About this opportunity

Crown have launched an exciting opportunity for an Indirect Sourcing Manager to join our central procurement team. You will drive impactful cost efficiencies, cultivate and nurture supplier development and optimize regional sourcing strategies for indirect procurement. 

The scope of this role which we will base in Peterborough, and another position to be based in Italy, will cover sourcing operations and strategy for a combination of geographies including the UK, France, Germany, Italy and / or Slovakia. 

The categories in scope include packaging, repair materials, consumables, services, transport and warehousing. 

This role will contribute to optimized procurement for the plants in scope, ensuring internal and external customer service requirements are met at the lowest cost to serve. The total indirect spend across the European regional business is approximately $207m. The amount under your direct management will depend on business requirements and on your previous experiences within the indirect procurement area.

The role will report to the Regional Sourcing Director who is based at our Saint Ouen office in Paris. 

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure on-time-in-full supply of indirect commodities within cost targets
• Validate new suppliers and negotiate new & existing contracts 
• Manage regional indirect sourcing budget and reporting activities
• Maintain a regional network of plant buyers to capture and promote regional synergies and ensure process compliance
• Support plant purchasing using procurement IT systems (JDE / SAP) to enable purchase order approvals, manage the supplier database and administrate pricing controls
• Develop market intelligence, provide insights on supplier capabilities, competition, and the latest technologies
• Lead divisional categories for selected category groups at Crown EMEA level
• Simplify, continuously improve and modernize existing processes

Required Education and Experience 

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject, mechanical / industrial engineering or supply chain
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in indirect sourcing
• Good experience with ERP systems specifically SAP
• A CIPS certification would be beneficial 

Required Skills and Competencies

• Able to work autonomously, a self-starter who is proactive and results-oriented
• Strong communication skills
• Able to build and maintain collaborative relationships with sales, operations and external stakeholders 
• Flexible, adaptable and open to change with the capacity to adapt to new challenges
• A good negotiator
• An analytical mind, able to speak with data and problem solve 
• Highly ethical with a strong sense of integrity 
• Diligent with attention to detail
• Focused on business objectives
• Strong organizational and time management skills, able to prioritize effectively
• Demonstrates team spirit through excellent interpersonal skills
• Fluent in English, proficiency in another European language highly beneficial