Senior Commercial Procurement Category Manager - Direct Materials & Innovation

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Senior Commercial Procurement Category Manager – Direct Materials & Innovation Glanbia Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey The Opportunity: The Senior Commercial Procurement Category Manager is responsible for the end-to-end strategy, value creation, and innovation enablement across strategically critical ingredients and pre-mix direct material categories. This role serves as a strategic business partner to R&D, Operations, Commercial, Product Strategic Management (PSM), and Finance—delivering competitive advantage through supply market intelligence, supplier innovation, total cost leadership, and speed-to-market enablement. Essential Functions: Category Strategy & Value Roadmap: - Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned to enterprise growth objectives. - Build and manage value creation roadmaps (cost savings, avoidance, innovation, working capital, resilience). - Serve as Regional or Global Category Owner as assigned. - Deliver measurable procurement value contribution. Innovation & New Product Enablement: - Embed procurement into the product development lifecycle. - Enable rapid sourcing solutions for n...