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Syngenta is actively looking to hire an Indirect Procurement professional to support our St Gabriel, LA facility with a focus on the CAPEX Category, from start to finish.Duties:Provide category management support (mainly CAPEX Engineering) with a focus on requirements across the Syngenta Crop Protection business in the North American region.Provide continuous, timely and robust support to allow for manufacturing and business continuity.Continually seek, identify and be accountable for potential total cost of ownership savings opportunities while ensuring a balance of savings, quality and timely delivery of goods and services.Utilize appropriate tools (RFP’s, eAuctions, etc) to drive value for Syngenta.Work closely with key business stakeholders to ensure that requirements are clearly understood and appropriately challenged, and be aware of the function’s challenges, opportunities, and priorities.Develop and maintain close working relationships with the various business stakeholders to ensure that Indirect Procurement delivers savings to the P/L on a consistent and sustainable basis.Act as an ambassador of Procurement and be the champion in the function for all Procurement policies, processes and tools to ensure compliance.Develop, validate, implement and drive sustainable category and sub-category strategies with alignment to business requirements for the NA Region, in conjunction with the Global Category Network.Be the face of Indirect Procurement to Syngenta stakeholders and ensure they are aware of and support Procurement policies and processes.Lead the negotiation of commercial agreements with review and support from both the stakeholder and Legal functions.In alignment with Global Indirect Procurement, promote the use of structured Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Risk Management processes.Explain the need to minimize risks through the understanding of Syngenta’s requirements and identification of appropriate suppliers to our stakeholders.Ensure savings pipeline is updated and accurate for reporting of savings.This person will be required to work in a hybrid work setting in our St Gabriel, LA location.