Regional Buyer External Manufacturing (temporary, 12 months, starting June '26)

JDE Peet's; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JDE Peet's is seeking a Regional Buyer for External Manufacturing to temporarily cover a maternity leave in Europe. You will manage External Manufacturers for Coffee and Tea categories, focusing on cost and value creation, ESG delivery, and supplier collaboration across Europe.

The role sits within the Regional Procurement Team for Europe, with a hybrid working model and opportunities to influence the end-to-end supply chain while protecting value for the business.

Qualifications

• Proven procurement experience in Packaging/Raw Materials/Finished Goods.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver projects.
• Strong relationship-building with external suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage External Manufacturers across Europe, build relationships to deliver cost and cash benefits.
• Drive strategy execution: tenders, supplier selections, materials and specs across sales units.
• Collaborate with suppliers daily to ensure smooth operations.
• Define and implement a clear risk management plan.
• Deliver against ESG targets (Sedex, CO2 reductions).
• Support development of sourcing strategies with Global Strategic Sourcing Team.

Skills

English communication

stakeholder management

strategic procurement

travel readiness

Job description

Regional Buyer External Manufacturing (temporary, 12 months, starting June '26)

Job Description

To start with, this is a great opportunity to step in our procurement team, temporarily covering a maternity leave. This temporary Regional Buyer for External Manufacturing role sits comfortably in the Regional Procurement Team for Europe. An incredibly diverse team that helps each other learn, grow and develop. Just how we like it! As a Regional Buyer for External Manufacturing you will be asked to provide hands-on management of External Manufacturers for categories as Coffee and Tea, including identifying extra capacity when required. This role is responsible for an annual spend

of over €25 million. For this, we don’t just need you to be a knowledgeable professional but also strongly rely on your interpersonal skills as well as your drive for success. Know that you’ll have a crucial role in creating and protecting the impact we look for in our value chain. With this said, we like you to take responsibility over the following tasks:

• Hands on management of External Manufacturers across Europe, building strong relationships to deliver cost & cash benefit
• Drive strategy execution, including implementation of tenders, suppliers selection, materials and specs across JDE Peet`s sales units
• Collaborate with suppliers on a day-to-day basis to operate
• Define and implement a clear risk management plan
• Deliver against ESG targets (eg. Sedex, pre-defined CO2 emission reductions).
• Support the development of sourcing strategies and collaborate with the Global Strategic Sourcing Team
• Identify and deliver value chain optimization opportunities which ultimately leads to competitive advantage and revenue generating opportunities.
• Keep oversight over set of contracts within category and ensures contract compliance considering payments terms, prices, discounts & rebates and performance in close collaboration with business
• Build and manage relationships at all levels of an organisation both internally and external
• Ensure compliance to internal policies & procedures and has a deep understanding of and manage compliance to the Combined Business Model.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone that doesn’t shy away from responsibility. Given the nature of the role we feel it's important for you to have a certain level of experience with Procurement of Packaging, Raw Material and/or Finished goods as well as a solid understanding of your own added value. We thrive in diverse teams and look for people that appreciate that as much as we do. We can give you a list of “must haves,” however that’s not how we view your candidacy. We do, of course, take into consideration how much experience you have with Procurement capabilities, leadership of cross-Functional teams and project delivery but ultimately, we look at the bigger picture. But to give you a bit of guidance as to what we feel is needed in this role, we’ll share our “nice to have” list with you:

• Strong communication skills in English, capable of assertively articulating and navigating complex situations with senior stakeholders.
• Exhibits a clear sense of urgency and proven crisis leadership abilities.
• Adapts and performs effectively in ambiguous and evolving environments.
• Ability to travel 10-20% of the time.

Additional Information

The future of work is hybrid, with both office and home playingan important role. At JDE Peet's, we value meeting colleagues in the office to unleash the possibilities of coffee and tea together and we enjoy our focus time when working from home. Join us and you will experience both. Becauseit’samazing what happens over a cup of coffee.

Whether or not you are with us, two, four or thirty years, it doesn’t matter.We help you build your skillsets and potentialcareer. We offer a solid and competitive base salaryand adadditionalbenefits to the mix. To name a few: Learning and development budget, career development, Insurances, pensionplansand a minimum of 25 + 12 ADV days of paid holidays (because we care and want to offer you a healthy work – life balance)

#unleashyourpossibility #acupofamazing#LI-Hybrid

JDE Peet’s - now part of Keurig Dr Pepper – is the world’s leading pure-play coffee company, with a presence in more than 100 markets. Guided by our ‘Reignite the Amazing’ strategy, we are focused on brand-led growth across three big bets: Peet’s, L’OR, and our 10 strategically selected local icons led by Jacobs.

Company Description

Who we are?

JDE Peet’s is the world's leading pure-play coffee and tea company, with local roots dating back to 1753, and is headquartered in the Netherlands. We unleash the possibilities of coffee and tea in more than 100 countries with a portfolio of over 50 brands, including L’OR, Peet’s, Jacobs,Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts,OldTown, Super, Pickwick andMoccona.

What’sit like to work at JDE Peet’s?

We are people united by the power and possibility of tea and coffee. At JDE Peet’s, we thrive on the freedom to pursue opportunities, provokingnew ideasto make an impact at scale. Our ambition is simple – JDE Peet's: unleashing the possibilities of coffee and tea.

We bring action to our intentions, following through on what was agreed, always pushing things forward. We offer our people a range of learning and development programmes to support their personal growth.We’veworked hard to build an open, collaborative environment where you can approach anyone and be heard.

At JDE Peet's, we believeit’samazing what can happen over a cup of coffee or tea. We also believe that a diverse and inclusive culture enables us to serve every coffee and tea lover in the bestpossible way. No matter who you are, where you come from, how you live your life, or how you enjoy your coffee or tea, you can fulfil your ambitions and contribute to our success.

When you grow, we grow, and coffee & tea grows.