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VP, Sourcing and Transportation

Huhtamaki Group

De Soto, KS | Full Time

$184k-241k (estimate)

6 Days Ago

VP, Sourcing and Transportation

Huhtamaki Group

De Soto, KS | Full Time

$184k-241k (estimate)

6 Days Ago

VP, Sourcing and Transportation

Huhtamaki Group

De Soto, KS | Full Time

$184k-241k (estimate)

6 Days Ago

VP, Sourcing and Transportation

Huhtamaki Group De Soto, KS

$184k-241k (estimate)

Full Time | Durable Manufacturing 6 Days Ago

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Huhtamaki Group is Hiring a VP, Sourcing and Transportation Near De Soto, KS

Inspired to grow with your experience, learn and share with new colleagues?

Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.

We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

JOB SUMMARY

Lead the sourcing and transportation functions for the North American segment by developing and executing strategic initiatives to optimize our processes, enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality products and services to our customers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Description of Function

Develops short- and long-term supplier and transportation plans to support our 2030 strategy for the NA segment designed to achieve targeted growth rate, EBIT and cash flow while strengthening supplier and customer relationships.
A people leader and talent magnet in recruiting, developing and retaining procurement, sourcing, distribution and logistics development directly and operations and other functions indirectly. Develops the organization including succession and individual development plan and initiatives/efforts to increase the organizational effectiveness.
An important member of the Huhtamaki North America Leadership Team (NALT) together with other functional leaders. Collaborate with the Product Management, Innovation and Operations teams to help improve customer service, create optionality, reduce costs, improve efficiency, plan capital expansion, new technology introduction, and optimize working capital.
Be an important global leader amongst the Global Management Team (GMT) and global sourcing team, involved in the World Class Operations sourcing stream and other important initiatives related to the global 2030 strategy, including Sustainability and Digitalization.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

The following are required to enable job holders to perform the essential functions of the job.

Skills/knowledge

Company Values: Understands our values and behaves accordingly, is committed to continuous improvement and development. Represents high ethical standards in all interaction and decision making.
Sourcing and Transportation functional skills: Strong business acumen, strategy, negotiations, technical, analytical, emotional intelligence, and communication skills.
Relationship building: Able to develop relationship at all levels internal and external based on impeccable integrity and becomes a trusted advisor to partners, peers and all stakeholders.
Developing Talent: Selects and identifies others with high potential and develop talent, Clarifies the standards for achievement in current and future roles. Gives timely, constructive feedback and motivates employees to perform and grow.
Customer Focus: Ensuring that the customer requirements are understood and acts to deliver value for customers, both external and internal, knows or can quickly learn the industry and is able to develop professional relationships and expand customer base.
Innovation: Has strategic vision, takes initiative and risks, applies, develops and builds on other people’s ideas, has the ability to quickly convert new ideas into action.
Communication: Effectively listens and accurately understands others, clarifies and simplifies issues, actively interacts with people, involves others in decision making, builds commitment to goals by communicating business plans and results. Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
Change Management: Identifies and acts upon what needs to change, effectively plans and implements change, removes obstacles and inspire others to accept change, demonstrates a willingness to accept uncertainty and ambiguity.
Achievement: Driven to exceed goals and continuously improve performance, continually challenges the way things are done and will inspire others to find solutions to obstacles.

Experience/Education

Bachelor’s Degree, >10 years of managerial experience, which involved the leadership of strategic/business planning processes, responsibility for team leadership and development and potentially P&L or other business results accountability.
Proven negotiation experience.
Excellent communication skills including verbal, written and presentation.
MBA and international experience are helpful but not necessary.

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