliers, valued at >$1B.

The spend comes in three broad clusters, each with approximately a third (33%) of the total category spend-


* Base Chemicals


* Specialty Chemicals


* Regulated Chemicals

The Category Manager, Global Base Chemicals will

• Own (global scope) end-2-end strategy development and execution (from business needs to sustained value / spend performance) for assigned sub-categories of spend.

• Be accountable to drive spend performance from strategy-to-value capture; and own pipelines of initiatives and targets w.r.t performance in terms of value, reliability, compliance, complexity reduction & NPD support.

• Generate (continuously), own, and drive the execution of the Sub-category's pipeline of projects.

• Own Global Supplier Relationship Management (GSRM) for specific suppliers through the category team(s), and manage supply agreements & awards, supply performance globally / regionally as appropriate (incl.

issue resolution)

• Partner with SC and Procurement teams on execution, projects, delivery, and supplier management

Demonstrate appropriate expertise in supply / supplier / market / industry dynamics impacting cost, supply, supplier & spend performance of assigned sub-categories, taking a predictive approach to cost, reliability, complexity, risk, and innovation .

• The candidate must have a University Degree in a Major Discipline (ie.

Engineering, Business, Economics, Law,)

• Minimum 10-year experience in Supply Chain Procurement

• Chemicals sourcing experience min 3 years

• Strong business and finance acumen, deep understanding of managing for impact in complex matrix environment.

• Experience having worked f...