Strategic Sourcing 3rd Party Manufacturing - North America

Join CHEP as the Manager, Strategic Sourcing 3rd Party Manufacturing and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of supply chain operations across North America. In this highly visible role, you'll lead strategic sourcing initiatives, negotiate impactful partnerships, drive sustainability and decarbonization goals, and collaborate with senior leaders to deliver innovative solutions that enhance service, quality, operational performance, and long-term business value.

The Strategic Sourcing Manager will lead and execute strategic sourcing initiatives across Third-Party Logistics (3PL), outsourced operational services, and other assigned sourcing categories throughout the Americas region. This role is responsible for developing fact-based sourcing strategies, conducting detailed spend and market analysis, building business cases, negotiating commercial agreements, and managing supplier performance to deliver sustainable customer value.

The position will partner closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Legal, Quality, Sustainability, and Procurement leadership to identify opportunities that improve service, quality, productivity, cost performance, and risk management. The role will also support Brambles' sustainability, responsible sourcing, and decarbonization objectives through the management of strategic supplier relationships.

• Strong focus on Quality, Customer experience, Service, Operational efficiencies, cost initiatives, standardization
• Support the creation of Third-Party Manufacturing strategic sourcing strategies that meet business requirements such as on time and in full service to customers, cost reduction, while maintaining high standards of performance, quality, certified timber, CoC, Decarbonization and sustainability objectives incorporated in Sub Co metrics
• Identify and implement industry best practices to support 3PL procurement strategy and organizational direction
• Incorporate and monitor in the contract all Safety standards, Code of conduct defined by Brambles, together with Global Sub Co Initiatives
• Demonstrate the ability to mentor and develop sourcing personnel
• Management and measurement of supplier performance, in partnership with Supply Chain Plant Operations
• Approve and communicate 3PL procurement cost changes
• Execute the formal 7-Step strategic sourcing procurement process, including researching to find suppliers, RFP administration, supplier selection, negotiations, contract execution, and supplier performance/relationship management
• Help drive the Brambles responsible sourcing agenda
• Identify strategy sourcing looking at market opportunities, bigger companies, consolidation of volume (in conjunction with operations), geographies, and use of new technologies
• Ensure Sustainability / Decarbonization Initiatives are established and achieved by 3PL vendors to reach 2030 targets
• Align and comply with Global Procurement regarding procurement policies, processes and system
• Collaborate with other departments both internally and externally to drive change and continuous improvement in 3PL performance
• Perform related duties as assigned which may not blister above but which are within the general occupational series and responsibility level associated with the position
• Support Supply Chain Operation’s achievement financials and operational indicators (main KPI’s)
• Hold QBRs and attend monthly meetings with key strategic 3PL suppliers
• Manage 3PL supplier performance via monthly supplier scorecards based on contractual KPIs

• Strategic thinker
• Decision maker
• Analytical problem solver
• Good at managing pressure and stress
• Record of successful team development
• Strategic Sourcing Expertise (7-Step…