Regional Category Lead - Chiswick Park Station, United Kingdom - pladis

pladis

Verified Company

Chiswick Park Station, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don't compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire.

We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability.

If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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Why join our team?

pladis is home to iconic brands Godiva, McVitie's and Ulker.

These brands make sweet treats and savoury treats that consumers everywhere recognise and enjoy As we start on our new journey, we will continue making the biscuits and confectionery people know and expect from these brands, and we will expand their portfolios too.

Together we will build new and exciting products at pladis - new flavours, new concepts and new ways to share happiness

Our strength is not only in our products, it is also in our people and our values. Each business that has united to form pladis are loved for their heritage and values.

We will retain the honesty, integrity and trust instilled in our brands by our ground-breaking founders as we embark on the next chapter of our success.

This is an extremely exciting opportunity for an experienced Procurement professional to join the team in a strategic role with UK and Europe responsibilities.

What will this role achieve?

The role of the Regional Category Manager for Packaging and Paper is to lead and manage the procurement of, maintain & develop the supplier base, drive strategic relationships and develop and execute material group strategies for the UK and Europe regions.

The role holder will report into the Procurement Lead for UK and Europe who is liable for the purchase of for Ingredients & Commodities portfolios, Co-Manufacturing, Procurement Operations and Indirect spend.

The Regional Category Lead Packaging and Paper will be liable for spend of circa £120 million across all UK and Europe.

The role operates within a very competitive and exciting market place where the buyers will need to ensure risk management tools are utilised to cap our exposure and to develop supply depending on changing market dynamics.

You will have the responsibility to develop and deliver key initiatives in line with overall Procurement objectives.

You will develop the category strategy, exploit opportunities within OPC and deliver objectives in terms of cost, quality, service and innovation.

In this role, you will work closely with manufacturing sites, supply chain and central technical partners to ensure the delivery of key material group projects & activities and engage directly with both global Procurement and R&D teams supporting pladis group initiatives

What will be your key deliverables?

Understands pladis and the region's business strategies for packaging and paper in detail and how it impacts pladis Procurement. Communicate them effectively across procurement so that accurate action is taken.
Develop positive relationships with key partners to understand and align Procurements objectives with the business' needs, to align on a course of action and to remove barriers.
Specifically, understands in detail the strategy and approach for the Region to best support their customer, procurement and supply management needs in the context of packaging and paper regional categories.
Participates in and implements procurement transformation throughout pladis, by working with partners and responding to any issues or suggestions relating to packaging and paper category.
Holds regular review sessions with key internal customers and Global Procurement team to ensure that the business needs are being met effectively by the team.
Communicates the value of the Procurement function to the business.

Leadership and Management Responsibilities

Acts in accordance with and advocates the 'Procurement Key Operating Principles'.

Acts as a key member of pladis Regional Procurement, to ensure self and all Packaging and Paper team members are exemplars of professional procurement practice, ensuring all procurement activity in accordance with pladis procurement operating model, One Procurement Community (OPC), stated ethics, CSR and other procurement and legal policies.

Ensure 100% alignment and delivery of Procurement targets.
Delivers high quality strategic solutions to meet the needs of the organisation, delivering value and having significant coverage and comme