Hazelnut Company Chile - Procurement Buyer (Maternity Leave)

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 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? Nearly 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. 

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.

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Procurement Buyer to join our team on a fixed-term contract covering a maternity-leave absence. The selected candidate will guarantee procurement of materials in accordance with the defined Category Strategy to ensure that the company’s operational needs are met, considering price, quality, and delivery. This role involves collaborating with various functions, conducting negotiations, managing supplier relationships, driving scouting and selection of new suppliers, and monitoring performance to optimize procurement processes and ensure continuity of supply.

• Contributes to defining the procurement strategy of the Category of responsibility, in alignment with medium and long-term Group strategies and responding to business needs
• Elaborates and ensures the budget and medium-term plan, according to Group strategy
• Manages procurement activities (i.e. price list, quote allocation, etc.) for the Category of responsibility, ensuring product availability with agreed quality and service levels while optimizing value for Ferrero and applying the internal methodologies, procedures and tools
• Manages vendor scouting to check potential new opportunities in the market
• Performs market analyses for the Category of responsibility, constantly monitors the market, and provides management with updated specific analysis
• Conducts negotiation with suppliers of the Category of responsibility, in alignment with internal procedures and Ferrero Code of Business Conduct
• Ensures competition between suppliers
• Applies and implements procurement 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
• Ensures purchase orders management, looks for Request for Proposals from vendors, proposing qualified and suitable alternatives
• Analyses, aligns and evaluates offers received, to select the best available alternatives - Monitors operative KPIs (service level, quality, etc.)
• Maintains, consolidates and improves relationships with existing suppliers, to ensure continuity, manage criticalities and strengthen common objectives
• Supports for item having contracts managed locally, presence of Global Master Agreements, application of qualitative and quantitative contracts standards
• Supports supplier claim management along with relevant stakeholders
• Supports work item management to ensure on time payments
• Supports the implementation of sustainability initiatives plan in day-to-day procurement activities
• Ensures supplier compliance with sustainability standards

• Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or other related fields
• 2-3 years of relevant procurement work experience
• Strong communication skills
• Enthusiasm and commitment to excellence with a result-oriented approach
• Flexible, reliable, detail-oriented, autonomous and detail-oriented
• Stakeholder management skills (interacting openly and comfortably, anticipating and balancing their needs)
• Analytical and reporting skills and problem-solving abilities
• Skills to perform duties and responsibilities in alignment with the company's ethical standards and values
• Ability to work under pressure, to deal with conflicts and uncertainty
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Previous experience with SAP
• Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English

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.