Europe Direct Procurement Specialist

About this role

At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta is seeking a Europe Direct Procurement Specialist. Accountabilities Execute end-to-end sourcing activities across Direct Procurement categories, including growers and parent production, logistics, production services, and production inputs, packaging and discards.

Translate global category strategies into regional sourcing actions, ensuring alignment with approved supplier panels, commercial frameworks and procurement governance. Manage regional supplier relationships, monitor performance against agreed KPIs, service levels and quality standards, and escalate risks or issues as needed. Lead sourcing processes including market intelligence, demand and supplier management, negotiations, supplier selection and contract implementation.

Maintain accurate procurement data and documentation in SAP/S4 and related systems, supporting compliance, audit readiness and reliable performance reporting. Track regional spend, savings, PPV, supplier performance, PO compliance and contract-renewal pipelines; identify and escalate value opportunities. Partner with Production, Supply Chain, Finance, Agronomy and global procurement teams to support operational requirements and regional planning.

Contribute regional market intelligence, supplier insights and execution learnings to global category strategy and transformation initiatives. Required At Syngenta we are highly people focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Leaders are expected to communicate effectively, develop teams and lead by example. Our industry and our function are changing rapidly so we are looking for new team members with a strong desire to develop themselves.

4–6 years’ experience in procurement, sourcing operations or supply chain; experience in agribusiness, agricultural inputs or production services is advantageous. Hands-on experience managing suppliers and delivering sourcing activities across multiple spend categories. Strong understanding of procurement operations, sourcing processes, purchase-to-pay and supplier management principles. Working knowledge of SAP/S4 or a comparable procurement ERP system, including purchase orders, supplier master data and GR/IR processes.