IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products. Health & Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable, life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare, food, consumer and industrial markets.
We’re now excited to welcome a new Global Procurement Excellence Associate Director for our H&B BU! In this role you’ll be responsible for driving procurement best practices, performance management, market intelligence, contract compliance, RFx governance, and technology adoption within the Business Unit (Health & Biosciences). This role acts as the key liaison between H&B sourcing teams and the central procurement teams, ensuring alignment with global policies, process standards, and strategic objectives. Additionally, in this role you will lead a global team.
This role is based in Asturias, Spain (hybrid working model). Be part of a motivated, passionate, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference:
Performance & Pipeline Management
- Lead BU procurement pipeline and performance management, including tracking key initiatives, benefits realization, and operational excellence KPIs, while providing tailored analytics for data‑driven decisions.
Market Intelligence
- Deliver market and category intelligence on raw material trends and supply–demand dynamics.
- Support cost and performance benchmarking across suppliers and regions to inform negotiation strategies.
- Develop clear reports and dashboards for leadership, finance, and pricing, and maintain intelligence tools, platforms, and databases.
Contract Management & Compliance
- Oversee contract authoring, approvals, metadata governance, compliance with global frameworks, and full lifecycle monitoring (coverage, spend linkage, renewals/terminations).
RFx Management
- Govern the BU RFx pipeline, advising on sourcing method selection and executing RFx events to ensure adherence to standards and optimal savings/quality outcomes.
Technology Adoption & Implementation
- Drive adoption and integration of the procurement tech stack, partnering with central teams and supporting digital‑change initiatives.
Risk Management
- Identify and mitigate procurement and supply‑chain risks, ensure regulatory/internal controls compliance, and support audit readiness and peer-to-peer audits.
- Coordinate mitigation actions for supply chain events impacting the BU.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Several years of experience in Procurement, Analytics, or Strategy roles (ideally min. 8+ years)
- Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Analytics, Data Science, or related field
- Fluent English language skills
- Solid understanding of procurement principles, processes, and best practices, with the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new areas.
- Demonstrated ability to oversee diverse procurement activities (e.g., contract management, RFx governance, analytics, technology adoption) and prioritize initiatives for maximum impact.
- Proven skills in driving adoption of new processes, tools, or policies, even in unfamiliar domains.
- Strong capability to analyze data, identify performance gaps, and develop actionable solutions—regardless of prior experience in specific analytics tools.
- Effective communicator and collaborator, able to build relationships across business units, central teams, and external partners.
How Would You Stand Out?
- Willingness and ability to develop expertise in new procurement technologies, compliance frameworks, or sourcing strategies as needed
- Experience managing teams, projects and/or initiatives, tracking KPIs, and delivering measurable results.
Why Choose Us?
- Hybrid working model
- Multinational, professional and supporting environment
- Training opportunities
- Learning and development programs from day one
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
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