Global Indirect Materials Director Job

Global Indirect Materials Director

Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands, global travel required Work Arrangement: Hybrid

About the Role

We are looking for a person to work in our headquarters in Rotterdam, to collaborate with regional teams to design and lead Caldic's global Indirect Materials, Logistics & Freight Procurement model. This role drives indirect category strategy, cost productivity, logistics excellence, and supplier governance across all regions. Core to Meridian, this role embeds global governance, sourcing standardization, logistics visibility, and cost/risk control while enabling efficient regional execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Own global indirect category strategies (MRO, packaging, services, utilities, facilities)
• Own global logistics & freight strategy (rates, carriers, modal mix, 3PL management)
• Lead indirect and freight tenders, negotiations, and contracting
• Establish global governance: RFP, negotiation, contracting, DoA compliance
• Drive cost productivity (TCO, freight optimization, consolidation)
• Build/improve/deploy logistics KPIs: freight cost, OTIF, reliability, carrier performance
• Lead supplier/carrier segmentation, performance mgmt.,, and risk frameworks
• Partner with Operations on network design, freight optimization, cost‑to‑serve
• Support Meridian through indirect procurement + logistics governance & tooling
• Build indirect procurement capability globally

Decision rights

• Ownership of global indirect categories and logistics strategies
• Authority over supplier/carrier selection, negotiation parameters, contracting
• Joint accountability for service reliability, freight cost, and indirect spend governance

First 6 months

• non‑negotiable deliverables
• Global indirect category strategies launched
• Global freight/logistics baseline + productivity roadmap
• Freight visibility + carrier dashboards live
• Indirect spend transparency + governance model established
• Meridian indi...