Head of Procurement Operations, Food

Danish Crown A/S; Oldenburg; Vor Ort; EUR 100.000 - 125.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading food company in Germany is seeking a Head of Procurement Operations to oversee procurement and ensure compliance. This role involves leading a team, managing purchasing processes, and aligning local actions with global strategies. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of procurement experience, strong leadership skills, and a proactive mindset. Benefits include competitive compensation, health insurance, and a collaborative work environment.

Leistungen

Attractive compensation and benefits package

Pension and health insurance

Gym and recreational facilities

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of procurement experience including leadership.
• Strong understanding of sourcing, category management, and purchasing processes.
• Fluent in English; Danish speaking is an advantage.

Aufgaben

• Ensure procurement operations are efficient, compliant, and adding value.
• Lead procurement function and manage operational buyers.
• Track savings, KPIs, and ensure compliance with procurement policies.

Kenntnisse

Procurement experience

Leadership

Sourcing

Category management

Communication skills

Matrix organization navigation

Tools

SAP

Jaggaer

Jobbeschreibung

Head of Procurement Operations, Food

Danish Crown is elevating procurement to a new level, building one unified, end to end function powered by better data, stronger standards, and smarter ways of working. Join us as Head of BU Procurement Operations and shape how this transformation comes to life locally.

Danish Crown is transitioning toward a unified, end‑to‑end procurement setup designed to increase efficiency, enhance transparency, and ensure consistent, high‑quality procurement processes across the entire group.

This new direction strengthens our ability to deliver strategic value by standardizing processes, improving data quality, leveraging scale, and ensuring that procurement becomes a true competitive advantage.

To support this, we are looking for a Head of BU Procurement Operations who will play a key role in anchoring our global standards at Business Unit level while enabling strong day‑to‑day execution and meaningful collaboration with local teams and Group Procurement.

Leading Procurement Operations with Clarity, Accountability, and Performance

As Head of BU Procurement Operations, you ensure that procurement operations are professional, efficient, compliant, and value‑adding. You act as the primary procurement interface for BU management, balancing local needs with the global procurement strategy.

You will lead the Business Unit’s procurement function and hold direct people management responsibility for the operational buyers across the BU’s sites. You ensure that daily procurement operations run efficiently, professionally, and in full alignment with Group Procurement standards. You develop, coach, and performance manage your team, fostering a culture of clarity, accountability, and high performance.

You will take responsibility for procurement performance management across the BU, tracking savings, KPIs, and cost development to ensure transparency and continuous improvement. Finally, you will safeguard full compliance by embedding procurement policies, governance structures, and internal controls across all procurement activities, securing a robust and reliable way of working.

This role will be taking on our Industry department which covers our fresh factories located across Denmark, Germany and Poland. Procurement Operations will oversee approx. 65.000 purchase orders across these local sites per year.

You will also:

• Secure accurate and compliant purchasing activities across SAP and Jaggaer and guarantee that Source to Order processes are executed effectively.
• Manage supplier performance - monitoring service levels, escalating issues when needed, and supporting local initiatives within the agreed category frameworks.
• You will act as a strategic partner to the BU management, translating Group Procurement strategies into concrete local plans that deliver value.

Who are we looking for?

• 5+ years of procurement experience including leadership
• Strong understanding of sourcing, category management, and purchasing processes
• Ability to navigate matrix organizations and manage diverse stakeholders
• Structured, proactive, improvement‑oriented mindset
• Inclusive leadership style and strong communication skills.
• Fluent in English, both verbally and in writing. Danish speaking will be an advantage.

Danish Crown isn't just a big player in the food industry; we are also a workplace with top-notch facilities in our new headquarters that provides an inspiring environment for collaboration and creativity. From our professional kitchen facilities to our gym, padel courts, and outstanding canteen, it's a place where you'll flourish professionally and personally. We are ambitious and have plenty of tasks ahead of us, but that doesn't stop us from having a continuous focus on employee well‑being.

We offer good employee conditions with attractive compensation and benefit package, pension and health insurance etc.

So, if you’re ready to embrace new challenges, inspire change, and make an impact, this is the role for you.

Appetite for more?

To learn more, please contact please contact hiring manager, Sr. Director, Business Development, Niels Hedegaard at M [phone].

We review applications on an ongoing basis and will close the search once the right candidate has been identified.

We look forward to hearing from you!

We encourage all qualified candidates — regardless of gender identity, age, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation or background — to apply. What matters is your talent, leadership, and ability to drive impact.