Procurement Strategy Director - EMEA APAC

Requisition ID: 35445

For over two centuries, Molson Coors has been bringing people together over a cold beer, but today, our modern portfolio of award-winning brands extends beyond beer to meet the evolving tastes and preferences of our consumers.

With a presence in over 100 countries and a team of 16,000 talented employees globally, we take pride in our traditions, brands and the role we play in uniting people to celebrate all life’s moments.

As one of the world’s leading beverage companies, we are passionate about promoting responsible drinking and creating a sustainable future.

In addition to popular favourites like Carling, Staropramen and Bordosi, our EMEA APAC divisional beverage portfolio includes MGD, Coors, Madrí Excepcional and Blue Moon. We also have an expanding and evolving premium spirits range.

As a People First organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working options.

Your Purpose

As Procurement Strategy Director (EMEA APAC), you’ll be accountable for the development and execution of all major procurement category strategies and negotiations across the EMEA & APAC division. This newly created role blends strategic leadership, category expertise, and insight to shape the future of procurement across a newly formed and evolving team. You will set the long-term vision for all major categories, define engagement rules, and ensure inter-dependencies, risks, and opportunities are clearly laid out.

You will be responsible for articulating a 3-year ambition for category strategy and building actionable 1-, 2-, and 3-year plans. A strong understanding of data access, benchmarking, and analysis is critical, along with the ability to interpret P&L dynamics—both internally and across suppliers—to identify margin opportunities and apply category-based sourcing principles.

This is a key leadership role within the Divisional Procurement Structure, reporting directly to the Divisional Procurement Director and sitting on the divisional leadership team. It is one of only two roles operating at the divisional level, with visibility across the entire division. While you won’t directly own categories, you will ensure strategic consistency and lead the category approval process.

Internally, you’ll build strong relationships across the EMEA APAC division and with North American counterparts to drive global procurement synergy. Externally, you’ll lead negotiations for key commercial contracts exceeding €1B, operating at MD/CEO level and establishing top-to-top supplier relationships and governance models.

This role could be based in any of the following countries: Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, United Kingdom. There will be a requirement for ad-hoc business travel within Europe.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for the development and overseeing execution of category strategies for all major divisional areas of spend across EMEA APAC, ensuring strategic plans hit our procurement commitments across cost, quality, delivery, supply assurance, ESG and innovation targets. Will lead for the long-term vision.
• Lead and manage the senior Procurement Strategy Team through a clear development and engagement plan linked to the Divisional Procurement Strategy. Utilise new technologies (where available) to create additional market leverage. Role is on the divisional leadership team so will heavily influence the functional strategy and delivery of commitments.
• Personally role model synergy behaviours by challenging all areas of spend in a strategic way, building clear plans together with the regional procurement directors, global counterparts and wider business leadership team. Lead risk management and supply assurance (including divisional MSA execution) for major categories.
• Build strong relationships across divisional stakeholder groups in particular the DLT/RLT teams to support and drive the procurement agenda forward. Approver at EMEA APAC Sourcing and Category Review Boards.
• Accountable for all major divisional supplier/partner negotiations, supplier relationships, performance monitoring, contract management and arrangements to MD/CEO level.

About You

You’ll be able to show the following skills and experience throughout the assessment process:

• Significant experience in a divisional/global Procurement leadership role within a procurement function.
• Ability to build senior procurement and category relationships across the division and globally, internally and externally.
• Leadership capability of multi-functional teams, including internal and external stakeholder management at all levels.
• Experience in setting and executing a functional procurement strategy and procurement team development plan.
• Strong experience of Influencing and leading change on multi-million € projects.
• Experience in leading category procurement teams and purchasing/negotiating all category types (Indirects and Directs).
• Proven track record of setting and delivering year over year total procurement financial targets (TPFV).
• Ability to operationally execute and contribute to key category strategies in a matrix working model.
• Experience leading for supplier communication plans.
• Understanding of world class procurement techniques, tools and processes.
• Significantly experienced in strategic sourcing, supplier management, spend analysis, scope 3 commitments, e-sourcing, supplier quality standards and contract negotiation skills across multiple procurement categories.

Molson Coors Beverage Company: Building Careers

Molson Coors Beverage Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we seek, value and respect everyone’s unique perspectives and experiences knowing that we are stronger together.

Our aim to build a skilled and highly engaged workforce that unites around our shared values and reflects our diverse marketplace; and foster a workplace where all employees’ unique talents, skills and perspectives are valued and leveraged – where all people feel that we are #BetterWithYou. This makes our talent strategy simple – we want the best talent in all our roles, regardless of their background.

We are Disability Confident Committed. If you require any additional assistance or adjustments in advance of, or during the application and/or hiring process, please contact us at [email protected]. We want you to succeed and will be happy to support you.