Governance Officer

**Full time**

**The location of the role is in: Rotterdam, Netherlands**

**About the job**

In this position, you will report directly to the Head of Strategic Raw Materials. You will serve as a vital bridge between our global and regional teams, ensuring robust alignment across our organization. At a strategic level, you will deploy our global raw materials (RM) strategy to our regional teams, fostering the development of regional strategies, and harmonizing policies, playbooks, and deliverables. On an operational level, you will coordinate demand consolidation, monitor compliance with standards, and facilitate information flow between global and regional teams. You will oversee the standardization efforts and drive capability-building initiatives, including automation of the processes and digitalization. Furthermore, in this role, you will actively manage cross-regional and global activities such as budget preparation, supplier evaluation, and M&A integrations.

**In addition, your tasks will include**:

- Leading and supporting critical projects, including M&A integrations, supplier evaluations, and process improvements
- Collaborate with regional teams to align on the regional playbook, stock policies, and performance targets.
- Taking ownership of timely and accurate budget delivery
- Overseeing demand consolidation, inventory compliance monitoring, and inventory forecast alignment
- Driving process standardization across regions and providing training/coaching to our regional teams

**About you**

You are a strong communicator with a collaborative attitude. With your great enthusiasm and creative mindset, you bring new ideas to the table, not only as an individual but also together with your colleagues. You work well in cross-functional teams and are not afraid to take responsibility and make decisions. With your hands-on mentality, structured approach, and analytical skills, you proactively seek to improve the status quo. You see change as something positive, can adapt quickly and you like to courageously help shaping the future of RHI Magnesita.

**What we expect from you in terms of**

**Education, skills & knowledge**
- A bachelor's or master’s degree in supply chain, business administration, economics, or similar fields of relevance
- CPIM or similar certification

**Languages**
- English - Proficient/Fluent
- Any other language would be an asset

**Work Experience**
- Several years of experience in multinational companies, preferably within matrix organizations
- Experience in start-up and M&A integration environments is advantageous

**Why you should work for RHI Magnesita**

You will perform in a customer focused environment. We live innovation and appreciate an open and pragmatic way of working. From our leaders we expect to drive our further transformation, to engage our people and to give direction. RHI Magnesita is a company where you can be yourself and where not only your resume and experience, but also your personality counts. We aim for global consistency in compensation policies, but also consider local common practices. RHI Magnesita is committed to support its employees through various means to enable the best possible performance.

**We offer**
- Attractive remuneration packages including pension and global bonus program
- Local benefits such as NS-Business Card (1st class) and car allowance
- RHIM Academy for your ongoing learning & development, incl. full LinkedIn Learning catalogue
- Possibility of up to 60% home office (depending on position) incl. allowance
- Flexible and trust-based working time

**Sounds like you?**

**About RHI Magnesita**

We are the acknowledged technology leader in the refractory industry. Our company is defined by people. We are committed to diversity and know that multiple approaches, perspectives and backgrounds fuel creativity and innovation. It is our aspiration to build a workplace culture where everyone feels valued, engages, and can enjoy a truly inclusive environment and the diverse voices of our employees are heard. We foster a collaborative culture that cherishes ideas and determination to add value for our customers. Our leadership style encourages open-mindedness, reliability, pragmatism, and innovation.

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