Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led , resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility , we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact
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PURPOSE:
The Indirect Sourcing & Procurement Manager is a key leadership role responsible for developing and executing sourcing and procurement strategies across Indirect categories and Co-Manufacturing, representing approximately $50MM+ in annual spend.
The role serves as a strategic business partner to cross-functional stakeholders, translating business needs into effective sourcing strategies that deliver sustainable value, strengthen supplier performance, mitigate risk and support business growth.
The Senior Manager will lead complex sourcing initiatives and commercial negotiations, develop strategic supplier partnerships, challenge existing ways of working, and use market intelligence and data to drive better commercial decisions. The role will also play an important part in strengthening procurement capabilities, processes and governance across the organization.
This position is critical to ensuring a resilient, competitive and high-performing supply base that supports the continued success of pladis North America and its customers and consumers.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND DELIVERABLES:
Own and execute sourcing and category strategies across Indirect categories and Co-Manufacturing spend of approximately $50MM+.
Lead complex RFPs, supplier selections, contract negotiations and commercial initiatives from strategy through implementation.
Build strategic supplier partnerships that improve cost, service, quality, innovation, resilience and overall value.
Partner with senior cross-functional stakeholders to understand business needs, challenge requirements and influence commercial decisions.
Identify, lead and deliver productivity and value-creation opportunities, ensuring benefits are accurately tracked and reported.
Provide strategic procurement leadership for the Co-Manufacturing network, supporting cost competitiveness, capability, capacity and supplier performance.
Use market intelligence, benchmarking and spend analytics to identify emerging risks, trends and sourcing opportunities.
Support new product development and other key business initiatives by bringing supplier, cost, capacity and commercial insights into decision-making.
Drive strong supplier governance and procurement compliance, including supplier performance, qualification, onboarding and preferred supplier utilization.
Champion procurement best practices and continuous improvement while coaching others and strengthening commercial capability across the organization.
Develop catalogues for all products and services purchased through P2P
Manage approved vs. non-approved vendors, products, and services
Be expert problem solver in today’s ever-changing Supply Chain environment
Help develop short and long-term indirect procurement sourcing strategy
Other duties as required.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Experience
5+ years of progressive Sourcing and Procurement experience, preferably including significant responsibility for Indirect Procurement, Co-Manufacturing, Supply Chain or similarly complex categories.
Demonstrated experience developing and executing category…