pladis Foods Limited
Global Category Head - Flexible Packaging
pladis Foods Limited, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, 74145
Global Category Head - Flexible PackagingWant to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be
purpose-led ,
resilient
and
positive
to succeed here because we expect pace and
agility , we insist on
collaboration
and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact.
The Procurement team is made of 120 professionals working across the world to create competitive advantage for pladis through mid-term sourcing strategies and strong supplier relationships. Our 2025 Procurement vision aims at delivering more value for the business along 5 key business deliverables: Supply Continuity, Cost Out, Cash Flow optimization, Sustainability and Supplier Innovation.
Within Global Categories, the Head of Flexibles Category reports directly to the Packaging Categories Lead, who in turn reports into the CPO. (S)He drives (in alignment with Regional Procurement teams) the FLEXIBLES Category (£90M spend).
The Head of Flexibles Category key responsibilities include:
Designing, formalizing & implementing a 2 to 3 years forward category strategy, after ensuring full alignment with the business strategies.
Building strong relationships across all pladis functions (R&D, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Marketing), influencing pladis strategy in relation to Flexibles (competitivity, innovation, sustainability) and working with all key stakeholders to accelerate project implementation.
Implementing all Procurement-driven processes & tools within his/her categories.
Driving Procurement teams in regions to ensure a smooth and efficient implementation of global sourcing strategies, while promoting the sharing of best practices and leading benchmarks across regions.
Delivering top class results across all 5 strategic dimensions of our mission.
A 3-year productivity roadmap to achieve sustainable savings of a minimum of 3.5% per year, through reformulation of our materials or negotiation with our suppliers.
A clear sustainability roadmap (jointly with R&D) to reach the goals set by pladis, while creating differentiation in the market.
A clear innovation roadmap (jointly with R&D) to create extra value for consumers across our strategic innovation platforms.
A robust supply continuity plan to assess, anticipate and prevent any disruption to our supply chain.
A strong target to improve cash flow across our operations (payables, stocks of finished goods).
More specifically with regards to the flexibles category, (s)he will be responsible to:
Define jointly with Procurement in the Regions a Sourcing Strategy (productivity roadmap, innovation roadmap, sustainability roadmap, supplier strategy).
Map together with Regional Procurement our requirements for the next 3 years, in order to anticipate our needs as the market evolves. This includes looking at innovative packaging which matches our long-term sustainability roadmap (needs analysis).
Map the market to identify new suppliers in those strategic areas, able to challenge our incumbent suppliers (market analysis).
Define our Commodities cover strategy, jointly with the Procurement Head for Financial Hedging when done through financial instruments. Link with Procurement teams in Regions to ensure timely execution of our cover strategy when done through physical contracts.
Build a strong cost-modelling program with key suppliers to ensure prices are directly linked to specifications design and commodity covers or indices (raw material indices, energy).
Share benchmarks and best practices across all regions.
Build strong SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) with global & strategic suppliers, to build long-term relationship in order to leverage our size whenever it makes sense and get priority access to their sustainability/innovation programs. This includes setting up & monitoring a robust supplier evaluation program.
Negotiate agreements on behalf in all regions and align supplier selection with Procurement in the Regions.
Finalize contracts with global suppliers, collecting all necessary requirements (technical, service level, expected KPIs) from the various stakeholders. Support Procurement teams in the Regions with the contract execution when significant breaches of service/quality are identified.
Identify improvement opportunities, develop should-cost models, set up continuous improvement targets to drive savings & value.
Lead AOP (budgeting process) for commodity assumptions, and key cost-model assumptions (labour, energy, chemicals, etc).
pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business. We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.
About Uspladis is one of the world’s fastest growing snacking companies and home to much loved brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ülker. pladis also owns regional brands Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more products across sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake and chocolate.
Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of our 16,000-strong global workforce spans 27 bakeries across 11 countries and is united by our purpose: to ‘bring happiness with every bite’.
