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Description

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Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 12 production and packaging facilities with more than 1,800 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products.

Summary

The Category Manager, Packaging Materials drives competitive advantage, risk mitigation and supplier reliability across all packaging items within Compass Minerals. The individual will be responsible for collaborating with various business units and building effective business relations both internally and externally. Business process and industry knowledge are critical to stay ahead of developing technologies, sustainability needs and customer requirements.

Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to the following:

_(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)_

+ Manage, plan, and execute procurement Packaging Materials categories to drive short and long-term results through category strategies, leveraging in-depth industry knowledge, collaboration and influencing at all levels of the organization.

+ Adhere to all procurement policies and delegation of authority requirements for contract approvals.

+ Meet annual team cost savings and avoidance goals.

+ Understand value drivers and negotiate prices and business terms with suppliers

+ Identify and deliver cost reduction ideas with supplier partners to obtain industry-leading solutions and best-in-class results.

+ Conduct internal and external research on supply market and competitive activities within assigned spend categories to identify supply market trends; ensures the identification of a qualified supply base and creation of effective and innovative sourcing strategies.

+ Consolidate and simplify Direct Materials transactional purchase processes in North America, improving collaboration and agility among sites.

+ Define and execute detailed project plans to establish new supplier relationships and grow existing supplier relationships.

+ Perform sourcing and RFX (request for X) exercises to obtain the lowest total cost of ownership while minimizing any Supply Chain risks to the business.

+ Utilize sourcing events via Coupa as needed and support front-end efforts to increase sourcing tools usage.

+ Work with cross functional teams to develop business cases to support process and technology changes.

+ Conduct cost modeling i.e. TCO (total cost of ownership) and ROI (return on investment) to build a business case with recommendations highlighting the best value for the organization.

+ Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

+ High level of adaptability to manage the changing needs of the business

+ Ability to successfully manage concurrent projects and meet deadlines

+ Ability to work cross-functionally with all levels of internal staff and vendors

+ Strong influencing, change management, and negotiation skills

+ Proficiency with tools/systems to analyze data including Microsoft Office package.

Education and/or Experience

+ Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or similar field. Work experience may substitute for education requirement.

+ 5 years of procurement experience, preferably in packaging materials industry

+ Experience in contract negotiation, supplier and sourcing management required. Proven track record of delivering exceptional bottom-line results

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

+ While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. To request reasonable accommodations, email [email protected] or call 913-344-9200. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at dol.gov (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters) .

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.

For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.