**Purpose of the Role**
Direct responsibility for sourcing and negotiating multiple indirect and capital spend categories for Griffith Foods Europe.
**Key Roles and Responsibilities**
- Developing and managing supplier relationships in conjunction with internal stakeholders (for example Manufacturing, HR, IT, Engineering and Finance).
- Negotiating and managing strategic contracts that include an emphasis on sustainability, quality, service, total costs and continuous improvement.
- Development and management of the budgetary process and the associated savings by category / project.
- Communicate with internal stakeholders on indirect and capital topics, developing strategies to address indirect and capital spend.
- Follow a sourcing process that includes internal needs analysis, industry and supplier analysis, supplier development, negotiation strategy, sustainability strategies.
- Work closely with cross-functional internal stakeholders to assure an optimized cost of use for all indirect categories.
- Develop supplier and/or category strategies with a focus on risk management, cost optimization and sustainability.
- Proactively communicate supply or service issues to internal and external channels and coordinate solution implementation.
- Integrate and manage Indirect purchasing and ordering process into our ERP system.
- Ensure compliance for all suppliers to Griffith's quality, regulatory, and legal documentation expectations.
- Work cross functionally and across all EU sites to collect and analyze spend data to identify potential savings opportunities / possible risks in indirect categories.
- Work closely with the Integral Category Manager - Indirect on Global supplier approval and driving through the implementation of Global strategies in EU.
**Knowledge and Experience**
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Purchasing or Supply Chain or equivalent relevant experience.
- Master’s (MBA) degree and/or Professional certification would be valuable.
- Proven relevant experience in Indirect Purchasing required. Knowledge of Energy markets would be beneficial.
- Demonstrable experience negotiating contracts autonomously with a wide range in spend, > 20 million €’s.
- Fluent Level English is required. Additional languages preferred (Dutch or Spanish would be valuable).
- Solid understanding of Strategic Sourcing processes within Indirect spend.
- Strong communication, project management and presentation skills.
- Proven ability to lead projects and collaborate with peers around the world.
- Highly self-motivated self-starter with excellent negotiation skills.
- Ability to understand, influence and work with cross functional and multi-cultural internal customers to ensure their needs are met.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics D365 would be an advantage.
- European travel required (25-30%).