Procurement Manager (Confidential) US & BR

The ideal candidate is a seasoned procurement professional with solid international exposure, strong coordination and supervision capabilities, and the ability to translate global strategy into effective regional execution—while remaining close to suppliers, contracts, data, and operational realities to ensure continuity of supply, cost efficiency, and business alignment. This role requires a high level of ownership, strategic thinking, and hands?on leadership, combining operational involvement with the ability to coordinate teams, steer priorities, and bring structure, transparency, and control to regional procurement activities.

Job Title: Procurement Manager 
Salary:  $140K- $150K 
Location: Bellingham, MA
Duration: PERM

Position Summary:
We are looking for an experienced Procurement Manager who thrives in complexity, ambiguity, and fast?changing industrial environments. This role plays a key regional leadership function, responsible for structuring, coordinating, and supervising procurement activities across the Americas (United States and Brazil) within a manufacturing context where processes are still evolving and operational maturity is under development.
Based in Franklin, US, you will act as the primary procurement leader for the region, providing direction, governance, and oversight while ensuring strong alignment with global procurement strategies and standards. You will work closely with local site teams as well as with centrally based procurement leadership and international stakeholders across different time zones.
This role requires a high level of ownership, strategic thinking, and hands?on leadership, combining operational involvement with the ability to coordinate teams, steer priorities, and bring structure, transparency, and control to regional procurement activities.
The ideal candidate is a seasoned procurement professional with solid international exposure, strong coordination and supervision capabilities, and the ability to translate global strategy into effective regional execution—while remaining close to suppliers, contracts, data, and operational realities to ensure continuity of supply, cost efficiency, and business alignment.
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide regional leadership and governance for procurement activities across the US and Brazil, ensuring consistency, transparency, and alignment with global procurement strategies.
• Oversee and coordinate end?to?end procurement activities for assigned categories, ensuring timely, cost?effective, and reliable sourcing of materials and services.
• Lead and supervise supplier negotiations on pricing, commercial terms, and contractual conditions, maximizing value and mitigating risk for the business.
• Build, maintain, and strengthen long?term, strategic supplier relationships at a regional level.
• Act as the key procurement interface for regional stakeholders, working closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Finance in a matrix organization.
• Ensure effective coordination between local procurement execution and global procurement governance, policies, and reporting requirements.
• Monitor market trends, supplier performance, and cost drivers within the paper, packaging, or related industrial sectors across the Americas.
• Identify regional risks and opportunities within the supply base and proactively propose improvement, mitigation, and optimization actions.
• Drive and support continuous improvement initiatives, strengthening procurement processes, transparency, performance metrics, and ways of working.
• Prepare and present regional procurement reports, analyses, and insights for senior management, ensuring clear and structured communication with the Procurement Director.

Required Experience & Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience in Procurement, Purchasing, within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience in paper, packaging, or related manufacturing industries is strongly preferred.
• Solid track record in supplier negotiation, contract management, and cost optimization at a regional or multi?site level.
• Experience operating in international and matrix organizations, with responsibility across multiple countries.
• Prior exposure to coordination with global or headquarters?based teams is essential.
• Experience working with or overseeing procurement activities in both North and South America (US & Brazil) is a strong advantage.

Key Competencies & Mindset:

• Strong structuring and governance mindset, able to bring order, clarity, and discipline to complex environments
• Excellent coordination and supervision skills, with the ability to steer priorities across countries and stakeholders
• Strategic yet hands?on: able to balance leadership with operational involvement when needed
• High level of autonomy, accountability, and ownership
• Strong decision?making skills, including the ability to prioritize and act under pressure
• Resilient and adaptable in evolving, fast?changing industrial contexts
• Clear, credible communicator capable of aligning diverse stakeholders with different perspectives

Key Soft Skills for a Procurement Specialist:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• High standards of transparency, integrity, and reliability
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills with a confident and authoritative approach
• Results?driven mindset with focus on performance and business impact
• Ability to operate effectively in cross?functional, multicultural, and international teams
• Strong team player with the ability to navigate complexity in a matrix organization.
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Decision?making under pressure
• Ownership, autonomy, and a proactive mindset