As a Regional Category Manager, Americas , you will define and implement strategies for critical raw materials on a regional basis, creating strategies, negotiating key deliverables, and administering contracts that meet operational and functional business goals. Identifying opportunities to enable PPG growth, improve productivity, and establish a more sustainable footprint are key areas of focus to support PPG’s global operation. Networking and collaboration skills are essential. The role is expected to deliver cost savings through competitive bids, negotiations, consolidation, program efficiency gains, and cost reductions. Identifying and implementing opportunities to reduce the complexity of how PPG manages its raw materials and launches its Sustainability objectives is critical to PPG success.

This position is a highly visible role and will interact with the Americas Director of Procurement and the global Procurement organization, which manages approximately 11...