Technical Procurement Manager (Liquids)

Join Amcor and you can be part of the team that makes the packaging of the future better for people and our planet.

Here at Amcor, we work together every day to make a positive impact on the lives of millions of people across the globe by providing packaging for essential products, including food, beverages, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal care. We are sustainability leaders in our industry, and we were the first global packaging company to commit to making all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. In addition, our products play a vital role in a circular economy as we are working toward 30% recycled material across our portfolio by 2030, and we are one of few packaging companies committed to using science-based targets and achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

We are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organization that is committed to innovating and driving new solutions to create more sustainable packaging solutions.

Liquids TCO Savings Opportunities Development, Strategy Implementation & Deliver Savings

• Contribute to the development of the overall global category strategy and translate this strategy into concrete and aligned action plans within the AFAP business.
• Work closely with key stakeholders to develop and implement effective TCO projects for the liquids category in order to ensure quality of services and improved value to Amcor.
• Evaluate market and competitive conditions and use this as a basis to review Category strategies and sourcing activities.
• Work closely with Site Management to ensure that the needs of the Sites are effectively represented in the Procurement Strategies.
• Manage the supplier base across the Category area and leverage Category spend across regions and globally if and where appropriate.
• Actively support integration of Procurement in core business processes.
• Adhere to set standards of Procurement and ensure consistency with Amcor requirements and standards.
• Identify trends and/or issues that need improvement within the Category accounts.
• Assess and manage risks across the Procurement Category while developing and contributing to a risk strategy for the Category together with mitigating actions.

Project Management

• Identify new TCO savings projects and work closely with Operations & technical team to implement and achieve savings in timely manner.
• Support Operations team to improve the process, usage and performance of the key raw material usage in printing & lamination processes.
• Work closely with suppliers to support operational efficiencies and maintaining performance parameters & quality.

Negotiation

• Enhance the relationship with suppliers in an innovative way to maximise value for Amcor in accordance with the global category strategy and regional implementation.
• Support negotiation process, content and results. Lead the negotiation team to define the desired outcome of a negotiation.

Relationship Management

• Establish cross-functional teams to run TCO projects and implement improved operational and commercial supply outcomes for the business and customers.
• Collaborate closely with relevant departments to ensure understanding and compliance with key procurement strategies.
• Develop budgets and targets based on aggressive, well-founded, realistic and forward-oriented goals.
• Ensure that financial resource allocation is cost-effective and aligned with strategic and operational plans.
• Build an accurate forecast for Category price movements.
• Track and report savings, support procure-to-pay process improvement within the Category area, monitor TCO improvement as well as working capital improvement using the tracking tools in place.
• Provide periodic and ad hoc reports and forecasts on performance against plan and potential in following up on KPIs and reporting on trends.