Supply Chain Procurement Buyer for MCE (1-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? 38,767 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 HQs in Luxembourg, we are currently looking for a Supply Chain Buyer Region Multi-Countries reporting to the Area Supply Chain Procurement Europe and locally to the Region Procurement MCE.
Main Responsibilities:
By covering this position, you will actively contribute to the execution of the category strategy on local market.
You will also perform market and spend analysis, and provide the management with updated specific analysis to continuously improve the procurement performance.
You will manage procurement activities ensuring product availability with agreed quality and service levels while optimizing value for Ferrero. Moreover, you will be led to apply the internal methodologies, procedures, and tools.
Analyzing the relative market, identifying suppliers that are potentially suitable to Ferrero Group requirements in terms of quality and innovation will be as well under your responsibility.
On top of that, you will help in conducting negotiation with suppliers of the category of responsibility, in alignment with internal procedures and Ferrero Code of Business Conduct & Supplier Code.
You will contribute to define contracts that minimize TCO and meet qualitative, quantitative, deadlines and service level standards and contribute to the risk profile evaluation for the category of responsibility.
Finally, your mission will be to maintain, consolidate, and improve relationships with existing suppliers, to ensure continuity, manage criticalities and strengthen common objectives.
Who we are looking for:
You will bring your university background in Business Administration, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain or similar.
You are a professional with around 2-3 years of experience in Procurement and/or Supply Chain.
You are demonstrating knowledge in supplier selection and qualification, tender/bid management, strategic sourcing, suppliers' portfolio management, budgeting, contract management, suppliers' performance
evaluation and supplier risk management.
On top of this, you will bring your fluency in English.
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.