Introduction & Job Detail:  

Danoners are steering us to a more sustainable future, helping to make the world healthier. As a certified B-Corp, we have our Danone Impact Journey to 2025. This will only be possible with each and every one of our leaders. Do you want to be one of them?

Role Purpose

To create value by building and implementing innovative category strategies and commercial procurement solutions that deliver a competitively advantaged supply base for Danone across all Logistics expense in the UK.  To operate as a collaborative member of the EU Logistics C&P Team in partnership with other team members. Shape and align the Logistics Procurement strategy to support the achievement of business goals including growth, cost reduction, cash generation, Sustainability and deployment of regional and global plans

• Category Strategy: Develop and implement 1-3 year category strategies with stakeholders, supported by execution roadmaps to deliver this strategy with short, medium and long term initiatives – ensuring alignment with regional and global procurement teams as appropriate
• Stakeholder Engagement: Regular communication with business stakeholders to ensure alignment to key procurement strategies and develop relationships across the procurement community and with key stakeholders
• Market Intelligence: For UK Logistics, understanding and responding to market intelligence optimal supplier pricing and value. Deliver supplier strategies which actively anticipate and reduce supplier risk (e.g., sole supplier risk, financial health, data privacy, information security, modern slavery) and secure competitive supply
• Sourcing and Contracting: Ensure appropriate Supplier tendering, sourcing and contracting strategies are in place across the category to mitigate legal and regulatory exposure.  Embed and monitor relevant supplier KPIs in collaboration with Operational colleagues
• Initiative Management: Deliver Logistics procurement initiatives, applying a variety of strategies and levers including; tendering, e-auctions and cost negotiations, price benchmarking, supplier consolidation and rationalisation
• Supplier Relationship Management: Perform supplier segmentation and drive supplier engagement with Danone priorities and strategies  via regular and robust SRM processes