Global Procurement - PMO Specialist

Global Procurement - PMO Specialist

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 3M Global Procurement PMO Specialist, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

Project Management Office Leadership:

• Providing Project Management leadership for assigned 3M BG and Category Pillar and Projects
• Management of PMO goals and objectives to ensure alignment to Enterprise Supply Chain strategies.
• Directly engagement with 3M Business supply chain leaders, Procurement category leaders across the globe to achieve 3M's Procurement productivity goals.
• Direct interaction with 3M stakeholders in Lab, R&D, Operations, Enterprise supply chain to accelerate execution of productivity projects.

Project Management & Execution:

• Work closely with sponsors and key stakeholders to ensure achievement of program goals, including but not limited to cost savings projects
• Create detailed project plans with key deliverables and milestones
• Use project management best practices, and as needed develop new methods and tools
• Work across organizational boundaries and influence others to achieve project goals

Pipeline Management:

• Develop and manage an effective pipeline management cadence and rigor to track cost
• Lead Procurement metrics reviews (Bi-Weekly Pipeline Review, Stage Gate, etc)
• Lead hopper filling and/or gap filling sessions with cross-functional stakeholders

Shared Responsibility:

• Supporting each category team to drive key KPIs around cost through pipeline development and reporting
• Work closely with sponsors and key stakeholders to ensure achievement of program goals
• Use project management best practices, and as needed develop new methods and processes
• Internal category communications
• Incorporate change leadership in programs to ensure stakeholders make any necessary changes needed for program success
• Drive process improvement projects around savings pipeline process

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Six (6) years of combined experience in Procurement, Project Management and/or Supply Chain in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Experience in Raw Material/Outsource Manufacturing/Indirect Procurement Category Management within Manufacturing based companies.
• Strong data analysis, negotiating and problem solving skills
• Initiative, self-starter with a positive & pro-active approach
• Experience successfully collaborating with internal/external stakeholders on complex projects
• Process improvement & project management experience
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal skills

Work location:

• This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.

Travel: May include up to 5% travel domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: Not authorized.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.