As a responsible business delivering the highest quality products and exceptional service, pladis’ products have the potential to reach more than four billion people across the world.
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As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be
purpose-led ,
resilient
and
positive
to succeed here because we expect pace and
agility , we insist on
collaboration
and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact.
The Procurement team is made of 120 professionals working across the world to create competitive advantage for pladis through mid-term sourcing strategies and strong supplier relationships. Our 2025 Procurement vision aims at delivering more value for the business along 5 key business deliverables: Supply Continuity, Cost Out, Cash Flow optimization, Sustainability and Supplier Innovation.
Within Global Categories, the Head of Flexibles Category reports directly to the Packaging Categories Lead, who in turn reports into the CPO. (S)He drives (in alignment with Regional Procurement teams) the FLEXIBLES Category (£90M spend).
The Head of Flexibles Category key responsibilities include:
Designing, formalizing & implementing a 2 to 3 years forward category strategy, after ensuring full alignment with the business strategies.
Building strong relationships across all pladis functions (R&D, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Marketing), influencing pladis strategy in relation to Flexibles (competitivity, innovation, sustainability) and working with all key stakeholders to accelerate project implementation.
Implementing all Procurement-driven processes & tools within his/her categories.
Driving Procurement teams in regions to ensure a smooth and efficient implementation of global sourcing strategies, while promoting the sharing of best practices and leading benchmarks across regions.
Delivering top class results across all 5 strategic dimensions of our mission.
A 3-year productivity roadmap to achieve sustainable savings of a minimum of 3.5% per year, through reformulation of our materials or negotiation with our suppliers.
A clear sustainability roadmap (jointly with R&D) to reach the goals set by pladis, while creating differentiation in the market.
A clear innovation roadmap (jointly with R&D) to create extra value for consumers across our strategic innovation platforms.
A robust supply continuity plan to assess, anticipate and prevent any disruption to our supply chain.
A strong target to improve cash flow across our operations (payables, stocks of finished goods).
More specifically with regards to the flexibles category, (s)he will be responsible to:
Define jointly with Procurement in the Regions a Sourcing Strategy (productivity roadmap, innovation roadmap, sustainability roadmap, supplier strategy).
Map together with Regional Procurement our requirements for the next 3 years, in order to anticipate our needs as the market evolves. This includes looking at innovative packaging which matches our long-term sustainability roadmap (needs analysis).
Map the market to identify new suppliers in those strategic areas, able to challenge our incumbent suppliers (market analysis).
Define our Commodities cover strategy, jointly with the Procurement Head for Financial Hedging when done through financial instruments. Link with Procurement teams in Regions to ensure timely execution of our cover strategy when done through physical contracts.
Build a strong cost-modelling program with key suppliers to ensure prices are directly linked to specifications design and commodity covers or indices (raw material indices, energy).
Share benchmarks and best practices across all regions.
Build strong SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) with global & strategic suppliers, to build long-term relationship in order to leverage our size whenever it makes sense and get priority access to their sustainability/innovation programs. This includes setting up & monitoring a robust supplier evaluation program.
Negotiate agreements on behalf in all regions and align supplier selection with Procurement in the Regions.
Finalize contracts with global suppliers, collecting all necessary requirements (technical, service level, expected KPIs) from the various stakeholders. Support Procurement teams in the Regions with the contract execution when significant breaches of service/quality are identified.
Identify improvement opportunities, develop should-cost models, set up continuous improvement targets to drive savings & value.
Lead AOP (budgeting process) for commodity assumptions, and key cost-model assumptions (labour, energy, chemicals, etc).
pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business. We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.
About Uspladis is one of the world’s fastest growing snacking companies and home to much loved brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ülker. pladis also owns regional brands Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more products across sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake and chocolate.
Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of our 16,000-strong global workforce spans 27 bakeries across 11 countries and is united by our purpose: to ‘bring happiness with every bite’.
As a responsible business delivering the highest quality products and exceptional service, pladis’ products have the potential to reach more than four billion people across the world.
#J-18808-Ljbffr