Vice President of Global Procurement Alcantarilla
About us
We are a multinational food company that conserves the goodness of nature in our products. We carefully select our fruit and vegetables from their origin, maintaining the highest quality and safety throughout the production process.
We pride ourselves in providing consumers with natural, healthy, and nutritious products that have made us a reference in infant and adult nutrition. In addition, the Hero Institute of Infant Nutrition is within the Hero Spain facilities.
What is our commitment?
We are on a mission to delight consumers by conserving the goodness of nature. The world today is different from what it was 10 years ago, and nothing like it was in 1886 when Hero was founded in Lenzburg, Switzerland. However, our core goals remain the same. We have adapted to change, offering consumers high quality, healthy, natural and sustainable food.
Hero Spain, with its headquarter in Alcantarilla (Murcia), has formed part of this legacy since 1922. We are committed to naturalness in our products, maintaining a firm nutritional commitment and constantly improving thanks to our commitment to continuous innovation and research, to adapt to the needs of consumers, customers, and new market trends.
Recently, Hero Spain has been certified as a #TopEmployer in 2023 and 2024, an achievement that reflects our ongoing commitment to the well-being and development of our team of talents. This recognition is a testament to the exceptional culture we have cultivated together, positioning us as one of the best companies to work for in Spain. This would not have been possible without the commitment and dedication of every person who is part of the Hero family.
We don't hire top talent so we can tell them what to do. That doesn't make sense. At Hero, we give you the opportunity to make your mark and contribute to something bigger. We’ll give you the tools and skills to do your job and then get out of the way.
Primary responsibilities
* It is a critical group role that owns the end-to-end procurement scope, direct and indirect materials, third party product sourcing, while embedding sustainability in the entire value chain.
* It ensures that the function actively partners with commercial teams to enable growth via innovation, manages supply risks, secures in time transparency on market price position, balancing cost and cash.
* The role is a critical leadership position that actively facilitates the growth of talents and capability development of the procurement team, driving high level motivation and engagement in the procurement expert team across the group.
* The role designs the procurement vision, and strategy that supports and enables the Group strategy and within that the Supply Chain strategy. It drives the transformation of the procurement organisation following the strategy.
* The role leads procurement transformation towards a data driven and digital function and owns the digital roadmap.
* The role actively facilitates supplier relationships and long-term partnerships, cooperation on supply, savings, innovation and sustainability.
* The role is instrumental in driving the sustainability strategy and critical programmes in the downstream value chain, ensuring public commitments on CO2 footprint and compliance are met.
* The role is placed in Group Supply Chain as part of the leadership team and works in a matrix structure, guiding, educating and supporting the procurement organisation across all Hero entities.
Qualification & Requirements
* Excellence in organizational development, building and bringing together cross-functional and cross-location experts.
* Can lead and coach individuals and teams for high performance.
* Strong team player with excellent leadership skills.
* Excellence in strategic thinking and formalizing and explaining strategy and concepts.
* Well grounded knowledge and experience in procurement and very good understanding of all other supply functions.
* Strong drive for results / high performance.
* Strong interpersonal skills with ability to motivate, persuade and influence all levels and functions.
What do we offer you?
We offer a position where you can develop professionally in an international company. We have an open way of working, with short decision lines where people can really make an impact.
(Confidentiality is assured)
• Flexible Schedule and early finish on Fridays, also during summer months
• Attractive Compensation & Benefits package
• Continuous learning and development
• Collaborative and challenging multinational environment
• Open and transparent culture
• Great work environment
• and much more!
During these 100 years we have come a long way, but we want to continue doing so for another 100 years. To do so, we need talented, curious, innovative, collaborative, diverse and responsible people to be part of this great team.
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