About this role
About the role:
As a Sourcing & Regional Project Manager, you will lead sourcing activities and regional projects across the TIGA and MEA regions, with direct responsibility for non-cocoa raw materials, packaging materials and indirect procurement for the Turkey and Morocco plants.
You will play a key role in securing supply continuity, improving cost competitiveness, optimizing working capital and strengthening supplier performance. Acting as a strategic business partner, you will work closely with local, regional and global stakeholders to ensure sourcing decisions support operational and commercial goals.
This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded sourcing professional who enjoys combining market intelligence, negotiation expertise and project leadership in an international environment.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end sourcing activities, from market analysis and strategy development to negotiation, contracting and supplier performance management.
- Translate global and regional category strategies into sourcing plans aligned with business requirements.
- Build and develop reliable, competitive and compliant supplier portfolios.
- Monitor commodity markets, inflation, exchange rates, logistics trends and supply dynamics to support sourcing decisions.
- Prepare pricing models, cost analyses and sourcing recommendations based on data-driven insights.
- Lead supplier negotiations and manage purchasing commitments within approved authority levels.
- Develop strong supplier relationships and manage performance improvement initiatives.
- Resolve commercial, quality, service, capacity and compliance issues with suppliers.
- Identify opportunities for savings, margin improvement, working capital optimization and risk reduction.
- Support supplier qualification programs and sourcing initiatives linked to innovation and business development.
- Lead sourcing and procurement-related projects from planning through implementation.
- Manage timelines, risks, governance and benefit tracking.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of regional initiatives.
- Support value engineering, product development and investment projects through sourcing expertise.
- Collaborate with Planning, Operations, Quality, R&D, Engineering, Finance, Logistics, Sales, Legal and Sustainability teams.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, contracts, ethical standards and sustainability commitments.
- Maintain accurate supplier information, sourcing data, contracts and reporting.
- Act as a trusted advisor and sourcing partner across the organization.
About you :
- Minimum 7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement or commodity trading within an international manufacturing environment.
- Strong sourcing, negotiation, supplier management and project management skills.
- Strong financial and commercial acumen with the ability to interpret market dynamics and business implications.
- Experience working with commodity markets, inflation, logistics costs and exchange rate fluctuations.
- Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder environments and influence without direct authority.
- Strong analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving capabilities.
- Results-oriented, proactive and accountable.
- Commercially driven and strategically minded.
- Strong negotiator with excellent stakeholder management capabilities.
- Confident working independently while collaborating across multiple functions.
- Resilient, decisive and solution-focused.
- High level of integrity, ownership and attention to detail.
- Continuous improvement mindset with a strong focus on delivering business value.
- Experienced in multicultural and cross-functional environments.
- Advanced English and Turkish are required; French and/or Arabic are an advantage.
- Strong SAP and Excel skills.
- Willingness to travel approximately 20% domestically and internationally.
We offer:
- Direct employment with Barry Callebaut Turkey.
- A stable, long-term role in a global organization.
- Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, international environment.
- Exposure to regional (TIGA & MEA) and cross-functional collaboration.
- Opportunity to work closely with commercial, supply chain, sourcing, finance and manufacturing leaders across multiple countries.
- Learning and development opportunities within a global company.
- International career growth opportunities and internal mobility programs.
- A collaborative, inclusive and people-focused culture.
- The chance to make a real impact on sourcing strategy, supplier development and business performance across the region.