Company Description
Who we are?
We are JDE Peet’s. We craft coffee for every cup and build brands for every heart.
JDE Peet’s - now part of Keurig Dr Pepper – is the world’s leading pure-play coffee company, with a presence in more than 100 markets. Guided by our ‘Reignite the Amazing’ strategy, we are focused on brand-led growth across three big bets: Peet’s, L’OR, and our 10 strategically selected local icons led by Jacobs. In 2025, JDE Peet’s generated total sales of EUR 9.9 billion and employed a global workforce of more than 21,000 employees. Discover more about our journey to deliver a coffee for every cup and a brand for every heart at www.jdepeets.com.
What’s it like to work at JDE Peet’s?
We believe amazing things happen over a cup of coffee. Together, we create those moments every day, turning ideas into impact and possibilities into reality. At JDE Peet’s, we work as one team guided by our values: we Dare to Amaze, Own It, Make It Simple, and Win Together. Here, you’ll find the freedom to innovate, the courage to take bold steps, and the support to grow your career in a global environment.
Come join our team and discover what your cup of amazing can be!
Find out more at http://careers.jdepeets.com
Job Description
As Global Strategic Sourcing Manager for Marketing, you'll own the sourcing strategies for a significant global marketing spend portfolio, with a primary focus on Creative and Production categories across JDE Peet’s global brand portfolio. Reporting to the Global Strategic Sourcing Director Indirect, you'll develop and execute robust sourcing strategies while building strong supplier partnerships that enable marketing excellence, innovation, agility, and value creation across the organisation.
This is a role for someone with sharp commercial instincts, deep understanding of the advertising ecosystem, and strong expertise across creative, content production, and agency operating models. You will operate in a highly dynamic global matrix environment where strategic thinking, influence, and commercial impact are critical.
We are looking for a highly experienced procurement leader with strong marketing industry intelligence and a deep understanding of the global agency and production landscape, including creative agencies, production companies, digital content partners, influencer ecosystems, and emerging AI-enabled creative models. The successful candidate combines procurement excellence with strong marketing acumen and the ability to translate industry trends, agency economics, and evolving marketing models into competitive sourcing strategies and impactful negotiation outcomes.
What you'll be doing:
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Develop and execute robust global sourcing strategies for Creative and Production categories, delivering cost savings, value creation, operational efficiency, and risk management across the marketing ecosystem
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Lead strategic category planning across key marketing spend areas including creative agencies, integrated campaigns, digital content production, social content, adaptation and transcreation, ecommerce content, influencer production, and studio models
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Build and manage strategic supplier relationships, driving continuous improvement and positioning JDE as a customer of choice across the global marketing supplier ecosystem
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Act as a trusted advisor to senior Marketing, Brand, Procurement, and Finance stakeholders by bringing strong external market insights, agency intelligence, benchmarking, commercial innovation, and negotiation strategies
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Identify productivity opportunities while balancing creativity, quality, innovation, speed-to-market, and business impact
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Monitor advertising industry trends, evolving agency models, AI-driven creative transformation, and emerging supplier capabilities to proactively shape sourcing strategies
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Collaborate closely with Media and Marketing Technology procurement teams to support integrated marketing and connected ecosystem decisions
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Ensure compliance, risk management, and continuous delivery against procurement and business targets
Qualifications
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6+ years of procurement or strategic sourcing experience across Marketing, Creative, Production, or Agency categories in a global environment
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Strong knowledge of the advertising ecosystem, including agency operating models, production economics, scopes of work, and commercial frameworks
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Proven experience negotiating complex agreements with global creative agencies, production companies, and marketing suppliers
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Strong track record delivering cost and value results in a complex, fast-paced international environment
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Experience developing category strategies
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Excellent negotiation, supplier and project management, stakeholder influencing, and communication skills
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Strong commercial mindset combined with curiosity about advertising innovation, digital transformation, and AI-enabled marketing models
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Comfortable operating in ambiguous and dynamic environments with high expectations and multiple priorities
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Degree level education; MBA or further qualification preferred
Additional Information
Your application at JDE Peet's
If you are interested in this career opportunity at JDE Peet's, apply and join us. After receiving your application we will do our utmost to give you quick feedback. Part of the recruitment procedure at JDE Peet's would be an online assessment, followed by interviews. A pre-employment check can be part of the recruitment process.
Our DE&I Statement
At JDE Peet’s we aim to create a better future where we authentically serve, reflect and embrace everyone. We believe in fostering a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation where everyone feels comfortable to truly be who they are and unleash their full potential. This means we do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of our race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, age, disability, or any other trait protected by law.
JDE Peet’s - now part of Keurig Dr Pepper – is the world’s leading pure-play coffee company, with a presence in more than 100 markets. Guided by our ‘Reignite the Amazing’ strategy, we are focused on brand-led growth across three big bets: Peet’s, L’OR, and our 10 strategically selected local icons led by Jacobs.
