MEU Strategic Sourcing Manager - IFM
Mondelez International, Digbeth, Birmingham
MEU Strategic Sourcing Manager - IFM
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Mondelez International, Digbeth, Birmingham
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 3 days ago, 19 Jun | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter. You'll be leading the strategic sourcing and management of key Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) contracts and regional specialized services contracts, ensuring optimal supplier selection, contracting, driving the productivity agenda, and continuous improvement across multiple markets in Europe. You will serve as the central coordination point between the organization and strategic IFM partners, driving efficiency, innovation, and sustainable growth. How you will contribute You will:
- Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing activities for IFM contracts and regional specialized services contracts, from market analysis and supplier identification through to contract award, contracting and ongoing management
- Manage a portfolio of key IFM contracts across hard and soft services, ensuring obligations are met by all parties, providing support in case of escalations, and ensuring consistent service delivery across markets
- Draft, negotiate, and finalize IFM contract documentation including all relevant contractual elements (commercial, legal, risk, operational)
- Contribute to governance routines (monthly/quarterly reviews, dashboards, scorecards) and ensure proper follow-up on defined action points
- Manage sourcing events in accordance with governance procedures
- Identify and mitigate contractual and supply chain risks
- Ensure compliance with contract terms, regulatory requirements, and health & safety legislation
- Manage dispute resolution processes and escalation procedures with IFM suppliers; serve as single point of contact for issue management and escalations
- Drive standardization of tools, templates, and data collection methods across all markets
- Facilitate sharing of best practices, lessons learned, and internal benchmarking to identify high-performing sites and replicate success
- Drive productivity initiatives and help local teams identify efficiency opportunities
- Maintain accurate contract records and documentation within contract management systems, Consistent performance and reporting across all contracted markets
- Measurable productivity improvements and best practice sharing across sites
- Stronger, more strategic supplier partnerships supporting mutual growth and innovation
Strong strategic sourcing expertise and commercial acumen - Contract law knowledge and legal/commercial awareness
- Expertise in contract performance management and KPI frameworks
- Excellent analytical and financial skills; comfortable working with data
- Risk identification and mitigation capabilities
- Dispute resolution and negotiation skills at senior stakeholder level
- Skilled communicator able to engage with senior stakeholders across countries
- Proactive, structured, and solution-oriented mindset Job specific requirements:
- Master degree in relevant field (preferred: economy, management, facility management)
- 7+ years' experience in strategic sourcing or contract management, preferably within FM/IFM or built environment in a multi-country environment
- Demonstrable experience managing high-value, complex IFM service contracts across multiple markets
- Strong understanding of FM service delivery models and performance management
- Understanding of FM legislation (H&S at Work Act, CDM Regulations, TUPE)
- Fluent in English (other European languages an advantage)
- Willingness to travel occasionally within Europe
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about. We have a rich portfolio of strong brands - both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.