Buyer, Facility Management & Operations Support

McCain Foods Limited; Villeneuve-d'Ascq; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

Job summary

McCain Foods Limited is recruiting a Sr. Buyer Indirect CE/GB to drive sourcing for Facilities Management and operations support across Europe. This hands-on role partners with site operations, finance, and EHS to deliver value and compliant supplier performance.

You will lead end-to-end sourcing projects, consolidate spend, and ensure alignment with global category strategies while traveling across European sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent.
• 2–5 years procurement experience.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills.
• Experience negotiating with suppliers and managing contracts.
• Ability to work in a matrix organization and travel regularly.
• Fluent English; French/Dutch an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing activities for Facilities Management and indirect categories across Europe.
• Partner with plant/site teams across France, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, and Poland to review supplier performance against SLAs and KPIs.
• Collaborate with Global Category teams to implement global sourcing strategies at regional/site level.
• Negotiate and contract with suppliers, consolidate spend, and drive supplier performance.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety, Environmental, and CSR requirements in sourcing activities.
• Track procurement performance, savings delivery, and contract coverage.

Skills

Sourcing

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance

Job description

Position Title: Sr. Buyer Indirect CE/GB

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 45212

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About The Role.

As Buyer, Indirect Procurement, you are accountable for sourcing and commercial performance of Facilities Management and Operations Support categories across McCain's European manufacturing network. You are a key member of the regional Indirect Procurement team, working closely with Global and Regional Indirect Procurement, Category teams, regional category leadership, and site operations teams to implement sourcing strategies, identify savings opportunities, and deliver procurement projects.

Acting as a key link between global category strategies and local business requirements, you will help translate procurement priorities into actionable initiatives that deliver value across the organization.

You will negotiate and contract with suppliers, consolidate fragmented site-level spend to leverage McCain's scale, and drive supplier performance on service, cost, and safety. This is a hands‑on regional role requiring regular site visits and close collaboration with Operations, Finance, Environment, Health & Safety, and suppliers.

What You’ll Be Doing.

• Lead sourcing activities for Facilities Management and indirect categories supporting manufacturing site operations across Great Britain and Europe.
• Partner closely with plant and site teams across France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Poland to understand business requirements and review supplier performance against SLAs and KPIs.
• Collaborate with Global Category teams to support the implementation of global sourcing strategies at regional and site level.
• Act as a key liaison between global procurement teams and local stakeholders, ensuring alignment between category strategies and business needs.
• Map spend, suppliers, and contracts across sites and countries.
• Lead end‑to‑end sourcing projects including requirement definition, competitive bidding, supplier evaluation, negotiations, supplier selection, and contracting.
• Consolidate volumes and standardize specifications where appropriate to maximize value and efficiency.
• Challenge existing costs and supplier arrangements through benchmarking, service reviews, and commercial analysis.
• Drive supplier performance and continuous improvement initiatives through structured reviews and performance management.
• Track procurement performance, including savings delivery, working capital improvements, contract coverage, and supplier KPIs.
• Ensure compliance with McCain’s Health, Safety, Environmental, and CSR requirements throughout sourcing and supplier management activities.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of relevant procurement experience.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills, including spend analysis, benchmarking, supplier evaluation, and identification of savings opportunities.
• Proven ability to manage tenders, negotiate with suppliers, and manage contracts.
• Experience managing service suppliers through SLAs, KPIs, supplier reviews, and corrective action plans.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across functions and organizational levels.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization and across regions and cultures.
• Hands‑on, practical, and solution‑oriented approach.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly across European sites and supplier locations.
• Fluent English language skills, both written and spoken. French and/or Dutch would be an advantage.

About The Team.

You will be part of the Regional Indirect Procurement team and report to the Indirect Procurement Director. The role works closely with regional and global procurement colleagues, Global Category Managers, as well as Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, EHS, Finance, Legal, and site leadership teams across manufacturing locations throughout Europe.

As a key procurement partner, you will help connect global category strategies with local business requirements while supporting operational excellence and supplier performance across McCain’s manufacturing network.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities.

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI‑enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future‑ready culture.

The McCain Experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person. It helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office‑based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family‑owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Procurement

Location(s): FR - France : Nord : Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Company: McCain Alimentaire SAS