Junior Buyer, Flex - Brantford, Canada - FERRERO
Description
Job Location:
Brantford:
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.
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.About the Role:
The junior buyer, flex and aluminum will manage procurement activities and categories packaging of competence under its jurisdiction, ensure the availability of products with the highest levels of service and quality, and optimize costs.
Main Responsibilities:
SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT & STRATEGIC SOURCING
- Effectively manage daily relationships with external suppliers
- Continuously analyze the market supply and outsourcing to implement innovative ideas (new technologies, new materials, etc.)
- Continuously monitor the performance of its suppliers by means of appropriate KPIs to ensure reliability of supply, compliance with quality standards of service expected, evaluate the reliability and competitiveness of the financial market, identification of corrective actions
PURCHASE ORDER PROCESS
- Manage the purchase order process for input materials under its area of competence from approved requisition to PO received and support goods receipt; full responsibility every day to assign orders in accordance with the specifications assigned in accordance with the institutional strategies agreed times (PMT, Budget, SAF) in optimization based on costs and ensure the level of service expected
BUDGET
- Receive data from Planning department on the annual requirements for packaging
- Ensure the forwarding of data to manage suppliers and create a forecast request
- Ensure the collection of proposals, make comparisons and evaluations
- Guarantee forecast for all principal costs for purchase of materials
IMPLEMENT THE CENTRAL STRATEGIES
- Manage Local Purchases in coordination with the central reference category
- Report all savings Opportunities
- Declination or implementation of core strategies
- Decline or adapt local group strategy
INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT
- Manage and coordinate internal relations with the different actors of the process (Inter-Purchasing, Planning, Quality and central department in particular) in the optimization perspective of the value chain
SELECTION OF SUPPLIERS
- Ensure the search for local suppliers of packaging in compliance with quality standards established by Headquarters
- Ensure the possibility of using alternative suppliers guarantee the selection through specific meetings with potential suppliers
NEGOTIATIONS
- Guarantee the negotiation of packaging prices and contract terms, in compliance with budget and Group objectives and guidelines
EVALUATION OF SUPPLIERS
- Ensure ongoing supplier evaluation for all the suppliers under its area of responsibility by managing complaints from Supply Chain, Production, Quality, Maintenance
- Manage noncompliance issues with suppliers, request and monitor corrective action when necessary
- Support to Central Departments for the management of noncompliance issues with suppliers, request and monitor corrective action when necessary
INVOICE MANAGEMENT
- Collaborate with Finance to verify the incoming invoices correspond to issued orders, and resolve discrepancies
- Guarantee the correct support for solving of work items and related issues on invoicing process
QUALITY AND FOOD SAFETY
- Ensure all program requirements/standards regarding quality and food safety are implemented, practiced and maintained
Who we are looking for:
- Knowledge of the supplier market, qualitative specifications for packaging, price agreements, purchasing process and related procedures;
- Knowledge of principal manufacturing processes
- Technical knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes
- Experience with purchasing techniques: negotiating skills, RFI, RFQ, budgeting, market analysis, risk management, price management
- Legal knowledge in the drafting of standard documents: orders, contracts, commercial law
- Knowledge and use of management tools, analysis and control
- Good knowledge of the logistics process
- SAP modules purchases expeirence
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.
Diversity Statement:
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunitie
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