Procurement Manager - EU Sourcing Team

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Coca‑Cola Europacific Partners in Barcelona, Spain, seeks a seasoned procurement professional to own sourcing events and projects within the EU CCEP Procurement team. You will lead the Seven Step Sourcing Process and collaborate with category managers and stakeholders to optimize costs, quality, and supply security across materials and services.

The role is part of the Sourcing Team tower within the EU CCEP Procurement group, with accountability for multiple initiatives over the year across

Formación

• University degree/ relevant professional qualification.

Responsabilidades

• Run sourcing initiatives end-to-end in line with 7SSP.
• Lead in understanding business requirements and negotiate with suppliers.
• Optimize supplier performance, conduct RFIs/RFPs, negotiate and contract.
• Deliver supply agreements aligning with strategy objectives.
• Drive supply optimization and harmonization initiatives.
• Deliver cost savings through negotiations and cost reduction projects.

Conocimientos

Strategic thinking

Influencing

Project management

Negotiation

Fluent English

Educación

University degree or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

What you become a part of:

A high performing, diverse, engaged, cost and service focused Procurement team where you will have ownership of sourcing events and procurement projects in collaboration with category managers and internal stakeholders, being responsible for leading the Seven Step Sourcing Process and project management routines. The main objectives are to optimize procurement costs as well as to ensure quality and security of supply for all materials and services purchased using the Total Cost of Ownership approach.

What you become a part of:

A high performing, diverse, engaged, cost and service focused Procurement team where you will have ownership of sourcing events and procurement projects in collaboration with category managers and internal stakeholders, being responsible for leading the Seven Step Sourcing Process and project management routines. The main objectives are to optimize procurement costs as well as to ensure quality and security of supply for all materials and services purchased using the Total Cost of Ownership approach.

The sourcing events are regularly highly complex, acting as business enablers and delivering significant impact to CCEP P&Ls and to the success of CCEP’s strategic priorities; including but not limited to Savings, Capex Cash, Cash Flow, CRS, Sustainability and Business Continuity.

This role is part of the Sourcing Team tower within the EU CCEP Procurement team. The role can be allocated to any of the Procurement Categories to deliver on the objectives of the role and will be accountable for a number of sourcing initiatives and/or Procurement projects over the course of a year.

What we expect:

Quality & Customer Service

• Run sourcing initiatives end-to-end, in line with 7SSP (Seven Steps Sourcing Process).
• Take a leading role in understanding business requirements, supplier negotiation strategy development and negotiation execution in collaboration with Procurement Category Managers/Leads, internal stakeholders, CEPG (Cross-Enterprise Procurement Group) and The Coca-Cola Company.
• Optimize supplier performance, carry out RFIs / RFPs, run negotiations and manage contracts.
• Deliver supply agreements in accordance with strategy objectives to ensure delivery of optimum business results.
• Drive supply optimization and harmonization initiatives.

Financial

• Deliver high level cost savings through negotiation and realization of cost reduction projects with measurable impact directly to CCEP’s P&L
• Create and maintain competitive advantage for CCEP through the achievement of lowest possible total acquisition costs.
• Deliver optimal cost management through accurate and timely reporting and compliance with Contract and Chart of Authority processes.
• Accurately report savings, ensuring communication of any variance at the earliest opportunity to minimize potential business impact.
• Meet or exceed procurement business plan assumptions.

Innovation

• Initiate necessary business decisions to generate operating and financial benefit.
• Develop creative, agile, creative, implementable, value focused sourcing strategies and identify new sources of supply.
• Enable and exploit supplier innovation of services to deliver competitive advantage and cost reduction to CCEP.
• Ensure that, through the sourcing process, maximum benefit is delivered from supplier innovation programs to support CCEP strategic priorities.

Sustainability

• Ensure CRS criteria are included in the balanced scorecard when evaluating business allocation within every sourcing initiative.
• Improve CRS Performance through collaboration with Suppliers and identifying further CRS pipeline opportunities.
• Ensure suppliers are approved and comply with TCCC Supplier Guiding Principles.

Supply Risk & Continuity

• Deliver risk management strategies to mitigate the impact of volatile supply markets
• Consider operational risk to CCEP during the execution of a sourcing initiative escalating where appropriate and at all times acting to mitigate.

Regulatory & Social Responsibility

• Develop supply agreements in collaboration with business stakeholders and legal, ensure contract approval process follows CCEP Chart of Authority.
• Ensure transparent communication of procurement figures by use of established KPIs.
• Manage exposure to legal action due to intellectual property rights violation.
• Ensure the implementation and respect of CCEP policies and adherence to business standards.
• Establish process to measure compliance and report against company commitments.

What We Expect From You:

• The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker and will have well developed influencing and alignment skills and will exhibit the ability to find creative solutions to customer needs with an ability to manage competing demands for work.
• Good communication skills (able to influence at a senior level).
• At least 5 years of Procurement experience required, preferable multi category.
• At least 5 years’ experience in negotiating complex, high volume contracts preferably multi categories.
• Strong project and change management experience.
• Demonstrate the capacity to evaluate issues analytically and commercially.
• Strong project and change management skills.
• University degree/ relevant professional qualification.
• Experience in an international FMCG environment is an advantage.
• Proven customer orientation, personal development and leadership skills
• Languages: Fluent English is essential, proficiency in other CCEP Languages (German, French, Spanish) are advantage.