SPECIALIST, 3PM PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS
Location: Italy, Arese (MI)
Function: Procurement
Type: Fixed term contract
Overview:
About the role
Step into the role of Specialist and become a key player in our Contract Manufacturing Procurement Operations. You’ll be at the forefront of achieving essential goals like Customer Service, Quality, Cost Savings, Cash improvements, and compliance. With your top-notch procurement skills and a can-do attitude, you’ll drive impactful results.
About the Team/Department
Immediate Supervisor: Contract Manufacturing Procurement Operations Manager Europe. This role does not include direct reports.
Responsibilities:
As a Procurement Operations Specialist, you’ll dive into three exciting areas:
Pricing Management:
- Lead the global pricing process by ensuring timely and accurate updates for our suppliers.
- Champion internal compliance management, including pricing audits.
Cost Card (CC) Management and Coordination:
- Own the entire CC process, from consolidating cost details (direct material pricing, labor & burden costs, scrap rates) to creating and validating CCs with contract manufacturers.
- Keep SAP updated with the latest Finished Goods conditions.
- Tackle ad hoc project requests (e.g., new products, product line extensions) with ease.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Direct Materials Procurement, Contract Manufacturing Procurement, Finance, Planning, and Engineering) to ensure seamless CC management.
- Engage with external parties, including contract manufacturers.
- Ensure CC compliance and reporting.
Product Instruction Handbook (PIH) Coordination:
- Manage the full PIH coordination process, from receiving internal requests to processing them with the global shared service center, validating document completeness, and securing external approval by contract manufacturers.
- Work with cross-functional teams (Project Management, RD&E and Technical functions, Quality, Supply Planning, and Procurement) to ensure flawless PIH coordination.
- Communicate with external parties, including contract manufacturers.
- Ensure PIH compliance and reporting.
Experience you’ll bring:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Economics.
- Proficiency with Excel and managing large databases.
- A willingness to learn and operate in an SAP environment.
Behaviors you’ll need:
- Stellar organizational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication skills and upper-intermediate English (written and oral).
- Keen attention to detail.
- A relentless and versatile learner who is action-oriented.
What’s in it for you?
Join us in Arese - Milan, where we offer a competitive salary and profit share, along with flexible working options. We prioritize the well-being of our team, providing benefits such as medical cover, life insurance, a subsidized canteen, and the SCJ Holiday program. Our Arese facilities include a swimming pool, tennis court, games room, free parking, bus shuttle, and electric car charger.
About us:
SC Johnson is a fifth-generation family company built on a spirit of adventure and winning the right way. We have been leading with purpose for over 130 years, building top brands such as Raid®, Glade®, Kiwi®, OFF!®, Autan®, MrMuscolo® and more, in virtually every country. Through these household names, we are making a positive difference to the world around us. But we only succeed with the combined vitality and strength of our 13,000 people who we truly value and support in their pursuit of individual and shared goals.
Inclusion & Diversity
We’re a global business, with people from every culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and ability. We recognize the breadth of human experience, and we work to celebrate it. It is our goal to build a diverse, inclusive, and supportive work environment where all people can thrive.
We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment. Read more about our ongoing initiatives at https://jobs.scjohnson.com/inclusion.
Top Skills
What We Do
We’re SC Johnson, a family company at work for a better world™. We are a leading manufacturer of household cleaning products and products for home storage, air care, pest control, shoe care and professional products. SC Johnson’s high-quality products and iconic brands include OFF!®, Raid®, Glade®, Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Ziploc®, Mrs. Meyer’s® Clean Day, method®, Autan®, Baygon®, Mr Muscle®, Duck®, Lysoform® and more, and are in homes, schools and businesses in virtually every country worldwide.
We’re a fifth-generation, family-owned and led company with 13,000 employees and operations in 70 countries. Founded in 1886 and headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin, we believe that a more sustainable, healthier and transparent world that inspires people and creates opportunities isn't just possible – it's our responsibility.
SC Johnson includes both SC Johnson Professional, providing solutions to healthcare, industrial and institutional markets, and SC Johnson Lifestyle Brands, a growing house of like-minded brands working together for bold, transformative growth.
Learn more about SC Johnson on our LinkedIn “Life” tab, at https://scjohnson.com or https://jobs.scjohnson.com.
