Position Title:Head of Directs & CO-Man

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Requisition ID: 44509

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

The Sr. Manager- Directs and Co-Man is a critical enabler of the continuity and cost structure of India business. It is responsible for how we buy all direct materials and co-man today, with co-man being a newer addition.

The Procurement of Directs covers Oil, Dairy, Packaging, Batters, and other critical ingredients. The category contributes a significant share to the “TPC” (Total Product Cost). With India business growing tremendously, category is targeted to create massive value for the business in alignment with Global Procurement vision & pillars. As the category scale, some big bets (beyond value delivery) include risk management assessment & making strong supplier partner relations, while keeping sustainability at the core in all decisions we make.





With the addition of CoMan as well, this brings the need for more senior stakeholder interaction at an ILT (Leadership) level. The CoMan work supports the 2030 ambition. CoMan will play a pivotal role in shaping business strategy focusing on avenues for dominating current markets, unleashing innovation and being a key part of the make (CAPEX/Line time) vs. buy (CoMan) decisions. The total annual spend under influence is expected to be CAD 60M.

The McCain procurement team (150 total globally) is led by a Chief Procurement Officer through a team of Regional VP’s aligned by: APACSA, GB&I;, EMENA, North America, Latin America, Global Capital & MRO, Global Categories, and COE. The role will report into the Director - Procurement India, which is part of the APACSA region.

Not only is it a pivotal time in the India business, but it’s an exciting time of change and opportunity within the procurement function at McCain

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