Category Manager - Paper Purchasing

Company Description

RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. The company offers the industry’s most trusted portfolio of creative execution and world-wide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental impact. With 22,000 clients, including 93% of the Fortune 100, and 32,000 employees across 28 countries, RRD brings the expertise, execution, and scale designed to transform customer touchpoints into meaningful moments of impact.

Job Description

This position can be 100% remote! 

At RRD, our diverse group of talented procurement, marketing, creative, data, digital, print, research, technology & engineering professionals take on our clients’ challenges with bold thinking to achieve results that elicit high fives, not handshakes.

RRD helps our clients optimize engagement with their customers, across all touchpoints — online, offline, and onsite. RRD activates marketing resources in the most impactful way, through a combination of predictive insights, inspired content, and meaningful interactions.

Our Procurement Team is at the forefront of driving change for RRD. We embrace forward-thinking and we promote learning, cross-team collaboration, and continuous improvement in several different ways.

Job Summary

The Paper Category Manager (CM) is responsible for leading RRD’s strategic focus for paper and related materials.  RRD’s production platform uses all types of paper for printed communications (UFS, CFS, CGW, UGW, and other specialties).  The CM needs to understand all aspects of these direct materials and will be relied upon to actively manage the category.  This role will work closely with stakeholders, at all levels, to understand business priorities and implement strategies that will lower TCO.

Responsibilities: 

• Responsibility for strategic planning, developing, communicating, and implementing procurement category strategies for the Paper Services team.
• Partner with key stakeholders to understand strategic business needs and implement TCO strategies that will help our clients to be successful.
• Develop a base of domestic and international suppliers who can meet current and future needs. 
• Use cost models and benchmarking analysis tools to evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning.
• Negotiate and manage agreements with KPI, SLA, and Continuous Improvement efficiencies.
• Develop and sustain strategic relationships with key diverse suppliers. 
• Optimization of materials and forecasting future needs to support BU.

Qualifications

• College degree preferred or demonstrated ability to meet the job requirements.
• 10+ years experience in Procurement working directly with suppliers, vendors and/or manufacturers.
• 7+ years experience in direct material paper services or related fields.
• Exemplary …