Senior Procurement Manager - Indirect

Short Intro and About the Job

Danone Türkiye is looking for a talented colleague for the “Senior Procurement Manager - Indirect “position. Take this opportunity to GROW together! In this role, you will lead indirect procurement strategies across industrial and CAPEX categories, ensuring alignment with global objectives and operational excellence in a dynamic FMCG environment. Acting as a strategic partner, you will drive cost optimization initiatives while fostering strong collaboration with stakeholders across multiple business units.

You will manage a team of five and report directly to the Head of Indirect Cycle and C&P Excellence.

In this role you will:

• Support three Danone CBUs (EDP, SN, Waters) and eight factories in achieving common goals for indirect spend in industrial and CAPEX categories.
• Align with global and regional stakeholders on procurement strategies and lead execution of site-level tactics to ensure lower total cost of ownership.
• Develop and manage sourcing strategies for materials and services in collaboration with business units such as R&D and Operations, including plant managers.
• Provide administrative support for professional services sourcing across eight plants.
• Build and maintain a global supplier network to meet business objectives, manage relationships with global Danone category buyers, and contribute to the “best cost country” target.
• Share relevant business insights and manage a team of six category buyers.
• Monitor supplier contracts and ensure accurate SAP reporting.
• Prepare and evaluate business cases and feasibility reports.
• Ensure compliance with key metrics, including SAP-related documentation (PO support, GR & proof of delivery), company processes, master data, internal controls, and OHS regulations.
• Track and improve Perfect PO and P2P KPIs.
• Lead and enhance digitalization projects (e-procurement tools, e-tendering, catalog buying), preferably using PROMENA.

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Engineering, with experience in industrial and capital equipment investment purchases.
• Experience working in a high-volume production environment and managing process productivity projects.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in purchasing, including at least 2 years in a team leadership role.
• Strong SAP background.
• Systematic, organized, and detail-oriented.
• High sense of urgency and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

• Fluency in Turkish & English.

• No travel restrictions (domestic and international).

Being a Danoner means that you create your own working experience.

• You could design your own way of working with our hybrid working model.
• Our head office is in Ataşehir.
• You could decide your daily 8-hours of working period within our flexible-working hours practice.
• We know that you will have home expenses during home office days. So, Danone supports you for your expenses with an allowance as well!
• Summers are flexible here! You could work fully remote for 4 weeks during July and August.
• We also enjoy Fridays during summer period between July and August by finishing our works by 15:00 and enjoy the rest of the day and starting the weekend earlier.
• Danone offers various types of leave days to support Danoners’ work-life balance and well-being. We have a wide variety of leave types, such as in your first year 5 days of "Im New in Danone Leave"; 1 day of "My Future is Good Leave" for our social responsibility activities. These options cater to different aspects of employees' lives and needs, reflecting the company's commitment to not only professional growth but also personal and social responsibilities.

We are proud to promote diversity and equal opportunity within our teams. We believe that our differences will make a difference, and that an inclusive work environment will drive our growth as a company, as a team, and as individuals. We will therefore consider all implementations
* by fostering an inclusive work culture where everyone can feel  nominations will be considered regardless of origin, background, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, disability.

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