Global Category Sourcing Manager tear 2 suppliers Frozen Fruits & Vegetables

Mission

To identify and activate the best FRUIT & VEGETABLES UPSTREAM suppliers and sourcing models in order to hit the key business targets:

• Drive top line growth, throught security of supply, brands and products preferences, shopper and consumer satisfaction
• Drive cash growth, through Service Level on target, price predictability, reduced storage duration and payment terms optimisation
• Drive bottom line growth, through buying at competitive market price and productivity actions along the value chain

Responsibilities

• You build and own the World Wide sourcing strategy of FRUITS&VEGETABLES UPSTREAM, in collaboration with the Quality and R&D teams, in link with the Business needs, from a deep understanding of the two markets and their key players: the fresh fruit& vegetables market and the first processed fruit&vegetables market.
• You Propose and develop optimized or new product variety, 1^st transformation technologies, new suppliers, suppliers new localisations, new contracting models, new market approaches in order to maximise the support to the organisation strategical axis: Affordability, Product experience, Nature
• The Spend is: 200M€/year
• You have the regional Fruit&Vegetables Upstream sourcing managers (4 regional) working as one team, build trust and synergy with the Fruit&Vegetables Dowstream sourcing buyers and managers, empower the Quality team to develop supplier and validate new sourcing, align with Finance on the Mark-up to be applied on Fruits&Vegetables, and on the market prices evolution.
• You interact efficienctly and on regular basis within the organisation in order to implement the sourcing strategy efficiently and to avoid Quality or Sourcing crisis.
• You develop strong, regular and win-win relationship with the main Fruit&Vegetables suppliers, leveraging their knowledge, skills, innovation capabilities, teams motivation and supply chain organisation.

• Minimum 5 years fresh Fruit and/or Vegetable sourcing or first transformed Fruit and/or vegetable sourcing; with proven success in SRM, Strategy creation, Budgeting, Productivity; on WW scope or at least continental level in Latam or Asia.
• interpersonal skills, active listening, creative, leader, making things happen, talks with figures, synthetical
• Willing to Travel 40 %

Our principal is a well-known tier-1 global market leader in FMCG (Fortune 100 company) with extremely well-known brands around the globe. For their new global sourcing organization which is currently being set up in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, we are searching for an experienced and driven Global Category Sourcing Manager tear 2 suppliers Frozen Fruits & Vegetables

The remuneration package is commensurate with the seniority of these positions and will be dependant on age and experience (indication: € 100-120K total package). Please note that a local package is on offer. This is a unique opportunity to join one of the most successful and fast-growing FMCG companies in the world and to help build a new organization within this multinational. Career development opportunities are abundant within the organization.