Manager Sourcing

Sibelco Group

The Role

Overview

Manage sourcing strategy and purchasing for packaging waste glass material.

Key Responsibilities

  • new sourcing
  • supplier retention
  • sourcing strategy
  • supplier development
  • market monitoring
  • material availability

Tasks

-Initiate and develop new sourcing opportunities to boost business efficiency. -Retain the number of existing suppliers -Co-develop and implement an ambitious sourcing strategy for material and area in a highly competitive environment. -Number of new suppliers and develop strategies to meet changing market -Keep abreast of market conditions and changes in order to revise and develop strategies to meet changing market requirements -Develop and maintain the availability and quality of the material with an effective and performing sourcing unit.

Requirements

  • glass recycling
  • negotiation
  • 3+ years
  • problem-solving
  • business degree
  • travel

What You Bring

-Relevant experience in glass recycling and sourcing, or other packaging recycling (paper, plastic). -Excellent negotiation and communication skills. -At least 3 years of commercial or management experience in the waste management industry. -Financial principles and basic understanding of logistics. -Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills. -Basic understanding of glass recycling technologies & waste management systems. -Business or Management degree. -Fluency in English, both verbal and written. -Suppliers’ sites visiting (waste management facilities), require regular travelling across the country and will include working with the complexity of business models -Willingness to travel regularly across the country for supplier site visits.

The Company

About Sibelco Group

-It mines and refines high-spec industrial minerals—such as silica, feldspathics, kaolin, clays, and olivine. -A leader in glass recycling, it expanded into North America by acquiring Strategic Materials in 2024. -Its minerals support industries from building and infrastructure to high-tech applications like semiconductors and smartphone screens. -Typical projects involve supplying mineral feedstock for glass, ceramics, coatings, polymers, water filters, and renewable-energy components. -Unusual fact: it processes some of the world’s most precise minerals used in smartphone displays and solar technology.

Sector Specialisms

Glass

Ceramics

Construction

Coatings

Polymers

Water Purification

Foundry

Steel

Refractory

Welding

Mining

Pulp & Paper

Renewable Energy

Solar Technology

Drinking Water Sanitation

Industrial Minerals

Glass Recycling