Logistics Procurement Manager – Italy, United Kingdom & Germany Lead

Earlier this year, Unilever announced an agreement to combine its Foods business with McCormick & Company, creating a scaled global flavour powerhouse. The proposed combination would bring together iconic Foods brands, including Hellmann’s and Knorr, with McCormick’s portfolio to create a global leader across spices, seasonings, condiments and complementary food categories, supported by strong retail and foodservice platforms. McCormick brings more than 135 years of heritage, a presence in 150+ countries and territories, and a portfolio of trusted brands. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, with completion estimated for mid-2027.
Job Title Logistics Procurement Manager – Italy, United Kingdom & Germany Lead
Function Procurement
Reports to Logistics Procurement Director
Scope Italy, United Kingdom & Germany
Country Location and Worksite Details Poland Katowickie Centrum Biznesu
JOB PURPOSE
This role exists to lead end-to-end logistics procurement for Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany, managing approximately €50 million in spend and translating country and network needs into coordinated sourcing, supplier and operational plans. The role develops a multi-country strategy across transportation, warehousing and relevant freight services aligned with the Europe logistics agenda, while maintaining distinct country plans that reflect local regulation, customs and cross-border exposure, infrastructure constraints and supplier-market conditions. Working with country Supply Chain, Customer Operations, Finance, Legal, factories, distribution teams and providers, the role enables value, service, resilience, compliance and cross-country leverage across key European markets.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead, develop and empower the logistics procurement team of two FTEs, including this Manager role, with one Assistant Manager reporting directly, responsible for approximately €50 million managed spend across Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Lead end-to-end logistics procurement for Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany, translating country and network needs into coordinated sourcing, supplier and operational plans.
Develop a multi-country strategy across transportation, warehousing and relevant freight services, aligned with the Europe logistics agenda.
Maintain distinct country procurement plans and decision calendars that address local labour and transport regulation, customs exposure, infrastructure constraints and supplier-market conditions.
Lead sourcing, negotiation, contracting and provider selection, adapting commercial structures to country market, regulation, indexation and capacity conditions.
Own provider performance, risk and resilience across service, cost, quality, safety, capacity, sustainability and compliance.
Build value through route, load, modal and network optimisation, supplier alternatives, demand aggregation, benchmarking, contract compliance, forecasts and disruption response.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years of logistics procurement or supply-chain experience, with multi-country or complex market responsibility.
Strong sourcing, negotiation, contracting, analysis, supplier-management and stakeholder skills.
Demonstrated success leading multi-country logistics procurement strategies and programmes, with experience operating at comparable spend and organisational scale.
Fluent written and spoken English.
Enterprise leadership mindset, with the ability to set clear priorities, lead through ambiguity and logistics-market change, balance strategic thinking with execution, build trusted senior stakeholder relationships and develop the Assistant Manager while contributing to broader procurement capability development.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Exposure to Italy, United Kingdom or Germany logistics markets, providers, regulations or cost drivers.
Additional relevant European language capability.
Experience supporting cross-border logistics resilience, customs planning or multi-country supplier leverage.
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