Raw Material Buyer (one-year fixed-term contract)
Job Location: Senningerberg
Luxembourg
Company description
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.
Diversity Statement
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
About the Role:
For our Ferrero HQ based in Luxembourg, we are currently looking for a Raw Material Buyer who will be reporting directly to the Flavors, Fruits & Colors Procurement Category Manager.
By covering this role, you will guarantee the purchase of Flavors, Fruits & Colors in accordance with defined guidelines to ensure that the company operational needs are met, considering price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply running the purchase order with a set supplier base.
Main Responsibilities:
In this position, you will contribute to the definition of the purchasing strategy based on business needs.
You will be involved in the financial planning for some specific projects, while ensuring alignment between proper budget management and purchasing business objectives.
Moreover, your mission will be to collaborate with other functions in the definition of policies, quality criteria, legal, environmental, ethical to purchase goods/services.
You will also ensure timely information to the other functions concerning contract framework agreements.
Conducting negotiations with suppliers in alignment with internal procedures and Ferrero Code of Business Conduct will be as well under your responsibility.
You will ensure the competition between suppliers and subcontractors.
On top of this, you will apply and implement purchasing policies, vendor management and developing policies, based on technical, organizational, economical and international financial knowledge, to reach the best possible results according to Group requirements in terms of timing and flexibility.
You will ensure purchase orders management, looks for Request for Proposals from vendors, proposing qualified and suitable alternatives.
Your role will be to analyze, align and evaluate offers received, to select the best available alternatives, while monitoring operative KPIs (service level, quality, etc.)
You will maintain, consolidate and improve relationships with existing suppliers, to ensure continuity, manage criticalities and strengthen common objectives.
Finally, you will be responsible for items having contracts managed locally, presence of Global Master Agreements, application of qualitative and quantitative contracts standards.
Who we are looking for:
You will bring your educational background in Procurement, Business, or any similar field with 2-4 years of experience.
Proactive, you are showing excellent communication skills to interact with different internal and external stakeholders.
Moreover, you will bring your proficiency in MS Office tools (Excel, PPT) and SAP.
Finally, you are fluent in English.
Does this opportunity sound good to you? Apply & join the Ferrero family!
How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.