JOB PURPOSE

To strengthen our Procurement Organization and support McCain’s business during a very challenging context, we will be hiring a Procurement Indirect Services Category Manager. The best candidate will be responsible for sourcing most of McCain’s Indirect Services for the Europe & Great Britain regions.

This role is a key member of the CE &GB Procurement Team. Reporting to the regional Head of Indirect Procurement and will be deeply involved in core sourcing activities across 4 main areas and 2 regions:

- Marketing: media buying, print, ER/Com agencies, market insights & intel/data

- Human Resources: temporary labour, recruitment agencies, learning & development activities

- Professional Services: financial, business & engineering consulting

- GBS: most other global business services related categories, excluding Software/IT

The right candidate will also play a key role within the CE & GB Procurement team. In challenging and participating in the implementation of our Procurement Road Map, including our digitization efforts. We expect the person that joins us to be a fast starter, bring external expertise and contribute in elevating the maturity of our procurement organization. The right candidate will bring along technical mastery, sourcing experience and people management/leadership skills.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK:

France (Villeneuve d’Ascq)

Report to: Indirect & Supply Chain procurement director CE & GB

Managing people : 1 buyer responsible for indirect sourcing

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Partner with the regional Service teams and support day-to-day McCain operations

- Source, develop and simplify the existing and future supply base to meet McCains needs

- Drive cost saving opportunities, deliver Sustainable Cost Advantage and enable meeting global
Procurement KPI’s

- Manage key suppliers and act on McCains supplier relationship management strategy

- Ensure market intel sharing with key stakeholders and interna business partners

- Develop the right amount of regional sourcing strategies to cover the larger indirect spend areas

- Deliver upon key KPI’s of the procurement organization: savings, cost avoidance, supply base
simplification, sustainability

- Project management as needed to drive projects forward

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

Bachelor degree education level

Best practices on category procurement strategies for indirect services

Global sourcing and supply strategies

Financial and cost modelling

Experience in Contract Manufacturing, Energy, Facility Mgmt will be considered a plus

Interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

Able to influence, challenge and negotiate across a wide range of suppliers, internal partners, stakeholders, potentially up to board level

Strong analytical skills

Ability to work in a x-functional, x-cultural and evolving environment

Ideally 7+ years of procurement & services experience. With a significant part of that time spent on indirect services sourcing

Experience in delivering exceptional procurement value in a complex environment, having supported major transformation and change programs

Services / Industry background

WHAT WE OFFER:

· Competitive salary

· Employment contract and stable employment (permanent role)

· Additional bonuses (Year-end bonus, Vacation allowance), Local benefit (Health and Pension insurance)

· Opportunity to work independently in a challenging and international environment

· Open and friendly colleagues

· Partial working from home is possible

Join McCain Family! Apply now.

Manager, Indirect Procurement

Manager, Indirect Procurement