[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Kraft Heinz Company jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Kraft Heinz Company # Senior Manager External Manufacturing – Meals and Local Brands EU Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Manager or lead Manufacturing & Production Listed on Kraft Heinz Company’s official careers site. Posted October 12, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Kraft Heinz Company’s careers site →](https://jobs.kraftheinz.com/careers/job/1970324837393052) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Kraft Heinz Company](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/) / Senior Manager External Manufacturing – Meals and Local Brands EU ## Job description ### Portfolio Ownership Lead and optimize a portfolio of external manufacturing partners across Europe, ensuring strong supply performance, service continuity, and continuous improvement. ### Team Leadership Manage and develop the external manufacturing team for the assigned portfolio, including direct people leadership, capability building, and performance management. ### Strategic Sourcing Develop, champion, and execute procurement and external manufacturing strategies that support business growth, innovation, value delivery, and long-term network resilience. ### Contract Negotiation Lead critical contract negotiations, including outsourcing evaluations, commercial terms, service expectations, and long-term partnership agreements. ### Risk Management Identify and mitigate quality, technical, business, and quality risks, implementing corrective and preventive actions to protect continuity of supply. ### Financial Planning Responsible for financial planning and cost management for assigned categories and spend areas, supporting topline growth, productivity, and innovation. ### Process Excellence Drive continuous improvement in external supply management, governance routines, and operating structure to maximize results in cost, quality, and service. ### Stakeholder Engagement Lead and influence senior stakeholders across Supply Chain, Operations, R&D, Marketing, Growth, Quality, and Procurement to deliver business objectives and enable growth. Please kindly note that you need to have an EU Working Permit (Orientation Year Visa not included) in order to proceed for this position. ### Educational Background Bachelor's or Master's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering or related fields. Additional competencies in Business Administration or Supply Chain are a plus. ### Years of Work Experience 9+ years of progressive growing experience in procurement, ideally with experience in FMCG, external manufacturing, direct procurement sourcing, or outsourced manufacturing environments. ### IT Skills & Knowledge Strong understanding of Excel and presentation development; familiarity with procurement systems (Ariba, SAP), financial planning, and data analytics is a must. ### Soft Skills Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, analytical mindset, organizational agility, priority setting, stakeholder management, commercial sense, resilience, and strong leadership capability. Professional Attributes Communication Skills - People are easily be exposed to senior management, no matter their level. Therefore, it's important to have excellent interpersonal skills, to take care of all kinds of different collaborators. Confident / Ability to give pushback - We like people who are go getters and are not easily thrown off their game, not even when getting resistance. ### Resilience - Having the ability to bounce back after a disappointment or set back, big or small is what we value. Always continue to move onward & upward. ### Commercial Sense - Always seeking for opportunities to expand your business and build more savings, while over delivering your targets. ### Analytical - We're a very data driven company, making it crucial to be able to translate complex data into a simple solution with an analytical approach. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 12, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Jul 11, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 99 days - Location: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands[Apply on Kraft Heinz Company’s careers site →](https://jobs.kraftheinz.com/careers/job/1970324837393052) ## More jobs at Kraft Heinz Company ### [Global Food Safety and Quality Intern](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/jobs/81454f6451ccc09c13bd/) Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands ### [Global Manufacturing - EHS Intern](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/jobs/d6d49d5b7e8bd51704d7/) Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands ### [AFH Key Accounts Manager, EPDM](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/jobs/553b28c519a7c089293f/) Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands ### [AFH Marketing Intern](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/jobs/68bf28f6c71e9a715fa4/) Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands ### [AFH Sales Intern](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/jobs/c153e0f4ae3f1b42f9ba/) Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Senior Manager, External Manufacturing Operations](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/thermo-fisher-scientific/jobs/9df45e07fa9f34516a4c/) Thermo Fisher Scientific · Singapore ### [Senior Quality Engineer - External Manufacturing_ Electronics (Mie or Shizuoka or Tokyo)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/merck-kgaa-germany/jobs/5f69c1f2300ba36c3550/) Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and its affiliates · Shizuoka, Japan ### [External Manufacturing Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/on-semiconductor/jobs/8588abe122849c0c8195/) ON Semiconductor · Petaling, Selangor, Malaysia ### [Staff Engineer, External Manufacturing Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/on-semiconductor/jobs/b7beaef3f9677eca1494/) ON Semiconductor · Zhubei, Hsinchu County, Taiwan ### [Analyst, External Manufacturing Finance](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/mondelez-international/jobs/7b3daf9eba115361ff9e/) Mondelez International · Mumbai, India OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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