Senior Manager, Corporate Services

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance organization. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Manager, Corporate Services located at our corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, IL. 

Your Role:

The Senior Manager, Corporate Services will lead the Corporate Services category across the organization. This role will manage ~$250 million in annual spend. The candidate will establish relationships by building trust with internal and external stakeholders and develop and execute strategies to optimize business performance. The individual will be accountable for continuous improvement, risk mitigation and improved financial performance for the Corporate Services category. This role will leverage data analytics to drive strategic business decisions and deliver cost savings goals.  This is an excellent position for a highly motivated, seasoned strategic team member who likes to collaborate in a dynamic setting.

 

You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!

• Develop, champion, and implement category strategies for corporate services including, but not limited to, corporate travel, marketing, human resources (benefits, HR tools and systems, temp labor, contractors, etc.), and consulting.
• Create and present financial business cases to senior leadership to ensure alignment on strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Lead RF(x) events with cross-functional teams for assigned categories.
• Conduct regular business reviews with strategic suppliers to ensure agreement KPIs are being met.
• Assess and mitigate category risks and engage proper internal stakeholders and external resources to optimize solutions and improvements.
• Identify cost savings, cost avoidance and improvement opportunities (including payment terms extensions) and lead cross-functional teams through project realization.
• Assess spend analytics, develop bids that encompass total cost of ownership, and execute complex contractual negotiations.  Redline and implement agreements with legal collaboration.
• Regularly monitor and analyze the market, competitive intelligence, and pricing trends. Report market data to key stakeholders and use intel to enable strategic category decisions. 
• Lead cross-functional change management initiatives that support the category strategy and facilitate execution to drive synergies across the organization.
• Manage Category Specialist.

 

You will love it here if…

• You put safety first, always
• You listen, learn, and evolve
• You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
• You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity
• You are committed to improving our impact on local communities

We need you to have:

• BA/BS degree required in Business or related field.
• 8+ years of professional job-related or category management experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing multi-plant spend exceeding $75MM.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, particularly with internal business leaders and business partners.
• Strong executive presence as this role is highly visible to senior and executive leadership.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to implement supplier change and/or cost savings initiatives across a large, complex supplier base plant network.  
• Demonstrated expertise in procurement category management, supplier relationship management, commercial negotiations, and the strategic sourcing process.
• Strong proficiency redlining complex contracts.  Knowledge of commercial and legal contractual terms and conditions. 
• Solid project management capabilities with the ability to organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously from origin through execution.
• Proficient in influencing business decisions leveraging data and analytics.
• Embody professional and ethical personal conduct and demeanor at all times.
• Strong level of intellectual curiosity, analytical skills as well as organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Must be team-oriented with the ability to work in highly collaborative performing team environment.
• Must be able to travel a minimum of 10% of the time.
• Familiarity with SAP and Ariba.

 

Icing on the cake:

• Masters or MBA in Business.

 

If you answer yes to the following…we want to meet you!

• Intellectual Curiosity: Do you have an inquisitive nature?
• Problem Solving: Do you have a knack for tackling issues head-on? 
• Entrepreneurship: Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work?
• Customer Centricity: Do you always act in the best interests of the customer, putting their needs first? 
• Growth Mindset: Do you focus on progress rather than perfection?
• Continuous Improvement: Are you never satisfied with the status quo? 

 

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Apply today to join a fast-growing innovative company!

            Not a good fit but know someone who is? Please refer them!

   Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available

 

Join Reynolds Consumer Products and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities!

For applicants or employees who are disabled or require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may request assistance by emailing us at Recruitment@ReynoldsBrands.com.

No recruiter calls or emails please.

 

RCP affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability status, sex, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, national origin, genetics, genetic information, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. RCP conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

USD $150,000.00 - USD $160,000.00 /A

Role is eligible for 18% annual incentive provided the business meets financial goals and the individual meets their performance goals, subject to plan administration guidelines.