Associate Director, Business Operations, Care & Cleaning
Full Time
Alpharetta, GA
Posted
Job description
At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive by doing the right thing, putting people at the center, and playing to win. Led by our IGNITE strategy, we build brands that make a positive difference in people’s lives around the world. And we know that success requires head, heart, AND guts — all three, every day — coming together to work simpler, faster, bolder, and more inclusively. Interested? Join us to
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Your role at Clorox:
Join our team as Associate Director for the Care and Connection Brands! In this exciting and newly created role, you'll have the opportunity to lead, support, and drive our procurement strategies, including Cost, Supply Robustness, Innovation, and Sustainability. As a key player in delivering value for our spend portfolio, which includes both raw and pack materials, you'll help us achieve our goal of supporting $3.5b in sales.
As our Procurement Leader, you'll be responsible for building and developing a world-class organization that provides leadership and direction to a team of talented individuals. You'll lead the way in defining and implementing best practices, ensuring that our team is equipped with all the necessary technical skills to drive world-class results. You'll also lead the way in managing supplier performance, including onboarding new suppliers, evaluating and monitoring their performance, and developing action plans to improve their performance.
In addition to your core responsibilities, you'll act as a bridge between R&D and Procurement, ensuring that the needs and wants of the business are reflected in our category strategies and executed as planned. You'll also play a critical role in addressing short- and medium-term issues related to services and quality performance, leading root cause analysis processes to identify continuous improvement opportunities.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued and respected. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and identities. Join us in our mission to drive procurement strategies that support our business and make a positive impact in the world!
In this role, you will:
- Lead, support, and drive procurement strategies across the Care and Connection Brands, including Cost, Supply Robustness, Innovation, and Sustainability.
- Actively support the design, execution, and implementation of procurement tools and techniques to deliver value, such as tendering activities across the portfolio of Raw and Pack Spend.
- Lead the identification and execution of projects to improve value delivery across the spend portfolio.
- Ensure resource allocation and monitor the implementation of projects.
- Build and develop a world-class organization, providing leadership and direction to a team of 2 direct reports and 7 team members who lead spend categories in all technical skills to drive world-class results.
- Define and implement best practices across the team.
- Lead the activities related to managing supplier performance, including onboarding new suppliers, evaluating and monitoring supplier performance across a range of KPIs (Quality, Supply, Cost), and developing action plans to ensure continuous improvement performance across the supply base.
- Lead the ongoing supplier governance and SRM.
- Own the actions and plans crafted to address short- and medium-term issues related to Services and Quality Performance, ensuring business continuity is effective.
- Lead the root cause analysis process to understand continuous improvement opportunities.
- Act as the bridge between R&D and Procurement, ensuring the needs and wants of the business are reflected into the category strategies and executed as planned.
- Support actions required to address P2P issues, such as payments and invoices.
What we look for:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution (or equivalent experience).
- 8 years of supply chain experience in a global, matrixed environment.
- 4 years of sourcing/procurement experience.
- Experience operating in a manufacturing environment and sourcing direct materials (Packaging, Raw Materials).
- 4 years of people management experience.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or MBA.
- Institute for Supply Management (ISM) certification.
- Strong leadership skills demonstrated by experience driving positive results through teams in a challenging and fast-paced environment.
- Ability to drive change and breakthrough performance improvement across a team.
- Commodity hedging (Resin and/or Oil), Cost Models/Should Cost/Clean Sheet, Negotiations, Contracts.
- Demonstrated commercial acumen and analytical skills demonstrated through the ability to deliver financial results.
- Communication skills at senior management level both internally and externally.
- Experience managing and strategically influencing stakeholders and driving accountability.
Workplace type:
Hybrid
We seek out and celebrate diverse backgrounds and experiences. We’re looking for fresh perspectives, a desire to bring your best, and a non-stop drive to keep growing and learning.
At Clorox, we have a Culture of Inclusion. We believe our values-based culture connects to our purpose and helps our people be the best versions of themselves, professionally and personally. This means building a workplace where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate in our Clorox community. Learn more about our I&D program & initiatives
here
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[U.S.]Additional Information:
At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more.
We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location. The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area.
–Zone A: $138,100 - $277,400
–Zone B: $126,600 - $254,300
–Zone C: $115,100 - $231,200
All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox’s incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.
Please apply directly to our job postings and do not submit your resume to any person via text message. Clorox does not conduct text-based interviews and encourages you to be cautious of anyone posing as a Clorox recruiter via unsolicited texts during these uncertain times.
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