Global Category Manager - Global Flavors

1420 Bacardi Espana, S.A.; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive Pay Package

Health & Wellbeing Medical, Critical,&

Retirement/Pension Plan

Employee Assistance Programs

Best-in-class leave policies

Descripción de la vacante

Bacardi is seeking a senior procurement leader in Barcelona to drive global category management for flavours and to craft and implement a robust sourcing strategy. You will coordinate with global and regional teams to align on strategic goals and ensure successful execution across markets.

You will lead supplier negotiations, establish contracts, and promote sustainable sourcing while managing budgets, risks, and performance metrics in a complex international environment.

Formación

• 5+ years in procurement or supply chain roles, with flavour & fragrance or spirits exposure.
• Proven supplier relationships management and complex negotiation experience.
• Experience in international or matrix organizations.

Responsabilidades

• Lead global category management for flavours and develop a global sourcing strategy.
• Collaborate with global and regional stakeholders for alignment and sign-off.
• Implement sourcing strategies with regional coaching for successful execution.
• Establish best-in-class contracting, supplier relationship management, and auditable reporting.
• Define the EU regional sourcing approach aligned with procurement principles and category needs.
• Lead supplier selection, contract negotiation, and performance management to ensure value and continuity.
• Ensure compliance, quality, and sustainability targets across the category.

Conocimientos

Strategic thinking

Analytical abilities

Ownership mindset

Stakeholder influence

Educación

Master’s degree in Business/Economics/Engineering

CIPS qualification preferred

Herramientas

SAP

Procurement reporting tools

Descripción del empleo

Key Qualifications & Profile

• Strong strategic thinking and rigorous analytical capabilities
• Action-oriented mindset with a track record of disciplined execution
• Drive to take ownership, challenge status quo sourcing models, and influence senior leadership

Responsibilities

With our consumer at the heart, your key focus will be global category management for flavours. Lead the development of a global sourcing strategy and global category management practices for Flavours for the group. Collaborate with global and regional stakeholders to ensure strategy alignment and sign off. Lead the global implementation of sourcing strategies, gaining regional alignment and providing coaching to regional procurement leaders to ensure successful execution. Establish best-in-class sourcing and contracting practices, enhancing supplier relationship management, allowing clear and auditable financial reporting, and promoting responsible sourcing and sustainability practices.

Sourcing: Define and implement the EU regional sourcing approach, aligned with Bacardi’s procurement principles, supply chain priorities, and category needs. Lead supplier selection, contract negotiation, and performance management, ensuring best value, continuity of supply, and quality adherence. Own commercial agreements, ensuring they are clearly defined, compliant with internal policies, and reflected accurately in systems. Ensure collaboration with local teams to address day-to-day sourcing needs and long-term category goals. Accountable for delivering results in the category, including value creation, budget adherence, cash flow optimization, service levels, quality, compliance, and sustainability targets.

Supplier Relationship Management & Risk Mitigation: Develop and manage supplier relationships for the materials under scope to ensure alignment with Bacardi’s sourcing needs and category strategy. Monitor supplier performance and resolve issues related to service, delivery, or quality. Lead proactive contingency planning and supply chain resilience initiatives to protect against supply disruptions. Collaborate with the Commodity Risk Committee (CRC) and Finance teams to assess price trends, manage volatility, and support risk mitigation strategies.

Sustainability and Continuous Improvement: Identify and support sustainability initiatives for the flavours, ingredients and botanicals contributing to Bacardi’s Good Spirited ambitions. Drive year-on-year cost and operational improvements, working with suppliers to unlock efficiencies and increase value delivery. Engage suppliers to implement environmentally responsible practices (that are relevant to each category in alignment with key stakeholders) and develop a pipeline of sustainability opportunities, tracking progress and reporting on key initiatives in collaboration with internal stakeholders. Continuously monitor industry trends, benchmarks, and best practices to evolve category strategies and supplier capabilities.

Smart Contracting, Administration and reporting: Collaborate with internal stakeholders across SC, R&D (liquid), Quality, Legal, and Finance to ensure aligned decision-making and shared objectives. Act as the primary point of contact for all procurement-related matters in your categories at the European level. Maintain accurate pricing and supplier data in SAP and other systems. Ensure all contracts are centrally stored and compliant with internal guidelines. Support the budgeting and cost tracking processes in collaboration with Finance. Contribute insights and analysis to category reporting and strategic reviews.

