Global Sourcing Category Manager
Global Sourcing Category Manager
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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and proactive Global Sourcing Category Manager to lead our sourcing strategy for fresh crops juice concentrates and to further develop in-/outsourcing strategies for our growing portfolio. This role is critical in building sustainable cost-effective and long-term supply solutions rooted in a deep understanding of agricultural value chains and supplier ecosystems.
You will drive cross-functional projects forward solve sourcing challenges quickly and pragmatically and serve as a catalyst for action across internal and external teams. The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with hands-on field experience and commercial acumen.
Key Responsibilities
- Category Ownership Fresh Crops Juice Concentrates: Manage global sourcing of fresh crops (e.g. fruits vegetables roots) and juice concentrates ensuring continuity quality and competitiveness.
- Agricultural Expertise: Understand farming cycles agricultural risks and agronomic factors that influence crop yield and quality; integrate this knowledge into sourcing strategies.
- Strategy Development: Design and implement mid- to long-term sourcing and in-/outsourcing strategies in alignment with company goals sustainability targets and market trends.
- Supplier Engagement: Build and manage strong relationships with farmers cooperatives processors and third-party manufacturers.
- Problem Solving: Identify bottlenecks in supply and quality address field or production issues quickly and escalate or resolve them through structured actions and collaboration.
- Drive Execution: Take initiative to translate strategy into concrete actions and deliverables; ensure sourcing plans are implemented on time and within budget.
- Project Management: Lead and coordinate sourcing initiatives across departments including pilots tenders transitions or onboarding new suppliers.
- Negotiation & Contracting: Lead commercial negotiations and secure agreements that balance cost risk and supply continuity.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with internal teams (R&D Quality Operations Finance Legal) to ensure alignment and execution of sourcing plans.
- Risk Management: Proactively manage risks related to weather pricing logistics or regulatory changes by building resilience into sourcing models.
- Market Intelligence: Monitor agricultural commodity and logistics markets to anticipate supply disruptions and identify cost-saving opportunities.
Experience and skills required
- Proven experience in global sourcing within the food beverage or natural ingredients industry.
- Understanding ofagricultural supply chains and fresh/raw material sourcing.
- Demonstrated track record ofproblem solving driving initiatives forward and managing sourcing projects from end-to-end.
- Excellentnegotiation stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strategic mindset with hands-on execution ability.
- Comfort working in adynamic seasonally driven environment.
- Fluent inEnglish and French (written and spoken) is must.
- Willingness to travel frequently to farms processing sites and suppliers (2030%).
- Job Location: France or Poland or Italy to frequent travel to fields and suppliers
Why Join Us
- Join the worlds leading company in natural color solutions shaping the future of food through innovation science and strong supplier collaboration.
- Play a role in transforming the food industry by enabling healthier more natural productsbecause we believe that nature gets it right.
- Take ownership of strategic sourcing initiatives with direct impact on cost quality and supply security influencing both global supply chains and regional farming communities.
- Be part of a collaborative and agile environment where your ideas matter and your work contributes to real business outcomes.
- Help build long-term sourcing strategies that not only meet todays needs but also anticipate tomorrows challengesensuring resilience and value creation in a changing world.
Furthermore we provide
- Dynamic and collaborative working environment in a truly diverse global organisation where you can make impact every day
- Customer and team-oriented culture
- Attractive compensation and benefits package
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
