Position Purpose:

• The role focuses on optimizing the balance of cost, availability, sustainability, and partnerships within the Packaging portfolio.
• Overseeing packaging categories with an approximate spend of 600 million Euros.
• Developing the Premium Packaging strategy and expanding the Southeast Asia Packaging hub.
• Leading a team of around 20 procurement professionals across global market locations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage the material portfolio strategy.
• Ensure the strategy takes advantage of global scale while being tailored to meet the specific needs of Business Groups, including premiumization.
• Align the portfolio strategy with our lighthouse strategy, focusing on value chain optimization, sustainability (plastic ambitions), superior service, and resilience.
• Establish a supplier partnership framework and engagement model to be implemented globally for both current and future portfolios.
• Collaborate with key partners on joint business development plans and manage ongoing relationships.
• Create a multi-year cost savings program for market implementation, optimizing end-to-end chains.
• Develop best-in-class contracting strategies for commercial agreements and utilize global benchmarking to identify commercial opportunities across markets.
• Work closely with senior executives across the organization to ensure procurement strategies are integrated with other business areas and aligned with overall objectives.
• Support the business’s goals and the professional development of direct reports and indirect reports.
• Collaborate with the Commodities Risk Management team to define and implement risk management strategies, identifying and executing physical hedging opportunities, including setting economic assumptions for forecasting.
• Provide accurate and reliable market and portfolio price forecasts.

Requirements:

• Procurement sourcing strategy, supplier analysis, and value chain understanding.
• Supplier and contract negotiations, along with building strategic partnerships.
• Ensuring sourcing resilience through collaboration and effective stakeholder management.
• Risk and crisis management
• Industry and competitive analysis
• Cost modeling, and contract management.
• Stakeholders management.
• Financial acumen.
• Be able to travel frequently.