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You will help govern Professional Services categories in Europe while managing €700M in spend across HR Services and Temporary labour.\n\nYou will play a key role in improving efficiency across Danone’s European operations by leading strategic sourcing initiatives and managing supplier relationships across Professional Services categories.\n\nYour responsibilities will include:\n\n Manage over €700M in annual Professional Services spend across Europe, covering Real Estate, Outsourced Professional Services, IT, Travel, Compensation and Benefits (HR categories), and MICE (meetings and events).\n\n Lead the development of category strategies in partnership with business stakeholders and C&P teams.\n\n Ensure efficient, comprehensive implementation of category strategies and key regional/global projects across 7 CBUS ensuring that local needs are met.\n\n Engage, influence and guide senior stakeholders—primarily country board members and global or regional functional VPs and leads—to secure buy-in for category strategies and sponsorship for implementation.\n\n Manage a team of 3 direct reports (FTEs).\n\n Manage category budgets and forecasts with a clear understanding of P&L impact.\n\n Ensure compliance with Danone policies and processes.\n\nKEY DELIVERABLES\n\n Deliver productivity and continuous improvement projects\n\n Develop category strategies\n\n Improve payment terms\n\n Conduct RFX negotiations\n\n Manage contracts\n\n Ensure compliance with processes and policies\n\n Manage supplier relationships\n\n Develop business continuity plans\n\n Support team development.\n\nThis role is based in DPA - Hoofddorp office in the Netherlands, with approximately 20% travel within Europe. You will report to Ana Belén Cortez, EU Director Professional Services & CBU’s.\n\nAbout you\n\nYou are an experienced procurement leader with 10+ years of experience in complex, international organisations. You have successfully developed and implemented procurement strategies, managed significant spend and led transformation across multiple markets and stakeholder groups.\n\nYou are comfortable navigating ambiguity and simplifying complex challenges into clear, actionable solutions. With strong business acumen and influencing skills, you can build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and secure alignment across local, regional and global teams.\n\nYou also bring:\n\n Proven experience managing and developing teams, both directly and indirectly.\n\n Strong negotiation, analytical and financial management skills, with a clear understanding of P&L impact.\n\n Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects across different countries and cultures.\n\n A collaborative, proactive and results-driven mindset.\n\n Confidence using data, digital solutions and AI tools to support decision-making.\n\nTechnical Competencies:\n\n Prorement category strategies, including supplier relationships, market risk, innovation, continuous improvement and business continuity planning.\n\n Experience managing indirect procurement categories (Top Line and/or Professional Services).\n\n English required; French highly advantageous.\n\nAbout Danone\n\nCycles & Procurement is right at the heart of making the Danone vision One Planet. Through what and how we source, we shape the world in which we operate & we build the future for Danone. With our Cycles we protect and secure our key resources (Milk, Water and Plastic) & we take a strategic approach to Procurement to support the business and social agenda of Danone. We secure competitive, sustainable resources, seek innovative solutions, and partner up with suppliers aligned to our vision.\n\nWe offer:\n\nAll Danoners receive a complete package of benefits. This includes a competitive salary and yearly bonus, a premium free pension, 30 days of annual leave (with the opportunity to purchase more) and you will receive a monthly health care allowance. In addition, you can get discount on your gym membership, and we offer initiatives focused on nutrition, physical, and mental health. 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