Sr Strategic Sourcing Director Supply EU

2 months ago

Slough, United Kingdom Mars Full time

Job Description:

This role is part of the MGS Commercial Indirects Regional Management Team for Europe, CEAB and Turkey and is accountable to develop category vision and strategic procurement of Supply categories, such as Logistics and Facility Services across all business segments at Mars including Mars Snacking, Petcare (incl. RC), Food & Nutrition, MGS and Corporate.  The Senior Category Director will oversee strategic category management building a talented and effective organization that will create competitive advantage to Mars and will develop cross-segment and cross-market partnerships with stakeholders; maximize value creation; improve service, quality, and protect the supply chain, ensuring continuous and responsible supply and leveraging external capability. 

What are we looking for?

Education & Professional Qualification

  • Master degree: Business, Economics, MBA is a plus

  • 10 years+ in Procurement in multi-national environment

  • 5-10 years experience  in Logistics procurement

Knowledge/Experience

  • Very high level of business acumen and mindset – must have strong analytical skills, understand and anticipate consequences of macro-economic changes on business environment

  • Proven track record in successful procurement transformations in complex environment, preferably within CPG industry

  • Demonstrated ability to establish a vision  for change and lead complex transformation programs including organization restructuring

  • Excellent knowledge of Logistics and Supply and demonstrated ability to develop and implement category strategies and a strategic path to execute it based on thorough understanding of issues and multiple internal and external perspectives, leveraging or developing best practices

  • Strong cultural agility and capacity to navigate efficiently through ambiguity, changes, multiple stakeholders and complex matrix organization

  • Highly effective interpersonal skills – excellent negotiator, strong communication and influencing skills to all organizational levels. Demonstrated ability to develop credible business relationships with senior executives internally or externally.

  • Proven ability to lead and form large high performing, multi-cultural teams based in different locations and comfortable working within complex matrix organization

  • Results orientated – comfortable setting and delivering against bold, stretch targets

  • Excellent language skills – English essential, both verbal and in writing, other languages are plus

What will be your key responsibilities?

  • Demonstrate visible and inspiring leadership, create a sense of motivation, belonging and engagement for the associates.  Create a results-oriented, high performing and energizing culture.  Attract, retain, and develop associates and deliver succession plans that enable Commercial value delivery.

  • Develop deep category expertise that will deliver and continuously improve organization efficiencies,  maximize value creation and create competitive advantage opportunities

  • Accountable for business impact through leading development, business alignment and subsequent execution of category’s strategies as stated in the annual operating plans resulting in competitive advantage for Mars Business Segments, reducing total cost of ownership by 6%+  annually and delivering cash benefits

  • Establish and maintain business partnership relationships with key regional stakeholders to ensure deep understanding of segment needs and strategies in order to generate maximum business value from commercial strategies as well as influence the improvement of internal practices including the challenge of demand and specifications

  • Leads development and enhancement of industry best practices across assigned categories including improvement of processes, systems, tools, specifications, forecasts

  • Accountable for development of knowledge management, insights and analytics: understanding of industry trends,  total value chain, cost/ price drivers, suppliers and competitors to ensure generation of TCO and Value advantages to Mars

  • Builds commercial ownership for relationship development with strategic suppliers: keeps optimum number of suppliers, negotiate competitive terms and contracts, secure competitive advantage, and enables access to innovative and value creation solutions from suppliers capabilities ahead of competitors

  • Leads supplier performance and contract compliance – provides regular financial, service and quality forecasts and updates to appropriate functional executives

  • Accountable for compliance and enhancement of proper procedures, policies, systems and controls, manages approvals and governance

  • Accountable to mobilize the team to look for new opportunities to achieve Mars sustainability goals, develop required plans, align internally and execute with suppliers

Relevant Quantitative and Budget Information

Financial:

  • Spend: $ 1.3 bln across Mars Inc: Petcare (including Royal Canin), Confectionary, Food & Nutrition, MGS and Corporate

  • Impact:   6%+ in productivity and value

Staff:

  • Line management: team of 6+direct reports and overall team of 20 people

Misc:

  • Number of supported sites:  160 sites across 30+ countries across Europe, CEAB and Turkey

  • External contacts: Suppliers, consultants, peer industry

  • Internal stakeholders: Supply, S&F, regional LTs, MGS Commercial team and MGS other service lines

  • Planning horizon: 3-5 years

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.

  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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