Regional Procurement Buyer Europe – External Manufacturing (temporary, 12 months, starting Aug/ Sept ’21)
Procurement Utrecht Full-time Netherlands
Job Description
As part of our Research, Development and Operations (RD&O) organization, the JDE procurement function is on a journey to transition into a world-class organization delivering innovation and excellence for all JDE business ambitions. In this job opportunity, you will be part of the regional buying team, reporting to the Regional Buying Manager.
Your key focus is to manage the regional day to day operations on procurement of JDE finished goods produced by 3rd party suppliers materials in Europe.
Your tasks and responsibilities:
- Support the development of sourcing strategies and collaborate with the Global Strategic Sourcing Team
- Drive strategy execution, including implementation of tenders, new suppliers, materials, specs across all JDE sales unites
- Create and maintain relationships with key stakeholders on regional, local and sales unit level
- Support JDE Growth agenda by identifying, selecting and contracting suppliers as external manufacturer for JDE products
- Collaborate with suppliers on a day-to-day basis to operate and improve the SPM and SRM process
- Ensure an uninterrupted supply of quality materials on a day-to-day basis
- Provide the first line of escalation on issues between suppliers and the business
- Ensures timely qualifications of new supply avenues
- Maintain a strong supplier pool and implement changes
- Identify and deliver value chain optimization opportunities
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures and has a deep understanding of and manage compliance with the combined business model
Qualifications
If you have the courage and confidence to venture into new cultures & territories, and you're brimming with an entrepreneurial spirit and a drive to succeed, you’ll fit right in at JDE. We roll up our sleeves, pitch in, and get our hands dirty to break new ground. Committed to playing at our best, we think bigger and move faster, always rising to the challenge that matters most and celebrating the wins that count.
Our preferred candidate would have:
- A Bachelor or Master’s degree
- At least three years of relevant experience in a similar role
- An excellent track record of delivering complex projects and service improvement activities
- Successful experience of leading cross-functional teams that focus on the lowest total cost of ownership as a key target
- Ability to work under pressure, high level of stress resistance
- Strong project management and leadership capabilities
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- The ability to thrive with ambiguity and change
Additional Information
Your application at JDE Peet's
If you are interested in this career opportunity at JDE Peet's, apply and join us. After receiving your application we will do our utmost to give you quick feedback. Part of the recruitment procedure at JDE Peet's would be an online assessment, followed by interviews. A pre-employment check can be part of the recruitment process.
The future of work is hybrid, with both office and home playing an important role. At JDE Peet's, we value meeting colleagues in the office to unleash the possibilities of coffee and tea together and we enjoy our focus time when working from home. Join us and you will experience both. Because it’s amazing what happens over a cup of coffee.
Whether or not you are with us, two, four or thirty years, it doesn’t matter. We help you build your skillsets and potential career. We offer a solid and competitive base salary and ad additional benefits to the mix. To name a few: Learning and development budget, career development, Insurances, pension plans and a minimum of 25 + 12 ADV days of paid holidays (because we care and want to offer you a healthy work – life balance)
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JDE Peet’s - now part of Keurig Dr Pepper – is the world’s leading pure-play coffee company, with a presence in more than 100 markets. Guided by our ‘Reignite the Amazing’ strategy, we are focused on brand-led growth across three big bets: Peet’s, L’OR, and our 10 strategically selected local icons led by Jacobs.
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JDE Peet’s - now part of Keurig Dr Pepper – is the world’s leading pure-play coffee company, with a presence in more than 100 markets. Guided by our ‘Reignite the Amazing’ strategy, we are focused on brand-led growth across three big bets: Peet’s, L’OR, and our 10 strategically selected local icons led by Jacobs.
Company Description
For more than 265 years, JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) is inspired by its belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee or tea. We are fuelled by our purpose of unleashing the possibilities of coffee and tea to create a better future. Today, our coffee & tea portfolio is available in more than 100 developed and emerging markets, through a portfolio of over 50 brands that collectively cover the entire category landscape led by leading household names such as L’OR, Jacobs, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, Old Town, Super, Pickwick and Moccona.
JDE is part of JDE Peet’s, the world’s largest pure-play coffee and tea company, headquartered in The Netherlands.
What’s it like to work at JDE?
We are proud of our passionate, driven associates that challenge the status quo and pursue mastery in everything they do. Our goal is simple and ambitious – JDE: A coffee & tea for every cup.
At JDE, we're Made to Stand Out. Every day we are progressive in outlook, ambitious in nature, resourceful in action and decisive in approach, bringing coffee and tea moments to everyone around the world.