Sr Procurement Specialist

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees focus on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you become part of a team that brings diverse experiences, wide-ranging knowledge, and varied talents together to deliver important work and pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you grow and achieve your potential.

You’ll feel proud working for a company that lives its values and offers authentic teamwork, encouraging you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enable a global reach underpin our strategy to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy.

This role leads procurement strategy and supplier partnership to support site, regional, and global objectives for procurement and material control.

• Lead development of procurement strategies at the site, regionally, and potentially globally.
• Facilitate continuous engagement with the stakeholder community in the procurement process and category management.
• Support the site-based procurement team to deliver short-term and long-term goals in alignment with business plans.
• Address key areas of supplier cost, safety, risk, reliability, continuous improvement, technology adoption, and supplier innovation and service.
• Contribute to plant turnarounds and capital project planning through effective sourcing, negotiation, contracting, and execution.
• Contribute to the development and execution of the risk management plan that addresses key risks in the local and regional supply base.
• Manage key supplier relationships in conjunction with stakeholders to increase alignment and create value generation between the supplier and CF.
• Support compliance adherence to the procurement process at the site through standardization and optimization of the procure-to-pay process.

• Participate in site meetings and support site initiatives around safety, reliability, and the community.
• Facilitate key interactions across manufacturing sites and with suppliers.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that increase productivity, improve supplier performance, and reduce cost.
• Ensure ongoing efficiencies of the procurement and material control function by reporting on key performance indicators.
• Ensure implementation and adherence of all procurement-related policies, practices, and process improvements.
• Participate in and promote the work of category management and improvement teams.
• Support the material control function to optimize inventory levels, minimize stock outs, and reduce obsolete equipment and materials.
• Lead the sourcing process including managing proposals, developing proposal recommendations, and negotiating and awarding the final contract.
• Contribute to supplier qualification efforts including introduction of potential new suppliers.
• Issue contract releases and purchase orders and expedite materials and services as required.
• Manage supply and service agreements to facilitate improvements for accuracy, visibility and productivity ensuring compliance with contract management processes and applicable laws and regulations.

• Position
  
  Reports To:
  
  Site Procurement and Material Control Manager
• Subordinate Positions:
  None
• Education:
  
  BS/BA in business, supply chain, engineering or related fields.
• Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  Six plus years in procurement including supplier management, contract management, risk management, and procure-to-pay processes.
• Other Unique Attributes:
  Knowledge of continuous improvement, Coupa/Ariba, SAP S4.
• Excellent technical knowledge of procurement practices including sourcing, bid development, contract development, negotiation, contract execution, and supplier management.

• Breadth of Scope:
  Scope within the Procurement and Material Control organization for North America.
• Communications and Interpersonal
  
  Skills:…