Packaging Procurement Director, Europe & Global Flexibles

Unilever; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever is seeking a Packaging Procurement Director – Europe & Global Flexibles Lead to shape and deliver global packaging strategies from Poland. You will direct a 17-person team, govern a substantial €350M+ spend, and work with R&D, Supply Chain, Finance and Legal to optimize cost, quality and sustainability.

Ideal candidates will have extensive senior procurement leadership experience in FMCG, with a track record of delivering multi-year category strategies, supplier transformation, and

Qualifications

• Senior procurement leadership experience in a large multinational FMCG, consumer-goods or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated success delivering regional/global category strategies with substantial value, cash resilience and supplier-performance outcomes.
• Deep understanding of flexible-packaging value chains, sustainability and supplier economics.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Europe Packaging and Global Flexibles Procurement organisation (17 FTEs) including this Director role.
• Define and implement the global Flexibles strategy leveraging scale, technology and market insights.
• Own end-to-end Europe packaging procurement performance across value, quality, service, resilience, and cash.
• Provide global oversight of Flexibles Packaging as a Service spend with governance and compliance.
• Develop multi-year strategies across flexible packaging value chains and supplier ecosystems.
• Build and maintain strategic supplier partnerships and performance governance.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Category strategy

Negotiation

Stakeholder engagement

Packaging knowledge

Leadership of teams

Education

Postgraduate in Procurement/Packaging/SC

Job description

Unilever is seeking a Packaging Procurement Director – Europe & Global Flexibles Lead to shape and deliver global packaging strategies from Poland. You will direct a 17-person team, govern a substantial €350M+ spend, and work with R&D, Supply Chain, Finance and Legal to optimize cost, quality and sustainability.

Ideal candidates will have extensive senior procurement leadership experience in FMCG, with a track record of delivering multi-year category strategies, supplier transformation, and