About us!
We are on a mission to help people eat healthy and to reduce carbon footprint through the power of plants! If you would like to join us, read on!
Your Role
Strategically source the Capex and Contracting Services.
Key Responsibility Areas
- Ensure strategic sourcing of Capex and Contracting Services within the defined scope
- Support in delivering Value Creation Programs across the global network of suppliers
- Strategically source and negotiate contracts and lead the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
- Develop and maintain working relationships with both internal and external business stakeholders
- Deliver on key financial targets such as gross margin improvement through savings and cash flow improvement by applying (e.g.) smart buying tools
- Optimize the current sourcing network and consolidate if needed
- Execute sustainability agenda
Skills and Experience Required
- Bachelor/Master’s degree
- Minimum of two years’ experience in procurement and contracting Capital Expediters and Construction
- Ability to analyze sourcing data and conceptualize sourcing strategies
- Negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
- Fluent in English, both verbally and in writing.
- Experience in large-scale change management projects is a plus
- Exemplify a high degree of personal integrity
Reporting Channel, Contacts and Travel
- Position reports into the Head of Procurement for Americas
- Internal Business Partners: Procurement Global and Cluster teams, Engineering, Operations, Legal, Finance
- External: Suppliers: Commercial management and Top management (CEO’s) of Key Suppliers, Agents, professional organization, industry bodies, advisors and benchmarking organizations and others.
- Travel intensity as per job requirements
Your Personal Power!
At Upfield we want you to bring your ideas, your motivation and desire to succeed! This part of the role is up to you to complete.
Culture
We are a highly entrepreneurial fast-paced team running a multi-billion Euro business across 60+ countries with the mind-set of a start-up! We are agile, creative, fast-to-market and obsessed with customers and consumers. If you are an entrepreneur at heart and have a passion for winning, a strong understanding of the CPG business, ad would like to join us, apply and speak to one of our Talent Matchmakers!
What’s next
If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now!
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Upfield is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Upfield is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
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