Supply & Services Procurement Manager

Summary

Serve as the embedded commercial partner to the Pet Nutrition Engineering and Plant Operations teams. Drive maximum asset utilization and long-term capital efficiency. Guide teams through advanced risk management, strategic commercial structuring, and collaborative negotiations. Optimize the entire lifecycle of service and goods purchases, including capital equipment.

Responsibilities

• Act as a seamless extension of the plant teams, participating early in capital planning.
• Structure agreements focusing on asset utilization, ensuring maximum machinery performance.
• Author and negotiate comprehensive after-sales support frameworks and performance guarantees.
• Secure long-term contractual spare parts availability and critical technical support response times.
• Demonstrate deep structural knowledge of commercial law and risk allocation.
• Translate complex manufacturing timelines into legally enforceable contractual deadlines.
• Drive a culture of process modernization across plant environments.
• Lead executive-level Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programs with global OEMs.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of experience in procurement, capital sourcing, or heavy manufacturing project engineering.
• Hands-on experience structuring, negotiating, and executing high-value capital equipment contracts.
• Proven ability to interpret complex specifications and project schedules.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.

Preferred Skills

• Prior procurement or engineering leadership experience in a highly automated manufacturing environment.
• Success in leading large-scale capital or infrastructure optimization projects.
• Hands-on experience with procurement platforms such as SAP Ariba, Sigma, and Ironclad (CLM).
• Full proficiency collaborating within a Google Workspace environment.