Manager Sourcing

Overview

Manage sourcing strategy for packaging waste glass, ensuring supply in a volatile market.

Key Responsibilities

• market analysis
• supplier retention
• new suppliers
• material quality
• sourcing strategy
• opportunity development

Tasks

-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. -Initiate and develop new sourcing opportunities to boost business efficiency. -Retain the number of existing suppliers -Number of new suppliers and develop strategies to meet changing market -Co-develop and implement an ambitious sourcing strategy for material and area in a highly competitive environment.

Requirements

• glass recycling
• business degree
• negotiation
• 3+ years
• strategic
• travel

What You Bring

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

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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.

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