Source to Europe, Director

About CHEP

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13 000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share‑and‑reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work‑life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

• Lead the execution of procurement strategies for the region/function, integrating global initiatives into regional and functional contexts.
• Design, manage, and continuously improve procurement strategies, ensuring they are aligned with the organization’s goals and the external market environment.
• Develop, mentor, and lead a high‑performing procurement team, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Champion the development of procurement professionals and drive the function towards “best‑in‑class” standards.
• Oversee the execution of the high value and strategic supplier relationship management. Build strong, collaborative relationships with key suppliers to ensure consistent value delivery, compliance, and innovation.
• Identify, unlock, and deliver cost savings opportunities across procurement categories. Drive initiatives for hard cost reduction, total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements, and process efficiencies that enhance procurement’s contribution to the business.
• Redesign and refresh category strategies, ensuring alignment with market trends and business needs. Develop and implement best‑in‑class sourcing approaches, including market analysis, supplier selection, negotiation, and contract management across all categories.
• Act as a strategic business partner to senior leadership teams, engaging with functional/regional leaders to understand operational needs, ensuring procurement initiatives meet or exceed business objectives.
• Ensure procurement processes adhere to corporate policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements. Develop risk mitigation strategies for procurement activities and ensure a robust compliance framework is in place.
• Establish and track procurement performance metrics, ensuring alignment with global procurement objectives. Regularly report on key performance indicators (KPIs), such as cost savings, supplier performance, contract compliance, and risk management.

• Develop and implement an indirect sourcing framework to optimize supplier selection, contract negotiations, and category management.
• Establish supplier governance models, ensuring risk mitigation, compliance, and performance management.
• Drive cost savings initiatives through spend analysis, strategic negotiations, using preferred supplier and supplier consolidation.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align procurement strategies with business needs.
• Ensure compliance with global procurement policy, ethical sourcing practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive transformation leveraging S2P technology. Build roadmap to increase automation through catalog penetration and self‑service tactical sourcing.
• Design roadmap for improving procurement operations processes, deploying new and existing technologies, enabling and onboarding suppliers and supporting the business. Oversight of ongoing procurement administrative support, purchase order process management, e‑invoicing, vendor onboarding, promoting preferred supplier usage, end‑user training, Coupa functional administration, PO compliance etc.
• This role will be responsible for unlocking and creating value including hard cost reduction savings, by leading a team that will actively manage the end‑to‑end strategic…