Director, Procurement, Food Ingredients

Responsibilities:

• Develop procurement management strategies and best practices to ensure maximum value in line with the global procurement strategy.
• Lead, coach and train team of 2-5 direct reports.
• Generate structural savings to deliver YOY bottom line enhanced revenue.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of assigned categories' impact of price volatility on business performance.
• Drive change management process with internal partners.
• Identify and integrate key partner suppliers into programs focused against service, supply cost reduction and logistics operations.
• Communicate effectively to all levels of the company regarding procurement status.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, food, business or related disciplines.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience of increasing scope and responsibility within procurement/supply chain, ideally within consumer packaged goods or food industry.
• Lead with continuous improvement mindset and can-do attitude.
• Strong understanding of procurement, business and food/raw material industry.
• Ability to understand/communicate/present and execute procurement strategies
• Navigate within a cross functional matrix environment.
• Successfully lead or participate in multiple projects simultaneously. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of contract management and resolution procedures.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.