Business Procurement Manager (all genders)

Innovation, quality, passion, and a sense of community - these are the hallmarks of Royal FrieslandCampina as one of the world’s largest dairy companies. With more than 21,500 employees, we are present in over 100 countries with strong brands and an enormous range of products. With our passion and fascination for milk, we strive to meet the expectations of our customers every single day.

The Kievit brand has been in existence since 1984. With highly advanced processes for spray drying and microencapsulation at the highest quality standards, we are the preferred supplier to the international food industry.

We are looking for a Business Procurement Manager for our plant in Lippstadt in Germany.

As Business Procurement Manager, you take full ownership of procurement activities at the Lippstadt site. You are the first point of contact for the local management team on all procurement-related topics and ensure that procurement effectively supports site performance and business priorities. In addition to your responsibilities for Lippstadt, you work closely with the Business Procurement Manager in Meppel and provide support to the Meppel production site. Meppel and Lippstadt are the two European manufacturing sites for our Encapsulation activities, making close cooperation, alignment and knowledge sharing essential. You act with a strong business-owner mindset: focused on what really matters, acting with speed and decisiveness, and balancing local business needs with global Procurement priorities. By building strong and sustainable supplier partnerships, you maximize value for FrieslandCampina and contribute directly to business results.

You will join the Business Procurement Team within FrieslandCampina Professional - an ambitious, collaborative and result-driven team working for one of the fastest-growing businesses within FrieslandCampina. We are looking for professionals with a change mindset who want to grow and take responsibility. We value talent and invest in your development.

What we ask

• Minimum bachelor degree (HBO)
• Minimum 3 years of Procurement experience preferably in the food sector within a Multinational company
• Excellent communication skills and a commercial mindset
• Project management capabilities to ensure flawless execution of our strategies and initiatives
• Fluent in German and good work experience in English
• Self-supporting and at the same time team-player in multiple teams

What we offer

• Unique company culture of Dutch heritage and international presence
• We offer great work life balance, and competitive salary & benefits package
• Diverse training and mentoring programs to help you grow on your own professional journey
• Exceptional support of cross disciplinary movement within the company to broaden your knowledge and growth paths
• A friendly and informal working environment, yet professional team members as sparring partners
• Autonomy and trust to create longer term impact that helps bring better nutrition to the world

In this role, you will

• Act as procurement business partner – Translate business demand from the plant management team into effective sourcing and procurement solutions.
• Manage suppliers and performance – Build, maintain and develop strong relationships with key and strategic suppliers, including regular performance reviews and continuous improvement.
• Drive projects and change – Lead or contribute to local projects and change initiatives, ensuring successful execution and delivery of the savings pipeline.
• Safeguard quality and continuity – Identify risks and develop contingency plans in close alignment with Supply Chain.
• Execute strategic sourcing – Execute sourcing activities for local categories and ensure end-to-end contract implementation and compliance.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships – Collaborate effectively with stakeholders at different levels across the organization.

For thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it's not just about what we do, but who we are. We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.