Group Director Procurement

The Company

kp is a globally recognised leader in the packaging and specialty film industry, renowned for its unwavering commitment to sustainability and innovation. The need to act on climate change has never been clearer so we incorporate sustainability into everything we do by #InvestingInBetter - creating innovative products that enhance product protection, shelf life and contribute to reducing the overall carbon footprint.

At Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), we are on a mission to drive procurement excellence and digital transformation across our global operations. We are looking for a Group Procurement Director to play a pivotal role in shaping and leading our procurement strategy, delivering value, and ensuring best-in-class processes.

The role

Are you ready to drive Procurement Excellence on a global scale? We are looking for a strategic and results-driven Group Procurement Director to shape the future of procurement at kp. This is a high-impact role, offering the opportunity to lead transformation, digitisation, and process optimisation across our global procurement function. As part of ONE Procurement this role will have a Business Partner aspect interfacing with multiple manufacturing sites and/or Functions.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• This role will have a wide-ranging mandate to seek out functional opportunities using own understanding of key market drivers, processes, best in class Procurement to create and seize business opportunities
• Develop the Global P2P Process and enhance the Procurement Centre of Excellence to develop and deliver an increased portfolio of responsibility
• Lead the Procurement Cash Management program in partnership with Finance
• Develop further and drive ONE Procurement Function/program towards best-in-class excellence journey
• Exploit and enhance current digital platforms:
  • Vendigital spend cube
  • eRFX
  • Negotiation by Design
  • Integrity Next

• Develop/source tools and training to enable a step change in:
  • Category Strategy Development
  • Supplier Relationship Management
• Procurement Manual owner. Procurement policy advisor.
• Ad hoc projects as required from time-to-time
• Managerial leadership of at least 2 staff

Job skills        

• Functional leadership change projects
• Systems/process improvement projects
• Category and Supplier Relationship Management          

Education       

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/business/economics/other technical fields
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply or Equivalent (preferred)

Skills / Personality

• Broad Procurement experience > 12 years
• Function and or Division/Business Unit Function leadership
• Creating and executing influence strategies, training and coaching experience
• Creating an environment (culture) that inspires people to generate novel solutions with measurable value, encouraging experimentation with new ways to seize opportunities
• Strategic thinker with a vision yet pragmatic executioner
• Project and Program Management experience
• Change leadership; P2P rollout and enhancement experience
• Driving high standards; tenaciously working to meet or exceed challenging goals
• Procurement Category (plastics and Indirects) leadership of more than 5 years and annual spend responsibility of > €200 million
• Minimum experience includes working in a manufacturing (ideally plastics conversion) industry and ideally one or two other sectors/companies recognized for "best in class" Procurement
• Willingness and capacity to travel internationally
• Fluent oral and written English & Portuguese (other languages are a plus)
• Use of systems tools; Spend Analytics, eRFX, Business Warehouse, SAP, and Microsoft Office

Why Join Us?

This is a senior management role designed for a procurement leader with the ambition to make a global impact. If you’re ready to drive transformation, deliver value, and position yourself for future leadership opportunities – including the potential to step into a Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) role – this is the opportunity for you.

Join us in shaping the future of procurement at kp. Apply now and be part of a company that values innovation, sustainability, and strategic growth. #LI-HYBRID

Apply Now!

If you are determined, thrive in a fast-paced environment with high levels of accountability and focus, then we’d love to meet you! Please apply using the link below.

At kp, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is vital to our global success. We welcome applicants from all identities, ideas, perspectives and experiences and encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We aim to create an inclusive culture where our employees feel empowered to play to their strengths and see themselves reflected in the organization without regard to race, gender, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual preference, marital status, or inclusion in any other protected class.