Sr. Sourcing Manager - MEU CPS Lead

Overview

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our mission to change the way the world snacks. Make It Matter. You support sourcing for spend categories—including sourcing execution and stakeholder management—to maximize the total value of ownership for the organization. You also work closely with local business and global spend category teams to ensure best practice sharing and driving value for the organization.

You will take the lead in creating value through innovation, sustainability, risk management, quality, service, cash and productivity programs all while ensuring compliance with policies, strategies and processes. In addition, you will lead in the development and deployment of sourcing strategies and the ongoing management of supplier relationships, manage the supply base working internal and external stakeholders to ensure Mondelēz International’s competitive advantage, completely build a program with the business and suppliers that incorporates best practices, market insights, risks and opportunities, and set a clear vision for various areas, defining and delivering ambitious plans that encourage teams and stakeholders to engage not just in the destination, but also in the journey.

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Procurement experience across different market
• Demonstrating a future-focused mindset, showing curiosity about industry trends, digital solutions and innovation for consumers and translating opportunities into business strategies
• Strategic sourcing and risk management
• Business and financials and an understanding of how procurement brings financial value to the overall profit and loss
• Leading and developing teams in a multi-cultural environment
• Organizational agility, influencing stakeholders and interacting effectively with senior leaders based on a deep understanding of business priorities
• Modelling trust, integrity and perseverance

As a key member of our Corporate Professional Services (CPS) Global Sourcing team, you will lead and support strategic sourcing and value delivery initiatives across various CPS sub-categories regionally and/or globally. Your role will be instrumental in shaping sourcing strategies, enabling transformation, driving commercial excellence, and building process efficiencies in partnership with stakeholders and global category teams.

In this high-impact role, you will:

• Manage a small team of sourcing professionals, collaborating with MEU regional stakeholders and global category leads to unlock opportunities within assigned corporate professional services categories.
• Develop and implement regional and/or global category strategies that align with business goals, transformation priorities, and key performance indicators—leveraging technology, data, and market insights.
• Build strategic supplier relationships and manage performance, ensuring service quality, innovation, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing strategy and execution for 'White Spaces' – spend categories currently unaddressed by procurement – delivering measurable value and positive stakeholder impact.
• Drive commercial excellence through structured negotiations, rate card / cost model harmonization, contract optimization, de-complexification and sustainable sourcing practices.
• Proactively assess risks and opportunities across the supply base, ensuring business continuity and competitive advantage for MDLZ.
• Manage the full contract lifecycle, including contract review, negotiation, execution, and ongoing management to ensure compliance and maximize value.
• Partner with global and regional stakeholders to enable agile and effective decision-making, while ensuring procurement governance and policy compliance.

A strong desire to drive impact and elevate procurement’s role as a strategic business partner. You will bring:

• 10+ years of strategic sourcing experience in business services or other indirect categories, CPG background is a plus.
• Strong commercial acumen with a deep understanding of how procurement drives financial value…