Procurement Director F&B NA

About Us

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food.

With sales of around €5.0 billion in the 2025 financial year, the company is one of the world's leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America.

Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.

Symrise – always inspiring more...

The Procurement Director F&B NA will lead the regional procurement team and manage Direct Spend activities across North America. This role is responsible for translating global category strategies into regional execution, partnering closely with business stakeholders, driving savings and value creation, supporting innovation, and improving procurement process effectiveness across the region.

• Lead and develop the NAM regional procurement team, building the right capabilities, ways of working, and accountability.
• Act as the key procurement business partner for NAM stakeholders across Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, R&D, Finance, and Commercial teams.
• Ensure regional procurement activities are aligned with business priorities, global category strategies, and enterprise objectives.
• Develop and execute NAM regional category strategy.

• Support the implementation of global category strategies within NAM, ensuring regional execution, supplier alignment, and business adoption.
• Provide regional market insights, supplier intelligence, demand visibility, and operational input to global category teams.
• Collaborate with global category leaders to ensure NAM requirements are reflected in sourcing strategies, supplier decisions, and risk management plans.

• Identify, lead, and deliver regional savings projects across direct spend categories.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of cost productivity, working capital, supply assurance, and value creation initiatives.
• Partner with Finance to validate savings, track delivery, and ensure benefits are reflected in business results.

• Manage key regional supplier relationships in alignment with global category direction.
• Support supplier-enabled innovation by connecting supplier capabilities with business and R&D needs.
• Drive supplier performance improvement, including quality, service, cost, resilience, and compliance.

• Manage and improve the procurement-to-pay process for direct spend in NAM, partnering with COE, Finance, Supply Chain, and Shared Services.
• Identify opportunities to improve process efficiency, reduce manual work, strengthen compliance, and enhance stakeholder experience.
• Support implementation of procurement tools, data visibility, contract compliance, and standardized ways of working.

• Monitor supply risks, market dynamics, supplier performance, and business continuity risks across NAM direct spend.
• Support mitigation plans for supply disruption, inflation, capacity constraints, and regulatory or compliance risks.
• Ensure procurement decisions protect the business while supporting growth and profitability.

• Partner with Operations, Planning, Quality, R&D, Finance, and Commercial teams to ensure procurement is embedded in key business decisions.
• Support new product launches, reformulation, supplier qualification, and innovation projects from a procurement perspective.
• Drive strong stakeholder engagement and ensure procurement is recognized as a trusted business partner.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Chemistry, Business…