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Global Procurement Manager IT

Supply Chain Utrecht Full-time Netherlands

Job Description

The Global Procurement Manager IT & Outsourced Services is responsible for a strategic direction and delivery of worldclass results in the IT and Outsourced Services portfolio.
Reporting to the Global Procurement Manager Business Services, the Global Procurement Manager IT and Outsourced Services ensures the development and execution of robust sourcing strategies, supply and price risk mitigation strategies, productivity accomplishments via various strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier development and supplier relationship management programs

  • Develop robust global category sourcing strategies identifying opportunities based on business needs, lead execution and track benefits realization.
  • Build effective relationships engaging with stakeholders across regions, functions and business units that maximize value and drive continuous improvement.
  • Manage supplier selection process, negotiate and contract key supplier and ensure contract execution
  • Setup, maintain and manage the Supplier Relationship Management process and governance with selected suppliers.
  • Proactively taking initiative to search for cost & cash and optimization opportunities
     

Qualifications

If you have the courage and confidence to venture into new cultures & territories, and you're brimming with an entrepreneurial spirit and a drive to succeed, you’ll fit right in at JDE. We roll up our sleeves, pitch in, and get our hands dirty to break new ground. Committed to playing at our best, we think bigger and move faster, always rising to the challenge that matters most and celebrating the wins that count.

For this role as a Global Procurement Manager IT and Outsourced Services, we’re looking for someone who has the following skills and experience:

  • At least 5 years of relevant experience preferable in the IT and Outsourced Services categories
  • Strong ability to work cross functionally in an international environment
  • Strong problem solving skills and an ambitious, driven mindset with an ability to work autonomously
  • Excellent communication, networking, influencing and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work and make fact based analyses and decisions at pace
  • Ability to execute RFx with use of best practices, systems and methodologies

Additional Information

For more than 265 years, JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) is inspired by its belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee or tea. We are fueled by our purpose of unleashing the possibilities of coffee and tea to create a better future. Today, our coffee & tea portfolio is available in more than 100 developed and emerging markets, through a portfolio of over 50 brands that collectively cover the entire category landscape led by leading household names such as L’OR, Jacobs, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, Old Town, Super, Pickwick and Moccona. 

JDE is part of JDE Peet’s, the world’s largest pure-play coffee and tea company, headquartered in The Netherlands.

What’s it like to work at JDE?

We are proud of our passionate, driven associates that challenge the status quo and pursue mastery in everything they do. Our goal is simple and ambitious – JDE: A coffee & tea for every cup.

At JDE, we're Made to Stand Out. Every day we are progressive in outlook, ambitious in nature, resourceful in action and decisive in approach, bringing coffee and tea moments to everyone around the world.