Comprehensive Milk Sourcing Strategy for Spain (Canary islands included). Ensure consistent availability of high-quality milk while optimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). This includes strict adherence to Schreiber’s and its customers’ sustainability standards—covering environmental impact reduction, support for farmers’ livelihoods, and animal welfare—delivered with exceptional service performance.
Key Responsibilities:
Guarantee Compliance with Contractual Milk Quality Standards: ensure that all sourced milk meets the contractual specifications, including food safety, organoleptic properties, and any specific quality certifications such as V-log. This involves conducting quality audits of raw milk suppliers to verify compliance with technical requirements and applicable regulations. Additionally, collaborate closely with EQFS teams to resolve any issues related to milk quality.
Define and Manage Strategic Milk Supply Agreements: develop and formalize framework contracts with milk producers, cooperatives, and dairy industries, covering supply capacity, geographic origin, and required physicochemical and microbiological parameters—ensuring optimal purchasing conditions. Design and lead the milk supply strategy for production plants, focusing on cost-effective management of fat and protein balances. Ensure that all milk deliveries comply with internal standards and regulatory requirements, including the application of bonus/malus pricing mechanisms. Maintain and strengthen Schreiber’s market reputation through transparent and constructive negotiations with farmers.
Drive ESG Integration in Milk Sourcing Practices: design and actively promote Schreiber’s ESG policy in milk production, focusing on key pillars such as supporting farmers’ livelihoods, ensuring animal welfare, and minimizing carbon emissions. Ensure that volume allocation to farmers aligns with ISO 20400 ESG standards, reinforcing responsible and sustainable procurement practices.
Drive Continuous Improvement Initiatives Across Key Procurement Categories: lead and implement ongoing improvement projects focused on assigned categories, targeting cost optimization, enhanced quality standards, favorable payment terms, regulatory compliance, and robust risk management strategies.
Ensure Timely Reporting of Milk Market Data and Operational KPIs: deliver accurate and timely updates on raw milk pricing and other key performance indicators to internal and external stakeholders. This includes the formal submission of relevant reports and statistical data from production plants to Public Administration Authorities, such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, in compliance with regulatory requirements.
Foster Team Development and Embed Corporate Culture: provide leadership that supports the professional growth of the team, while actively promoting Schreiber’s values and organizational culture. Encourage the effective use of corporate systems and tools to ensure operational excellence and alignment with company standards.
Key Ingredients:
Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry, Veterinary, Engineering or related field
10+ years of experience in Dairy industry or animal production
Fluent in English & Spanish. Other languages will be a plus.
Smooth communication (both orally and in writing), discreet, and solution-oriented
Strong negotiation, interpersonal and leadership skills.
Ability to lead and work with cross-functional teams in identifying and implementing cost-saving initiatives.
Ability to work collaboratively and represent Schreiber’s interests to outside parties including suppliers, industry peers and consultants.
Strong knowledge of the dairy sector and of dairy product manufacture, flow diagrams, equipment, analytical techniques.
Capable of multi-tasking and able to drive numerous programs at different points of development simultaneously.
Deep knowledge of food safety systems.
Availability to travel up to 25% (on annual basis)
We're looking for great people who bring to life a culture of caring, partnership and customer commitment. Are you one of them? Join us.
Schreiber Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
What We Do
Schreiber Foods strives to do good through food every day. Based in North America, we’re a customer-brand leader in cream cheese, natural cheese, process cheese, beverages and yogurt.
Our more than 10,000 employees and presence on five continents enable us to be an essential ingredient in our customers’ success. With annual sales of more than $7 billion, we partner with the best retailers, restaurants, distributors and food manufacturers around the globe. We also recognize our responsibility to do good in the world and are driven to make a difference in everything we do.
We’ve come a long way since our start as a small cheese company in 1945. Today, our team is more than 10,000 strong at locations across North America, Europe, South America, Asia and Africa. But our commitment to providing safe food the right way has never changed.
At Schreiber, we call ourselves partners, not employees, and there’s a good reason behind that. Our work is more than just a job. We make the company grow. We help each other grow and take care of each other along the way. And, we all share in the rewards.
Our people are truly the heart of our company, and we're on a journey together. We work hard to find great people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and provide opportunities to help them grow. But it’s about more than a career at Schreiber. Like a family, we care deeply about each other.
We strive to foster an inclusive work environment where all our partners can thrive. We've increased our commitment to diversity and inclusion by creating an overarching Diversity and Inclusion Council, as well as resource groups for women, African Americans, Pride, Vets and more groups that give a voice to all of our partners.
We're always looking for passionate partners to join our team and bring to life our culture of being customer obsessed and brilliant at the basics. Want to learn more about our company? Visit us at www.schreiberfoods.com.
