At Grupo Bimbo, we are looking for associates who want to help nourish a better world.
Would you like to be part of a great company that feeds the world through meaningful actions?
This is your opportunity to collaborate with us and become part of a general community committed to bringing delicious and nutritious food to everyone.
Grupo Bimbo is the world's largest bakery company. We operate in 39 countries across four continents: the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. We manufacture more than 13,000 different products in categories such as bread, sweet baked goods, cookies, and toasted bread.
We continue to grow! We are currently looking for a CAPEX Procurement Supervisor for our Regional EMEA team.
MISSION
Together with the Regional CAPEX Category Manager and stakeholder team, develop and drive the CAPEX sourcing and procurement strategy for assigned projects, ensuring best practices across the CAPEX sourcing and procurement lifecycle, ensuring key stakeholder alignment and successful project execution
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and maintain deep CAPEX project related category expertise, e.g., market dynamics, supplier economics, SRM, etc.
- Ensure intimate understanding of business needs and alignment of key stakeholders around the CAPEX project(s)
- Participate in BU CAPEX planning sessions to thoroughly understand BU requirements & procurement support needs
- Work with Regional Category Manager in providing Global CAPEX Team input for global category strategies and potential broader procurement synergies – Execute regional synergies for assigned categories
- Lead the local or regional CAPEX procurement activities throughout the entire sourcing and procurement process for projects within region using a TCO approach
- Develop negotiation strategy based on supplier proposals and category cost analysis.
- Negotiate with suppliers/vendors to maximize value for the organization
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of key metrics and manage communication with all stakeholders
- Ensures sustainability is part of the category management and sourcing process
REQUIREMENTS
- ̵BA, BS in Engineering, Procurement, Supply chain or related experience (MBA preferred);
- ̵5+ year track record in CAPEX procurement, preferably across multiple countries or geographies
- Bilingual English required + local language of the assigned regions-countries
- ̵Strategic thinker – understands the details, but can operate a higher level if needed
- Project management and CAPEX expertise
- Experience in managing complex, high value supplier relationships
- Track record of success in managing supplier performance
- Strong negotiation skills with proven track record of positive results
- Strong leadership & interpersonal skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Persuasive ‘change agent’ capable challenging conventional wisdom
- Ability to multi-task and coordinate initiatives in a virtual team environment
- High energy and passion for the category