Procurement Manager Dairy & Sweeteners Europe

Life tastes better with ice cream

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.

What truly sets us apart is how we work.

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high-performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.

We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.

The role

This is not a sourcing role. This is a value-creation role.

We are reshaping how dairy is sourced for a global ice cream business—driving cost, resilience, innovation, and a materially lower carbon footprint at scale. That requires a Procurement leader who can think commercially, act entrepreneurially, and deliver relentlessly.

You will own European dairy and sweetener procurement end-to-end, deciding what to buy, where, how, and when, while building future-fit supplier partnerships that deliver value, sustainability, and supply security.

You will sit at the intersection of markets, brands, suppliers, and risk, turning strategy into measurable impact.

What you'll be responsible for

• Lead European sourcing and risk strategy for dairy and sweeteners, balancing cost, security, and sustainability.
• Build and manage long-term, strategic supplier partnerships aligned to value, carbon reduction, and innovation.
• Act as a global partner to Values-Led brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, advancing low-carbon sourcing and supplier diversity.
• Translate market intelligence into price outlooks, budgets, and risk strategies, working closely with CPRM on hedging and exposure management.
• Enable innovation and NPD by working seamlessly with R&D, Supply Chain, and Brand teams.
• Drive complexity reduction, specification harmonisation, and working-capital improvement.
• Lead supplier performance, crisis management, and continuous improvement.
• Deliver tangible savings, cash impact, and operational excellence, year after year.
• Develop, coach, and inspire high-performing procurement talent.

What success looks like

• Lower total cost and volatility without compromising supply or quality.
• Measurable progress on decarbonisation and sustainable sourcing.
• Strong, transparent, and trusted supplier partnerships.
• Procurement seen as an end-to-end business owner and strategic business partner, not a service function.

We're looking for someone who

• Has knowledge of the European dairy landscape; this is highly preferred.
• Has strong commercial instinct with the confidence to take decisions.
• Can sell ideas, influence suppliers and senior stakeholders, and execute with precision.
• Has deep curiosity for markets, value chains, and sustainability transformation.
• Is comfortable operating in ambiguity, change, and complexity.
• Has proven experience in dairy procurement, sourcing, or large-scale transformation.

Why join us?

This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could.

You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you’re excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.

• Roles with real accountability and visible impact
• Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done
• Continuous learning and development as the business grows
• Reward linked to performance and contribution

Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.