Company

Paulig was founded in 1876 when Gustav Paulig started his business in the heart of Helsinki. The company is family-owned still today. Paulig offers coffee, food concepts, spices, plant-based products and snacks. The company’s brands are Paulig, Santa Maria, Risenta, Gold&Green and Poco Loco. Paulig has operations in 13 countries and sales amounted to EUR 921 million in 2019. The group has about 2.100 employees. www.pauliggroup.com

Role purpose

As Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for driving and executing sourcing activities based on category strategy, policies and market requirements. You will contribute on the development of sourcing category strategy and supplier selections; which includes negotiation with supplier’s contracts and manage supplier’s relationships.

Your will be working in the Tex Mex category with responsibility of a portfolio of sauce and salsa suppliers.

This role is a permanent position, the role is located in Roeselare, Belgium.

You will report to Head of Sourcing, Contract Manufacturing & Raw Material.

Key responsibilities

Develop and implement category strategies and plans in line with group-level strategies, policies and guidelines
Lead supplier selection, relationship, partnership and negotiation
Continuously evaluate suppliers’ performance based on e.g. cost, quality, service, availability, reliability, sustainability and flexibility
Conduct sustainability audits for own suppliers together with the lead auditor
Identify, realize and track savings opportunities
Monitor & benchmark market trends and best practices
Work will all relevant internal stakeholders e.g. Finance, NPD, Marketing and Supply
Act and live according to the Paulig Group’s values: Grow together, Strive for excellence and Stay curious

Profile

University or Bachelor degree preferable in Engineering or Economics
3+ years of sourcing experience in category sourcing
Experience in driving change
Excellent negotiation and communication skills
Experience in project management and leading virtual teams
International working experience
Used to working with change management preferably in matrix organizations and have strong collaboration skills
Team player with a flexible can-do attitude and a curious mind
Like working with different cultures
Relationship-oriented and enjoy engaging other people
See the bigger picture and have very strong analytical skills
Fluent in English
Located in Roeselare, working in truly international environment
Required to travel

Our offer

Challenging and interesting work in family-owned company of strong brands and products
A work community that shares strong values Strive for Excellence, Stay Curious and Grow Together and sticks together in the quest of Exploring Great Taste
What do their employees think about Paulig?
According to their employee engagement survey TellUs 2018, 92% of Pauligians see that their strategy and goals are worth aiming for, 93% see they are living up to the company values and 91% see the future of the company looks bright
Constantly developing company where you won’t get bored
Possibility to take things forward and work internationally across our different locations
Manager who believes in you and supports whenever needed