Procurement Manager – Packaging

2 weken geleden

Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland pladis Global Voltijd
The Challenge

We are seeking a skilled Procurement Manager to lead the procurement of packaging for France and The Netherlands. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for maintaining and developing the supplier base, driving strategic relationships, and executing material group strategies.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement local category strategies for packaging, focusing on key strategic deliverables: cost-out, cash flow, supply continuity, sustainability, and innovation.
  • Build strong SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) across local strategic suppliers.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with local teams (manufacturing sites, supply chain, R&D, Finance) to deliver local projects for productivity and business continuity.
  • Create, develop, and implement key strategic projects, working in coordination with local counterparts such as R&D, supply chain, and quality teams.
  • Share best practices and benchmarks across regions and with the global team.
  • Implement all local procurement-driven processes and tools within Ingredients packaging categories.
  • Provide input into the global packaging categories and supplier segmentation, and manage suppliers related to local categories.
  • Connect and interact efficiently with the global team to align the packaging global strategies with local needs.
  • Elaborate lead local tenders tender documents and supplier selection criteria for the regional categories.
  • Sustainability: Support the sustainability-related topics in the packaging scope, as well as be a force of proposal for new projects, ideas, and/or markets development.
Operational Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing sites to ensure on-time and complete deliveries, minimizing risks.
  • Ensure the packaging categories have a robust contract balance process in place.
  • Lead the AOP (budgeting process) for the packaging categories within France and The Netherlands.
  • Continuously monitor the market for intel and new suppliers and horizon scanning.
  • Establish contracts with suppliers and ensure compliance to pladis T&Cs.
  • Gather all necessary requirements (volume, specifications, service levels, KPIs) from stakeholders.
  • Manage closely: current volumes, spend, and specifications by supplier.
  • Evaluate and challenge supplier specifications to ensure alignment with business requirements.
  • Ensure local contracts are in place, local prices up to date.
  • Measure and track supplier evaluation data, managing non-conformances and claim processes.
Requirements
  • Years of relevant experience, preferably in FMCG.
  • Excellent stakeholder management with the ability to ensure strong relationship management.
  • Negotiation and commercial analytical skills.
  • Project management and leadership skills.
  • Ability to lead multiple workstreams and work in a team while managing key stakeholders.
  • Ability to think strategically and set a year categories plan.
  • Analytical mindset and pragmatic approach.
  • Results-oriented.
  • Understanding of sustainability opportunities in the packaging landscape.
What We Offer

Working for pladis means challenging jobs, career opportunities, and an inspiring environment that allow you to enhance your personal development. pladis recognizes that the on-going success of the company depends on the continued development and engagement of our employees and pursues a fair and competitive remuneration policy, recognizing individual and team competencies and performance.

A few of our benefits:

  • A permanent contract.
  • Development opportunities through our pladis Academy & other training programs.
  • A competitive salary.
  • Full-time employment (hours per week).
  • Holidays (based on full-time).
  • Pension in pension fund 'Zoetwaren'.
  • Discounts on health insurance, gym memberships, bikes, etc.
  • Biscuits, chocolate, and other snacks from our personnel store.
  • The best colleagues in an informal working environment.

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