Minerals Manager Emea

**Date**:Jun 26, 2025

**Location**: Barcelona, ES

**Company**:AkzoNobel

**About AkzoNobel**

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands - including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon - is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today - while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

© 2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.

**Zona Franca (preferred location) / UK**:
**Minerals Manager EMEA**

This position will be responsible for AN's raw material sourcing (including strategy, supplier selection and relationship management), as well as spend management (business awarding, contracting, risk management, QDCIS improvement) for Minerals Extenders and Driers and its associated supplier base in EMEA, covering all AN relevant manufacturing plants.

**About the role**:
Developing and implementing sourcing activities in alignment with AN’s objectives and ALPS Source, such as:

- Responsible for commercial activities: annual budgeting, deliver price index below budget, contract negotiation through e-bidding with focus on savings and cash delivery, management, development, approval, implementation, and maintenance.
- Creating and deploying applicable regional/global category strategies (SSM’s) per the category roadmap.
- Supplier selection and QDCIS improvement.
- Responsible for world-class supplier relationship management of key suppliers in the portfolio (56), directly managing key suppliers for his/her area of responsibility.
- Acting as key interface between sourcing and regional RD&I teams (supplier innovation pipeline optimization and contribution to NPI support).
- Developing a rich pipeline of PR TCO reduction projects per AN Category Financial Objectives, and drive project maturing until execution by the regional Procurement team.
- Implementing Procurement Excellence within his/her area of responsibility including cost modelling.
- Global raw material markets expertise, monitoring, and forecasting; Translating new developments/concepts from the market into new opportunities.
- Managing supply risk, and supporting escalated supply issues resolution.

**Work with**:

- Regional Procurement Directors
- BUs regional RD&I Managers
- Regional PMO / C.I. Leader / ALPS Leader
- Category Analyst
- Category Minerals Leader
- Senior/Top Management of the region’s Key suppliers

**About You**:

- 10 years in a procurement, purchasing, or sourcing function (part of it in R&D, Ops or SC management also valued), preferably in the chemical/coating/automotive industries.
- 3 to 5 years managing a purchasing team, or in Category/Commodity/Spend Area management with experience in developing and deploying sourcing strategies,
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in science, Engineering or Business management; CPM or MBA preferred.
- Relevant experience in negotiating, contracting, and managing regional suppliers at a Senior Level.
- Proven success in driving supplier cost, quality, and delivery performance improvement programs
- Understanding of the sourced category in terms of suppliers, market trends and technologies in the region is preferred.

**What we offer (in zona Franca)**:

- Join a growing multinational company.
- Stable project.
- Professional and personal development in a dynamic environment.
- Hybrid teleworking modality.
- Dining room benefits.
- Flexible remuneration.
- Access to training platform.
- Free parking and metro 5 minutes walking.
- Paddle/tennis and football court free to use on site.

**LI-NC1 #LI-Hybrid**:
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 47614