Director of Procurement

• Proactively leads the Procurement Teams in all operations of the assigned region/country. Must therefore show Multi-Site coordination capabilities
• Develops and implements procurement concepts and strategies to meet the Company’s business growth and sourcing requirements.
• Participates in all procurement-relevant enterprise decisions for assigned region / country
• Responsible for the overall purchasing value and volume
• Negotiates agreements on major commodities, services and other items, as required
• Excellent understanding of international business processes
• Oversees the creation and execution of corporate and departmental policies and procedures.
• Establishes and manages effective relationships with vendors and other business partners. Manages Vendor Balanced Scorecards / KPI’s.
• Excellent understanding of importation/exportation of products. Ensures compliance through affiliation with state and federal agencies, carrier groups, and shipper organizations to effectively plan and direct the transportation activities of the company, and comply with state and federal regulations. Coordinates this closely with the Supply Chain Group
• Continues setting up a highly efficient and effective organizational structure
• Supports budget planning and implementation of a coordinated controlling process with the other Regions and other locations as necessary
• Continuous optimization of the strategic procurement process in terms of supplier development, qualification and relationship, execution of supplier audits.
• Cooperation with the global procurement functions
• Cross-functional coordination and leadership within the organisation, especially with
• Sales and Operations Planning
• Forecasting and Demand Management for all relevant products
• Master Production Scheduling and Master Planning of Resources
• Responsible for the asset allocation of material inventories, striving to maintain the optimum levels for profitability
• Designs and recommends professional training programs for staff aimed at elevating employee performance, problem solving, and managerial skills
• Position is key to assist in the accomplishment of profit improvement programs, cost reduction and avoidance programs; and a key to controlling costs through effective material purchasing
• Performs other duties as required
• Drives innovative business improvements: Develops new insights into solutions that result in improvements in TCO (total cost of ownership).
• Promotes a work environment that fosters creative thinking, innovation and rational risk-taking.
• Balances immediate and long-term priorities. Seeks to meet critical objectives while considering the impact of those decisions and activities on the ability to achieve long-term goals.
• Delivers results with focus on the critical objectives according to value.
• Imports and exports good ideas. Relentlessly seeks, shares and adopts ideas and best practices in and outside of the Company and embraces change introduced by others.
• Lives the values: Demonstrates the values through words, actions, and by example. Fosters an environment that reflects the values of the Company.
• Team spirit and willingness to support internal customers’ demands (e.g. Supply Chain, Sales, Production)
Qualifications
• Bachelor of Business or Science, Master an advantage
• CPM, CIPS certification preferred
• Proven track record of leadership with strong managerial and negotiation skills
• Experience in Procurement of Food ingredients and/or FMCG’s
• Highly motivated individual who can also motivate his/her team
• Strategic, analytical and process oriented thinking and acting
• Very customer focused attitude
• Results oriented
• Ready to take decisions and take over responsibilities
• Ability to persevere in conflict situations
• Very good IT knowledge (SAP, Windows Office)
• Willing to be hands-on and active in developing and training staff
• Willingness to travel 10