Skip to main content

At Cargill, we care about your safety and want your job search experience to be a positive one. Unfortunately, there are scams out there where individuals pretend to be Cargill recruiters to try and collect personal information or request payment. Please know that Cargill will never ask you for money during the hiring process, and in most cases, we only accept applications through our official careers site, with the exception of some roles in our production plants. If something doesn't feel right or you have questions, don't hesitate to contact us. To learn more, visit our Notice on Fraudulent Job Offers.

Sourcing & Procurement Specialist

Apply Now
Job ID 326844 Date posted 05/12/2026 Location : Sas van Gent, Netherlands Category  STRATEGIC SOURCING / PROCUREMENT Job Status  Salaried Full Time

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The sourcing & procurement specialist will handle the link between multiple sites assigned, Procurement PM&S organization and the vendors to ensure Procurement Process compliance and ensure competitive pricing for the plant materials & services. The sourcing & procurement specialist will handle the link between multiple sites assigned (with first focus to Sas van Gent), before in time expanding scope in order to leverage greater cost efficiencies through multi-site contracts.

Key Accountabilities

  • Participate in local supplier selection and negotiations, may lead more complex selection and negotiation.
  • Follow-up of contractor performance.
  • Support the implementation of Select Supplier Agreement.
  • Identify the PM&S need for the plant and translate into marketable spec.
  • Procurement Processing
    - Challenge PR’s on the scope and necessity.
    - Ensure competitive pricing for PR’s: by checking if the PR is in line with a Procurement agreement and comparing PR competitiveness with market conditions.
  • Goal to improve cost competitiveness by 500K€/y.
  • Ensure Procurement Process Compliance.
  • Increase the maturity of our Source to Pay Process
    - Reducing text buying.
    - Support the automation of PO creation.
  • Conduct more complex research and analysis using a general understanding of data management and analytics and sourcing.
  • Supporting the local deployment and utilization of Corlido to bring value.
  • Seek to establish agreed rates of work with local embedded contractors.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience in procurement.
  • Minimum of two years of work experience in the services/maintenance category.
  • Fluent in English – daily work in an international environment.
  • Fluent in Dutch / Flemish – regular collaboration with regional stakeholders and suppliers.
  • Strong proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Solid negotiation and project management skills.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working with SAP.
  • Experience working in virtual, multi-cultural teams.

#LI-BD2

Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.

Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:  
Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargill

Cargill is committed to being an inclusive employer. Click here to find out more https://careers.cargill.com/diversity/

Apply Now

LinkedIn Job Matcher

Find where you fit in at Cargill. Log in to connect your LinkedIn profile and we’ll use your skills and experience to search the jobs that might be right for you.

Find Your Match

Our
stories

Learn how our purpose drives everything we do.

Learn More (Sustainable Coco)

Diversity,
Equity
& Inclusion

Our inclusive culture helps us shape the future of the world.

Learn More (Inclusion & Diversity)

Our Annual Report

Read Cargill’s Annual Report to see how we’re helping transform food and agriculture to build a food-secure world.

Learn More (Annual Report)

View All of Our Available Opportunities

Thrive

At Cargill, everyone matters and everyone counts. Cargill is committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. As such and in alignment with our Guiding Principles, Cargill’s long-standing equal employment opportunity policy prohibits discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, marital status, family status, citizenship status, veteran status, military status, union affiliation, or any other status protected by law.

Cargill also complies with all applicable national and local laws and regulations pertaining to non-discrimination and employment.

Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: Cargill, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Cargill”) have an internal recruiting department. Please review this notice.

US Employment Resources: Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

How to request a reasonable accommodation | Read about Federal equal employment opportunity laws (PDF) and the supplement (PDF) | Pay Transparency (PDF).

Cargill is a E-Verify Employer, see here for E-Verify participation information.

Canada Employment Resources: Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities. How to request a reasonable accommodation.

Protect yourself against recruitment fraud. We are aware that unauthorized individuals may have posed as Cargill recruiters, made contact about job opportunities, and extended job offers via text message, instant message or chat rooms. It’s also possible that job boards may have indicated rates of pay or list other employment terms not approved, endorsed or authorized by Cargill. To ensure a job posting and its full content are legitimate, note that it must be listed on one of Cargill’s official websites: https://www.cargill.com/ or https://careers.cargill.com/. Learn how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud.

© 2026 Cargill, Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.