Sr Buyer Ingredients
About this position
Responsibilities
• Manage $ 35-40 million of Other Vegetables, Food Additives, Edible Oils, Dairy, Processed Grains, Fruits & Nuts material spend.
• Procure all the materials under those categories to ensure sustainable and smooth production processes by negotiating contracts with suppliers with the most optimal terms and conditions while never compromising service and quality.
• Develop profound sourcing strategy that could be applied to foster saving and more stable supply including key supplier relationship management.
• Collaborate with Procurement Global Category Lead and Procurement Global Risk Commodity to formulate robust sourcing strategy implementation and stakeholder’s management.
• Proactively propose value engineering ideas and benchmark from food and beverage industry.
• Support innovation material by providing new arrays of supply base.
• Prepare and manage the annual budget for the categories, providing regular updates.
• Manage alternative supplier and material development for critical sole/single source items.
• Formulate roadmap of working capital enhancement program with suppliers.
• Monitor contract utilization management with supply planning team.
• Ensure quality enforcement for claims and ask for sustainable preventive and corrective actions.
Requirements
• Strong negotiation skills and experience in supplier management.
• Proven track record in strategic sourcing and procurement.
• Ability to analyze market trends and develop sourcing strategies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience in managing budgets and financial planning.
• Knowledge of the food and beverage industry is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to propose innovative solutions.