Food External Manufacturing Procurement Lead – Europe

Michael Page; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 92,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Michael Page is seeking a Procurement Lead External Manufacturing to drive strategic supplier partnerships across Europe. You will lead a small team, craft category strategies, and negotiate complex contracts to deliver productivity and value.

Based in Amstelveen with hybrid working, you will collaborate with Operations, R&D, Marketing, Quality, and Commercial functions to safeguard supply, quality, and cost performance across a significant spend portfolio.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' proven procurement experience within the food industry.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated experience in contract management and strategic supplier negotiations.
• External Manufacturing (EM) or Co-Manufacturing experience.
• Experience in food ingredients, packaging, direct procurement, or related categories a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic external manufacturing supplier relationships across Europe.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of two procurement professionals.
• Develop and execute category and supplier strategies.
• Lead complex contract negotiations and commercial discussions.
• Drive productivity, cost improvement, and value creation initiatives.
• Identify and mitigate supply, operational, commercial, and quality risks.
• Manage financial planning and spend performance for the assigned portfolio.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across Operations, Supply Chain, R&D, Marketing, Quality, and Commercial functions.

Skills

Leadership

Contract Negotiations

Stakeholder management

External Manufacturing

Co-Manufacturing

Food ingredients

Packaging

P&L exposure

Job description

Michael Page is seeking a Procurement Lead External Manufacturing to drive strategic supplier partnerships across Europe. You will lead a small team, craft category strategies, and negotiate complex contracts to deliver productivity and value.

Based in Amstelveen with hybrid working, you will collaborate with Operations, R&D, Marketing, Quality, and Commercial functions to safeguard supply, quality, and cost performance across a significant spend portfolio.