Manager, Global Procurement

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Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Position Overview
As the Global Procurement Category Manager for Real Estate, you are a key member of the Global Indirect Procurement Team; reporting to a Director for Indirect/Capital Procurement. You will contribute to the success of Ball by leading the full Ball Way of Procurement lifecycle process for small global categories (Real Estate) from strategy development to execution.

You will set goals, manage supplier relationships, and collaborate with regional counterparts for optimal strategy implementation.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Lead the full Ball Way of Procurement lifecycle process for Real Estate transaction management including gathering, analyzing, and reporting on key market intelligence, developing a long-term, multi-year category strategy and development and evaluation of "go to market" strategies.
• Manage end-to-end real estate transactions including site searches, RFPs, letters of intent, heads of terms, lease negotiations, renewals, terminations, subleases, acquisitions, and dispositions, by partnering with brokers, landlords, and legal counsel to secure favorable terms.
• Leverage multiple sources of market intelligence and data to make data-informed decisions.
• Develop a comprehensive view of the balance between supply and demand and actively monitors market conditions on an ongoing basis in order to make informed decisions.
• Responsible for the development and evaluation of "go to market" strategies for Real Estate and can achieve creative commercial outcomes through negotiation planning and successful execution by directing cross functional teams of stakeholders.
• Work across business units and engage with Regional Category teams and leadership to facilitate positive outcomes for the organization.
• Lead the performance management process for global suppliers, including regular business reviews.
• Proactively report progress against global sourcing goals/for the specified period.

What we are looking for?

• Bachelors degree in Sourcing, Category Management, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Management Consulting or other relevant discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of experience progressively increasing responsibility in Sourcing, Corporate or commercial real estate, Finance, Management Consulting, or business-related operations in a global environment
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Real Estate procurement and negotiations.

• Demonstrated skills:

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with ability to extract key themes, determine root causes, develop creative solutions, and craft concise messages

• Financial analytical and experience in enhancing value through negotiations
• Strategic orientation, inquisitive, comfortable with ambiguity, and self-motivated to identify trends and improvement opportunities aligned with business objectives and strategic plans.

• Building effective relationships, influence peers and key stakeholders, and build consensus.

• Working knowledge of current principles, practices, and methods pertaining to procurement; analytics and market research methods; advanced negotiation tactics; category management, strategic sourcing, and supplier relationship management principles and application

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation
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When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.

No agencies please.