About Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.

Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Given the highly decentralized nature of the Materials business organization, the main challenges for the new VP Global Procurement will be to:

• Drive sustainable cost reductions globally, by fully leveraging the global purchasing power of the organization, working closely with the regional General Managers and developing a better future-looking strategy with a closer pulse of the market;
• Ensure strategic guidance and input into the global sourcing strategy in order to deliver savings, optimize sourcing costs and minimalize commercial risk;
• Evolve the balance between global and regional responsibilities and decision-making as needed in order to enable the business strategy;
• Create opportunities for people development within global procurement organization, improve the overall business savvy, clarify roles and responsibilities;
• Improve the overall level of best practices in the organization and speed of information sharing, remove obstacles to collaboration and reposition the function as a value-added partner at global and regional levels;
• Drive improvements in systems, on the backbone of the current ERP implementation program (today, the business does not operate a common ERP platform).

The future VP Global Procurement Materials Group should be an executive comfortable with challenging the status quo and providing strategic input on the directions and the future of the procurement within Avery Dennison. Additionally, the new position holder should work cross-functionally with marketing, sales and product management teams in order to ensure alignment across the organization. 

VP Global Procurement Materials Group is expected to be a technology savvy professional, welcoming innovation through cross collaboration internally as well as through partnering with suppliers.

• Supplier Management. Ability to oversee an effective supplier management program. Develops deep supplier partnerships. Excellent negotiation experience and capability to effectively represent the company’s interest in interactions with suppliers and third parties at the highest level. 
• Procurement Expertise & Experience. Experience managing a global, >$1Bn, direct and indirect Procurement spend. Expertise in best-in-class processes, across the procurement value chain. Track record of achieving significant cost take out per year in a global environment.
• Global Experience. Experience in leading a global procurement organization with strong regional structures of similar size. Thrives in an international business and leads scattered global teams. Expatriate assignments preferred.

Procurement Leadership. Demonstrated leadership of similar-sized procurement organizations. Experience in leading major projects that impact the business on a global basis and require coordination of cross-functional team members.

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We not only embrace change… we drive it. We work hard, push hard, and take brave risks. Our culture is innovative and collaborative - where bold ideas turn into action. We grow strong talent through stretch opportunities only restricted by your interests. We are committed to workplace diversity, both for employees and for the business. We are a force for good, imbedded in industries and communities worldwide. We are challenging ourselves and others to reach higher and think bigger to improve the quality of all life. Avery Dennison is a great place to work for everyone. We offer: 

• Workplace Flexibility 
• Structured learning and development
• Mentoring program 
• Competitive total rewards

We look forward to receiving your application.

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