As a Regional Category Manager, Americas, you will define and implement strategies for critical raw materials on a regional basis by creating strategies, negotiating key deliverables, and administering contracts that meet operational and functional business goals. You will identify opportunities to enable PPG growth, improve productivity, and establish a more sustainable footprint, while supporting PPG’s global operations. The role is highly visible and interacts with the Americas Director of Procurement and Global Procurement. PPG’s Procurement organization manages approximately 11B USD of spend.

• Establish and align sourcing strategies by country and region for designated categories, adhering to Category Manager best practices and implementing the strategy.
• Take responsibility to analyze markets and advise business partners in SBUs of the +/- of each potential strategy, becoming PPG’s expert on your category. ...