What you'll do
- Develop and implement a Shipping Purchasing Strategy aligned with global plans
- Deliver planned savings and sustainability targets for the Shipping Category region
- Ensure complete overview of bulk shipping, stevedoring, and barging activities to design strategy
- Identify and manage cost savings and improvement projects until completion and validation
- Create alignment across the Global Shipping Purchasing team on methodology and best practices
- Build and maintain a network with key stakeholders in Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, and Purchasing
- Manage performance assessment processes and report results periodically
- Support and challenge internal stakeholders, define goals, and provide support for improvement projects
- Establish detailed SLAs with internal shipping operations for operational cooperation
- Build relationships with ship owners and industry bodies, and manage supplier relationships
- Monitor market evolution in Bulk Shipping Industry and report relevant information
- Support commercial teams with cost indications and opportunities for shipments
- Maintain and update financial and performance data records, including indexes and demurrages
- Promote and contribute to automation and AI tool usage in the category
Key requirements
- 5+ years' experience
- Supply Chain Management and Bulk Shipping Industry Knowledge
- Strategic Purchasing and Contract Negotiation skills
- Sustainability Targets Management and Performance Assessment capabilities
- Stakeholder Management and Supplier Relationship Management
- Financial and Performance Data Management
- Project Management and use of Automation and AI Tools
- English Fluency and Multi-language Capability
- Knowledge of Bulk Shipping Regulations and Communication Skills
- Supply Chain / International Business Economicspreferred
About the job
With a global spend of 80M€ the bulk shipping category is an important purchasing area at Imerys. The Bulk Shipping Category Manager is responsible for strategic purchasing of bulk, breakbulk, stevedoring and barging transportation for inbound & outbound flows. The role will oversee the purchasing…
About the company
We aim to lead the specialty minerals industry, guided by strong values and an inspiring purpose of unlocking better futures for our people, our customers and our planet.
With a global footprint, Imerys is organized around three main business areas: Performance Minerals (PM), Solutions for Refractory, Abrasives and Construction (RAC) and Solutions for Energy Transition (SET).
Imerys contributes to a vast range of products that touch every aspect of life. A wide variety of industries use our value-added, innovative and sustainable solutions, ranging from the construction industry, natural solutions for consumer goods, serving agriculture, food, pharma and cosmetics industries, as well as solutions for the automotive industry and energy transition.
Our people are our greatest strength; Imerys is the employer of choice for over 13,700 employees, representing over 97 different primary nationalities in 39 countries. We welcome diverse talent in a variety of roles, striving to create a safe, inclusive and equitable environment, empowering our people to perform at their best.
For more information about us and what we do, please visit our website.
About the company
We aim to lead the specialty minerals industry, guided by strong values and an inspiring purpose of unlocking better futures for our people, our customers and our planet.
With a global footprint, Imerys is organized around three main business areas: Performance Minerals (PM), Solutions for Refractory, Abrasives and Construction (RAC) and Solutions for Energy Transition (SET).
Imerys contributes to a vast range of products that touch every aspect of life. A wide variety of industries use our value-added, innovative and sustainable solutions, ranging from the construction industry, natural solutions for consumer goods, serving agriculture, food, pharma and cosmetics industries, as well as solutions for the automotive industry and energy transition.
Our people are our greatest strength; Imerys is the employer of choice for over 13,700 employees, representing over 97 different primary nationalities in 39 countries. We welcome diverse talent in a variety of roles, striving to create a safe, inclusive and equitable environment, empowering our people to perform at their best.
For more information about us and what we do, please visit our website.