Procurement Manager Marketing & Trade (fixed term contract)

Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Procurement Manager Marketing & Trade (fixed term contract) Requisition ID:  7420 Job SummaryYouYou are passionate about the world of soft drinks, with an appetite for working in a company whose purchasing strategy revolves around sustainability.Methodical, organised and analytical, you are able to manage your different missions and tenders you are responsible, independently and successfully.Thanks to your leadership, your change management abilities and your communication skills, you know how to engage your stackholders when it comes to maintaining and nurturing lasting relationships in order to define and align on multi-year action plans for the categories for which you are responsible.Job ResponsibilitiesThe JobAs CATMAN Marketing & Trade, you work for Suntory Beverage and Food Europe and you directly report to our Procurement Director Marketing & Business Service Europe.You daily pilot and optimise the Procurement Marketing subjects, particularly for agencies (packaging, creativity, activation, etc) and market insights categories. To do so, you manage a Buyer.Expert in you categories, you work on your categories business plan, that includes cost optimisation, risks management and market developments linked to your categories, your suppliers performance, sustainability's commitments.You know how to convice and communicate with your interlocutor, to developp and consolidate a strong and long term Business Partnering with your internal stackholders. That permits you to consolidate Europe needs and manage your tenders. You are a metodical, organised and process oriented person. Those skills are important advantages to manage important tenders.You first accountability is to work in cost optimisation and performance reporting and budgeting. To do so, you deliver financial targets for the portfolio through cost optimization and TCO approach. you manage reporting and communication with Director support, you make a follow up on purchase price variance and you build partnership with stackholders and Finance to define the appropriate budget or baseline cost improvement calculation, etc.Secondly, you work in Market insights, strategies development and business partnering. In this context, you develop and implement complete sourcing/procurement strategies for each part of the portfolio and you drive implementation throughout in aligment with business objectives. You ensure alignment within markets agenda for Procurement strategies and you Lead cost reduction initiatives in line with strategies and business needs. Very analitical, you evaluate total value chain of own categories to optimize and define the best sourcing procurement process.You ensure a follow up market evolution regularly to anticipate new risks and opportunities and you give a support to the Global Procurement transformation, liaising with stackholders.Part of your role is to ensure compliance, supplier performance and risk management. That means you develop appropriate supplier relationships in alignment with the strategies, you develop framework agreements at country or regional level and set-up continuous improvement by putting in place SLA/KPIs. You closely work with business stackholders and drive the suppliers' performance improvement, you leverage risk assessment process and you ensure action plan and BCPs are implemented.Lastly, your last accountability is to work on continuous improvement, innovation and sustainability. To do so, you develop a business partnering relationship with key stackholders to support innovation. You ensure early involvment of Procurement in NPD's, share relevant market trend information and provide recommendations to fit with Brand and Company ambitions including sustainability. You actively participate with Procurement Director into driving team efficiencies and development and you define and follow a pipeline of cost improvement and value optimization ideas.Your TeamAbout usSuntory Group is a Japanese company and the world’s third biggest player in the drinks industry. We are renowned for our alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks including whisky, beer and soft drinks. Our diverse and iconic portfolio includes amongst many brands such as Ribeina, Orangina, Yamazaki and Hibiki whiskies, Premium Malts and V. We wouldn’t achieve what we do without our people who are at the heart of everything we do. Our people unleash their spirit daily, they craft exceptional drinks and they fuel our Growth.A future with usJoining Suntory isn’t just about taking on a role, it’s about embarking on a career journey. You have the opportunity to work with talented, inspiring and authentic leaders and have the freedom to dream big, and go for it (Yatte Minahare). At Suntory you’ll find a supportive work environment that values work life balance and that will help you realise your full potential and grow for good.Skills and ExperienceAbout youStrong experience in Procurement - with an expertise in Marketing / Market Insight.Team Management experience of at least 4 years.Ability to develop, drive and communicate with senior stackholders and to business partner.Strategic thinking into action,High level of resilience under pressure,Transformation, project management and change management experience,Languages: fluent in English, the knowledge of a second language suche as French or Spanish is a plus.Tools: COUPA.Position is to be covered on a 6 months fixed term contract from June 2024. It will be base our our Neuilly-Sur-Seine Headquarter, in France.Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitmentAt Suntory, we greatly appreciate the value that diverse knowledge, perspectives, and backgrounds can bring. Our colleagues from a wide range of cultures, lifestyles, and experiences contribute significantly to our collective success. We understand that our candidates all have unique career trajectories and experiences, and this can sometimes deter you from applying for a role if you don’t feel that you meet all the criteria. If you believe that you have relevant skills and experience that you feel could benefit us, we would loveto know what unique perspectives and experience you can bring to help make us better, together in a company that is committed to Growing for Good and Giving Back to Society. Our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based on the skills and competencies of the above role. We are committed to and value diversity, equity and inclusion in our recruitment process and do not discriminate based on gender, race or ethnic background, class, economic status, disability status, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, marital status or any other protected characteristic. We want to ensure that our interview process is as inclusive as possible. If you require any reasonable accommodation as part of the process, do not hesitate to let your recruiter know who will be happy to help.  #J-18808-Ljbffr