At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS we are inspired by our belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. We are driven by the vision that everyone deserves the coffee they love.

What’s it like to work at JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS?

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 – JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS: A coffee for every cup

Working with us means you’ll be making an impact in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. We work as a team, celebrating success and supporting one another. Our associates work with a diverse group of like-minded people, in an innovative environment committed to doing the right thing – all across the world. What you do here will get noticed.

In this role you will be managing a team of 7 ambitious associates: 4 Procurement analysts, 1 Business Process Owner, 1 E-Procurement Specialist, 1 Business integration specialist (temporary position).
We are looking for someone that has solid team management experience and is able the develop the capability agenda for all Global Procurement associates. 

As part of the Central Procurement team within this role as Procurement Business Process Improvement Manager, it is your responsibility to own the procurement vision with our CPO. Next to that you are able and will be driving the continues improvement, governance and simplification on existing procurement source to pay processes. With your external focus you will bring the best in class procurement practices towards JDE. 

Together with your team, you are responsible from data maintenance and spend/ volume reporting.

To be successful in this role, you will bring several years of hard earned procurement & procurement excellence experience in a challenging, global role. This allows you to  work at pace, make quick decisions and you’re accustomed to dealing with ambiguous environments. Your strong procurement process knowledge allows you to serve as a role model in the procurement organization.

•    Bachelor’s Degree, Preferably Master’s Degree
•    Min 7-9 years’ experience and proven track record in Procurement and Procurement Excellence Roles in the FMCG industry or related industry. 
•    Experienced team management skills 
•    Advanced Knowledge in E-Procurement Tools (ARIBA)
•    Strong Financial acumen for Productivity Pipeline & Spend Analytics
•    Advanced Project Management Skills 
•    Strong stakeholder management & communication skills

Are you interested to join this great team? Please don’t hesitate to apply directly, we are looking forward to drink a cup of coffee or tea with you.