Job Specifications
About the Role :
CHEP is transforming its approach to managing third-party subcontracted service centers across Europe. We are creating a dedicated procurement team to lead strategic sourcing for these operations, driving cost optimization, supplier partnerships, and operational excellence.
As Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager, you will lead a small team and play a pivotal role in developing and implementing our procurement framework for subcontracted service centres. This is a unique opportunity to shape strategy, deliver immediate impact, and influence the future of our European Network.
Key Responsibilities May Include :
Develop and execute sustainable category sourcing strategies for the region/function that align with global and local procurement priorities.
Act as a champion for strategic sourcing, ensuring that procurement initiatives deliver long-term value and meet organizational needs.
Lead category management for key spend areas, applying data-driven insights, market intelligence, and advanced procurement techniques to maximize value and minimize risk. Ensure category strategies consider external market factors and emerging trends that could impact business objectives.
Build strong, collaborative relationships with senior business stakeholders, ensuring procurement is involved early in the sourcing process. Leverage procurement’s expertise to align sourcing initiatives with business needs, offering strategic advice that enhances procurement’s role within the organization.
Lead complex negotiations with suppliers to secure favorable terms and manage pricing strategies. Ensure the implementation of new pricing agreements, manage supplier contracts, and conduct ongoing reviews to ensure compliance with contractual terms.
Oversee supplier performance management across key categories, ensuring suppliers consistently meet performance, quality, and cost requirements.
Ensure all procurement activities adhere to regulatory requirements, internal policies, and ethical standards. Develop strategies to minimize supply chain risk, including mitigating supplier risk, financial exposure, and potential disruptions.
Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the procurement function, ensuring alignment with annual targets. Provide regular updates on procurement performance, cost savings, supplier performance, and compliance metrics to senior leadership.
Your Profile :
We are seeking an experienced procurement professional with a minimum of 10 years’ experience, ideally in outsourcing or subcontractor management at a regional or global level. You should have a proven track record in leading complex negotiations and managing contracts effectively.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to design and implement strategic frameworks that deliver operational improvements and cost efficiencies. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are essential, as you will collaborate across multiple functions and geographies.
Fluency in English is required, and proficiency in additional European languages—such as French, Spanish, Italian, or Polish—will be highly advantageous.
This role also requires flexibility to travel across Europe, with an expectation of up to 25% travel time.
What we offer :
Company Car
Bonus Plan
Laptop and iPhone
Hybrid remote job
Ability to develop your skills and understanding of business in a worldwide logistics company
Participation in worldwide projects
Area to build your independence and own responsibilities
Support at every stage of your career
Independence in operating with a real impact on the organization
About the Company
CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organisation on earth. Its pallets, crates and containers form the invisible backbone of the global supply chain and the world’s biggest brands trust CHEP to help them transport their goods more efficiently, sustainably and safely. As pioneers of the sharing economy, CHEP created one of the world's most sustainable logistics businesses through the share and reuse of its platforms under a model known as ‘pooling’. CHEP primarily serves the fast-moving co...
Know more