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- Hours
- Full time
- Where
- US, Minnesota, Maplewood
- Posted
- Sep 2
Job Description:
Specialist, Global Procurement – Converting Services
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Specialist in Global Converting Procurement, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world.
What you'd do
- Providing Category Ownership across 3M Businesses & Divisions, serving as a Strategic Procurement leader for Outsourced Converting Services.
- Responsible for driving Procurement policies and best practices, while helping 3M and the Procurement organization meet its cost savings, growth and working capital goals by leading negotiations, being part of effective NPI launches, and managing complex supplier relationships.
- Minimizing the total product and process cost by initiating cost reduction efforts and facilitating implementation of innovative Procurement best practices.
- Leading supplier selection and owning external supplier relationships as the key point of contact for 3M.
- Drive Should Cost Model as appropriate.
- Identifying, leading & implementing solutions for complex and multi-faceted situations regarding dual-Sourcing, negotiation, category strategy, supplier management, and external sources of supply.
- Determining & leading opportunities for process improvements that improve service, speed or cost, through analysis of Procurement information & metrics, including navigating complex situations and managing multiple internal & external stakeholders.
- Developing strong partnerships with suppliers and internal 3M stakeholders, including Manufacturing, R&D, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain Operations.
- Identify and develop category risk reduction strategies by partnering with 3M stakeholders.
- Driving Cash Improvement in accordance with Global Policy
- Starts
- 2026-08-13