Job Description
Company Overview
Imagine Everything. Build the Future with Hexion.
At Hexion, we push boundaries, rethink possibilities, and create real impact. We activate science to deliver progress-developing breakthrough solutions that strengthen industries, protect communities, and drive a more sustainable future.
This is where bold thinkers, problem-solvers, and innovators come together to shape what's next. Whether you're engineering advanced materials, transforming manufacturing technologies, or leading strategic innovation, your ideas and actions leave a lasting mark. We cultivate an inclusive culture of growth, collaboration, and accountability, ensuring every contribution propels us forward.
We don't follow the status quo-we challenge it, disrupt it, and improve it.Every role at Hexion is part of something bigger.
We invest in innovation, sustainability, and continuous development-equipping you with the tools, training, and opportunities to excel. With an unwavering commitment to safety, partnership, belonging, and impact, we empower you to lead change and strengthen industries worldwide.
Your Future Starts Here.
If you're ready to push limits, reimagine what's possible, and create the extraordinary, Hexion is where you belong.
Anything is possible when you imagine everything.
Role Mission
Own and lead Hexion's global raw materials value agenda. This role sets the commercial, risk, and capability direction for ~$950M in raw material spend, ensuring resilient supply, structurally advantaged cost positions, and supplier ecosystems that enable Hexion's strategy today and into the future. The Senior Director is the company's point of integration between markets, suppliers, operations, and finance for raw materials.
This is a high-impact, enterprise-critical leadership role with direct influence on EBITDA, cash, continuity of supply, and speed of decision-making.
Strategic Outcomes (What Success Looks Like)
Structurally competitive and transparent raw material cost positions across key categories
Resilient, diversified supply base with proactive risk sensing and mitigation
Fact-based, forward-looking market intelligence embedded in business decisions
A high-performing, commercially sharp raw materials team that challenges suppliers and partners effectively with the business
Procurement operating as a value creator and strategic advisor, not a transactional function
Core Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Raw Materials Strategy
Define and continuously evolve the global raw materials strategy aligned to Hexion's business priorities, portfolio direction, and regional needs
Translate market dynamics (feedstocks, energy, trade flows, regulation) into actionable sourcing and pricing strategies
Act as the executive owner of raw materials risk, balancing cost, supply security, and optionality
2. Commercial Leadership & Value Creation
Lead commercial strategy and execution for key raw material categories, including pricing models, indexation, hedging logic (where applicable), and contract structures
Personally lead or sponsor the most critical supplier negotiations and relationship resets
Build and deploy deep cost models, should-cost analyses, and market benchmarks to challenge suppliers with credibility
Drive EBITDA, cash, and working capital outcomes through disciplined, creative commercial approaches
3. Supplier Ecosystem & Partnerships
Architect a differentiated supplier portfolio based on category and risk profile
Establish executive-level relationships with critical suppliers to improve transparency, reliability, and joint problem-solving
Lead supplier performance management focused on outcomes (supply reliability, responsiveness, cost, innovation)
Core Responsibilities
4. Market Intelligence & Risk Management
Build a forward-looking market intelligence capability covering cost drivers, capacity changes, geopolitics, sustainability pressures, and logistics
Ensure early-warning systems and scenario-based decision-making are embedded into procurement and business planning
Proactively manage interdependencies across raw material categories and regions
5. Organizational Leadership & Talent Development
Lead, coach, and elevate a global team of commodity managers
Set clear expectations for commercial rigor, curiosity, accountability, and speed
Develop next-generation procurement leaders with strong business judgment and negotiation confidence
Foster a culture that rewards fact-based challenge, external orientation, and calculated risk-taking
6. Transformation & Ways of Working
Coach fit-for-purpose procurement approaches by category
Simplify decision-making, reduce cycle times, and focus the organization on the few moves that matter most
Leverage digital tools and analytics pragmatically to enable insight and speed
Embed sustainability considerations into sourcing decisions where they create real enterprise value
Key Performance Indicators
Net raw material cost performance vs. market benchmarks
Supply continuity and resilience
Working capital and cash impact from raw materials decisions
Quality and timeliness of market intelligence informing business decisions
Capability and engagement level of the raw materials procurement team
Minimum Qualifications
15+ years of progressive experience in chemical industry procurement and/or supply chain roles
Demonstrated ownership of large, complex raw material spend ($500M+ preferred)
Significant experience leading global teams and operating in international environments
Track record of delivering material commercial impact and navigating volatile markets
Experience working closely with manufacturing, R&D, finance, and commercial leadership
Critical Capabilities & Leadership Profile
Must-Have Capabilities
Enterprise thinker with strong commercial instincts and comfort making high-stakes decisions with imperfect data
Proven negotiator of complex, high-value raw material agreements
Deep understanding of chemical raw materials, feedstocks, and global supply markets
Strong financial and analytical acumen; fluent in cost drivers and value levers
Ability to influence senior business leaders with clarity, credibility, and fact-based insight
Leadership Style
Direct, pragmatic, and outcomes-oriented
Curious and externally focused; continuously scanning markets and competitors
Comfortable challenging legacy practices and supplier narratives
Coachesteams to think, not just execute
Why This Role Matters
This role sits at the intersection of cost, risk, and growth for Hexion. The Senior Director, Raw MaterialsProcurementwill directly shape the company's ability to compete, protect margins, andoperatereliably in an increasingly volatile global environment.
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We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, pregnancy, race, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or military status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
To be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site and, be at least 18 years of age. Any offer of employment will be conditioned upon successful completion of a drug test and background investigation, as well as authorization for the Company to conduct additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies. A prior criminal record is not an automatic bar to employment, and the Company will conduct an individualized assessment and reassessment, consistent with applicable law, prior to making any final employment decision.
We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.
