Buyer, Facility Management & Operations Support
Work Arrangement
Office Days per Week: 3 days
Key Skills
Job Description
Position Title:Buyer, Facility Management & Operations Support
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 45317
- Lead sourcing activities for Facilities Management and Operations Support categories across the region.
- Drive the continuous improvement of the Global Asset Recovery Program (GARP) across manufacturing sites.
- Identify opportunities to maximize value recovery from waste streams, recyclable materials, surplus inventory, redundant equipment, and operational by-products.
- Work closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Sustainability, EHS, and Finance teams to identify opportunities and optimize asset utilization.
- Lead tenders, negotiations, contracting, and supplier performance management activities for indirect procurement categories.
- Analyze spend, disposal costs, recovery revenues, and market opportunities to improve financial returns
- Standardize processes and reporting across sites to improve visibility of recovery opportunities and program performance.
- Monitor supplier performance through KPIs, SLAs, and business reviews, ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and sustainability standards.
- Track and report value creation, cost savings, revenue generation, contract coverage, and sustainability impacts.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Finance, Sustainability, or a related field.
- 2-5 years of procurement, sourcing, category management, commercial, recycling, waste management, asset recovery, or circular economy experience.
- Strong commercial and analytical skills, with the ability to identify value creation opportunities through recovery and optimization initiatives.
- Experience negotiating contracts and managing suppliers across multiple countries and business units.
- Experience managing supplier performance through KPIs, SLAs, and continuous improvement programs.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills within a matrix organization.
- Understanding of waste, recycling, by-product management, circular economy practices, or asset recovery programs is highly desirable.
- Fluent in English; French and/or Dutch is an advantage.
- Willingness to travel regularly across GEM sites and supplier locations.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Job Family: Procurement
Location(s): NL - Netherlands : North Holland : Amsterdam
Company: McCain Foods Holland B.V.
Core Responsibilities
The Buyer will lead sourcing strategies for facility management and operations support while driving the Global Asset Recovery Program to maximize value from waste and surplus assets. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize asset utilization and ensure supplier performance meets commercial and sustainability objectives.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and possess 2-5 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or asset recovery. Strong analytical, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills are required, along with fluency in English.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model
- Remote work options
About ''
Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
At McCain, we believe food plays an important role in people’s lives, with the power to bring individuals, families, and communities together. As a privately owned family company since 1954 with a presence in over 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000+ people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. Our product quality, people and customer dedication help us achieve global sales in excess of CDN $16 billion. Through our investment and innovation agenda, we continue to be a global leader in prepared potato and appetizer products. At McCain, sustainability goes to the heart of our purpose as a business. For us, this purpose means working to put agronomy at the forefront of all we do to support the development of healthier soils which, over time, can lead to more sustainably sourced food. It means reducing our climate impact and improving the nutritional profile of our portfolio while also supporting the communities where we operate. 💛 #WeAreMcCain