JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Description:

External Manufacturing Procurement Operations Manager Europe

Location: OBL

Contract: 12 months temporary contract

Fantastic opportunity ahead to drive our Mars Food purpose “Better Food Today. Better World Tomorrow." As we accelerate our Portfolio Transformation to Support Growth, we can be proud of, the role that External Manufacturing (EM) plays in enabling this to become even more crucial.

The External Manufacturing Commercial Operations Manager is accountable for the execution of Commercial and EM strategies to ensure an uninterrupted supply of externally quality produced materials and/or finished goods for Food EU and the successful execution of EM projects.

What are we looking for?

Bachelor's degree with a focus on supply chain management, business, engineering, or operations

5-7 years of practical working experience in supply chain or procurement (Commercial) roles

Knowledge of manufacturing and operational processes

Effective relationship management - internal and external

Learn and adapt to changing market conditions and business dynamics

What will be your key responsibilities?

Procurement Operations is expected to be the key interface between Commercial and key business stakeholders such as Quality, Innovation, Marketing, Product Supply, Finance, and Manufacturing. The incumbent is responsible for strategy development for local suppliers (15%) and leading the operations (85%) toward execution and operational excellence (Quality/Service/Cost) in the following key areas for External Manufacturing:

Co-creating and drive the development of a resilient and responsive supply chain to ensure contingencies and safety strategies are developed while balance cash and inventory levels

Efficient execution of (Procurement) operational tasks to ensure uninterrupted supply of External Suppliers and support regional objective of 98.5% CSL (service level)

Leading the External Manufacturing Procurement program to build and execute Primes Cost Value Leadership pipeline to deliver 6% year over year primes cost improvement (and initiate ideas to drive Improvement)

Build and implement a supplier performance review program, measuring the supplier performance, quality of materials delivered, reliability of supply, and innovation capabilities.

Contribution into growth targets via effective support and execution of new product launches through regional and global project meetings

Support the execution of Regional and Global Procurement & External Manufacturing strategies

Support the EM Quality team to execute regional strategies to drive the continuous improvement of our material supply chain

Manage external suppliers through key KPIs that are contractually bound and agreed upon with suppliers in SOW’s (Standards of Work) but clearly reported similarly to Mars Food internal factories

Work hand to hand with the Regional Strategic Sourcing Manager (Regional SM)

Manage the regional spend of co-packing (primary, secondary, tertiary)

Support External Manufacturing Global Procurement Head by fulfilling duties of Project Manager for the regional team.

What can you expect from Mars?

Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.