Senior Procurement Engineer, Business Category Account Lead (senior manager level)

Job Title

Senior Procurement Engineer, Business Category Account Lead (senior manager level)

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

1) Shaving Procurement Strategy & Governance

• Own and maintain the integrated procurement strategy for Shaving, translating business priorities into a clear procurement roadmap (targets, initiatives, milestones, and dependencies).
• Act as the single point of contact for Shaving leadership on procurement topics (strategy, performance, risks, supplier matters, escalations).
• Establish and run a structured governance cadence (monthly performance review, quarterly strategy refresh) with transparent reporting on KPIs, savings funnel, pipeline progress, and risk mitigation.
• Drive alignment across Procurement, Category teams and the Shaving business category on priorities, trade-offs, and delivery commitments.

2) Procurement Engineering Value Delivery (Product Lifecycle)

• Lead end-to-end procurement engineering engagement across New Product Introductions (NPI), sustaining engineering, and cost-down programs for Shaving.
• Drive early supplier involvement and design-to-cost / design-for-procurement practices to influence product architecture and supplier choices.
• Lead value engineering workshops and cost-driver analyses to deliver cost, quality and supply performance improvements.
• Develop and validate should-cost models and total-cost-of-ownership assessments; use these insights to steer sourcing decisions and negotiations.
• Ensure robust supplier readiness and performance in collaboration with Supplier Quality, Engineering and Operations (qualification inputs, issue resolution, cost of non-quality prevention).

3) Sourcing Plan Leadership and Supplier Strategy (Shaving)

• Own the Shaving sourcing plan and supplier strategy across the portfolio, integrating category strategies into a coherent business plan.
• Co-lead supplier selection and award recommendations for Shaving projects, ensuring the right balance of cost, quality, innovation, and supply resilience.
• Lead supplier performance and relationship management for critical suppliers within the Shaving scope, including escalation management and structured improvement plans.
• Identify and mitigate supply risks (single/sole source, capacity, geopolitical, compliance, quality) and drive mitigation actions with stakeholders.

4) KPI Ownership and Performance Management

• Own the Shaving procurement KPI framework and dashboard, including value delivery, pipeline health, execution progress, and risk KPIs.
• Ensure KPI definitions, baselines, targets and tracking mechanisms are aligned with Finance and the Shaving business.
• Drive accountability for action owners and ensure delivery through structured follow-up and escalation.

5) Cross-Functional and Matrix Leadership

• Lead a virtual, cross-functional “Shaving Procurement Value Squad” (procurement engineering, category, SQE, finance partners and engineering stakeholders) to deliver the roadmap.
• Coach and enable teams on DfX and Value Architecture methods and disciplined execution (DfX toolset, should-costing, value engineering, TCO thinking, and structured problem solving).
• Represent procurement in business and engineering forums, enabling fast decision-making and alignment.

Key Deliverables

• Shaving procurement strategy and annual/rolling product roadmap translated to supplier capability and technical requirement roadmaps
• Monthly KPI and performance review; quarterly strategy refresh outputs with the Business Category cross functional team
• Savings funnel and initiative pipeline with validated financial impact
• DfX roadmap and execution for business category
• Business cases for product optimization (value, cost, sustainability, etc)
• TCO models and value engineering outputs for priority programs
• Shaving sourcing plan and supplier portfolio plan (including resilience and risk mitigation)
• Escalation and recovery plans for key supplier/quality/supply issues

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Operations, Business or equivalent.
• Strong procurement engineering expertise with demonstrable delivery in NPI and cost-down/DfX/value engineering programs.
• Advanced cost engineering capability (should-costing, cost-driver modelling, TCO/NPV, business case development).
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; ability to influence senior leaders in a matrix environment.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority, drive governance cadence, and deliver results.
• Experience managing supplier strategy and performance across complex product portfolios.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to structure problems, define KPIs, and drive performance management.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.

Complexity and Impact

• Accountable for procurement value delivery and performance for the Shaving business portfolio, including major spend and multi-stakeholder decision-making.
• Operates in a high-complexity environment with competing priorities, multiple interfaces, and significant business impact.

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