Responsibilities

- Manage all procurement activities for ocean and land transportation of bulk and finished goods, including warehousing services
- Develop strategic supplier relationships and contracts
- Establish relationships with 4PL providers for smooth transition to new ways of working, standardized operations, and effective carrier communication
- Collaborate with regional procurement teams and global logistics operations teams
- Optimize cost, transit time, service, and payment terms with suppliers
- Provide category intelligence, industry benchmarks, trends, and best practices
- Plan sourcing activities and coordinate data for competitive bidding, RFQs, and e-auctions
- Secure service level agreements defining carrier KPIs and responsibilities
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities with supply centres and markets
- Participate in Supplier Relationship Management programs, track KPIs, and build improvement action plans
- Monitor performance against annual budgets and highlight risks and opportunities with Finance
- Ensure compliance with procurement and contract management policies
- Build and implement category strategy for cost, service, and ESG goals
- Integrate sustainability into sourcing, contracting, and supplier selection
- Mitigate supply chain disruptions through carrier network diversification and contingency planning

Requirements

- Solid business judgement and ability to anticipate impacts of decisions and initiatives
- Financial acumen and problem-solving skills
- Advanced procurement practice skills
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- Master or equivalent degree in Business Management, Science, Engineering, or Supply Chain
- 5–10 years of work experience with progressive leadership roles




- Experience with general and regional scope and growing business scale
- Exposure to different industries, preferably FMCG, food, and beverage
- Broad logistics experience across transportation, warehousing, customs and excise, and S&OP; processes
- Strong background in procurement processes and methodologies, including category management, supplier management, and sourcing
- Proven change-management and project-management experience
- Familiarity with key business strategies, objectives, and dimensions of business value
- Financial acumen and entrepreneurial thinking

Core Competencies

Demonstrates advanced procurement practices, strategic supplier relationship management, and financial acumen to optimize logistics operations and drive cost-effective sourcing strategies. Capable of integrating sustainability into procurement processes while ensuring compliance with policies and managing performance metrics.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- Advanced Procurement Practice Skills
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Financial Acumen
- Change Management Experience
- Project Management Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

- Category Management
- Sourcing
- Supplier Management
- Logistics Management
- Cost Optimization
- Contract Management
- RFQs
- E-Auctions
- KPI Tracking
- Continuous Improvement

Soft Skills

- Business Judgement
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Entrepreneurial Thinking
- Collaboration
- Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

- Master's Degree in Business Management
- Master's Degree in Science
- Master's Degree in Engineering
- Master's Degree in Supply Chain

Industry Keywords

- FMCG
- Food and Beverage
- Transportation
- Warehousing
- Customs and Excise
- S&OP; Processes
- 4PL Providers
- Carrier Communication
- Sustainability
- Supplier Selection

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📌 Procurement Manager – Logistics (Barcelona)
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