Skills and Experience

Education: Master’s degree in Business, Economics, or Engineering. Specialization in Purchasing or a CIPS qualification is preferred.

Experience: 5 years+ in procurement and/or supply chain roles, ideally with expertise of the flavour & fragrance, the spirits industry and sourcing of raw materials or agricultural products. Track record in managing supplier relationships, handling large and complex negotiation with a focus. Exposure to commodity-based markets. Experience working in a matrixed, international organization preferred.

Languages: Fluency in English required. Proficiency in additional languages (Italian, French, Spanish) is beneficial.

Functional Skills: Strong negotiation and contract management skills. Proficient in sourcing strategy development and execution. Familiarity with commodity risk management and market dynamics. Strong understanding of sustainability principles in agricultural sourcing. Proficiency in SAP and procurement reporting tools. High analytical and financial acumen; ability to manage cost models and forecasts.

Leadership Skills: Proactive and entrepreneurial, able to work independently while driving cross-functional alignment. Results-oriented with strong ownership and accountability. Strong collaboration and influencing skills across functions, able to understand key stakeholders' needs rapidly. Agile mindset; capable of navigating change and solving complex problems. Passionate about continuous improvement, supplier development, and value creation.

Leadership Agility

At Bacardi we care deeply about finding brilliant talent who can bring the following personal attributes to help elevate our 3Fs: Fearless, Family, Founder culture to the next level.

Belonging: You have a strong capacity to create a culture of 'Belonging', where people feel appreciated for who they are, what they do, and who they can become.

Self-awareness: You have high levels of self-awareness, are reflective and know yourself well, understanding both your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others.

People Agility: You bring a deep ability to understand and relate to people and navigate through tough situations to harness and multiply collective performance.

Results Agility: You demonstrate consistent delivery of results in first-time situations by inspiring teams, exhibiting a presence that builds confidence in yourself and others.

Mental Agility: You can think critically to penetrate complex problems and expand the possibilities by making fresh connections. You think strategically whilst being execution focused and bring creativity to the challenges you’re presented with.

Change Agility: You have a deep natural curiosity, desire to experiment and ability to effectively deal with the heat of change. You have a growth and learning mindset: ready to test, stumble, learn and apply from experience.

Disclaimer

Bacardi seeks talent from all backgrounds to bring diversity of thought, agility and capability to our organization across the globe. We promote a working environment where all employees are treated and rewarded fairly. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination that adversely affects individuals or groups on the basis of national origin, race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, and any other legally protected aspect of a person’s identity. U.S. applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.

Perks of Working for us

At Bacardi, we are committed to providing our Primos (employees) with a comprehensive Total Rewards package of compensation, benefits, incentives, allowances, well-being, and much more to meet the needs of themselves and their families. It goes beyond just Cash! The total rewards program is based on pay for performance, whereby the incentive programs are linked to company and individual performance.

• Competitive Pay Package
• Competitive Holiday/Paid Time Off, plus additional days offered ( i.e., volunteer day, allowing you to give back to the community)
• Retirement/Pension Plan
• Health & Wellbeing Medical, Critical Illness, and Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Best-in-class, family-friendly, and inclusive leave policies
• Additional Benefits
• The benefits /perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Bacardi, your work location, and are subject to change. Some benefits may be subject to an employee contribution. Some benefits may be fully or partially subsidized.

Company Culture

Bacardi is the world’s largest privately-held international spirits company. More than 8,000 people across the globe work toward a common purpose to Make Moments Matter. At Bacardi we are guided by our 3Fs culture of being Fearless, treating each other like Family, and having a Founders mentality. And have plenty of fun along the way! We empower our teams to question, challenge and innovate. This means adopting an agile mindset, being comfortable with trying new things and taking risks, without being reckless. We treat each other, and our communities, like family. We call each other "Primos" (Spanish for cousins) because being part of the family gives you the support you need to be the best you can be. The spirit of entrepreneurship is rooted in our legacy. We treat this business as if it was our own. We do the right thing for the business and take accountability for our work.

Are you ready to unleash your potential?