Job Description:
You will be responsible for supporting the Ingredients Procurement Manager in driving the procurement strategy, identifying suppliers, driving price negotiations, driving saving projects through identification of alternative sourcing, provide market insights, and partnering with NPD and R&D.
What is the role?
- Work with Procurement execution team and the Business Units to ensure placement of orders with suppliers and tracking of the same, ensuring delivery as per agreed lead times with suppliers.
- To describe the value chain from farm to fork, by qualitative (data) and qualitative (know how on the matter)
- Stand in for Ingredient Procurement Manager in his/her absence
- To support the Procurement Manager and co-manage the company’s ingredient procurement function. Have complete knowledge of the ingredients (dairy, yeast, preservatives, enzymes, emulsifiers, stabilisers, flavours fats & oils etc) market, suppliers, and prices.
- Be proficient in food science technology in order to be able to engage proactively with R&D.
- Support maintenance by R&D of product specifications.
- Co-develop Ingredient procurement strategy and adherence to the same ensuring supply security.
- Together with Manager, ensure regular update of market insights of key ingredients, with focus on market and price development to enable strategic decision making.
- Have operational control over order execution team to ensure the internal SLA’s for placement and tracking of supplier orders, order to pay cycle.
- Drive annual and Year 1+ savings program with the R&D team.
- Liaise with suppliers and internal logistics team to ensure smooth transportation of products to business units.
- Work with planning team in Sudan to ensure that key planning parameters such as MOQ, order multiples, agreed order lead times, etc. are incorporated in the replenishment models.
- Monthly and quarterly reporting of order status and spend analysis.
- Liaise with other areas of the business as well as externally to obtain data in order to complete specifications.
- To work closely with technical and also the Raw Material Controller to ensure that all raw material specifications are up to date, robust and accurate.
- Utilize various data sources to ensure accuracy and consistency of data.
- To priorities work load to ensure customer expectations are met on time, whilst understanding that priorities can change rapidly and to be able to modify one’s work flow accordingly.
- Assist the senior management team to meet company goals by ensuring operational needs are met.
- To be in a position to travel to various supplier as well as customer sites in support of the procurement, commercial and/or technical team as needed.
- Ensure that there is technical, finance, procurement and operational approval throughout the process.
- Ensure a “Right first time” approach
- To assist in maintaining all business certifications and business unit approvals
Which are the knowledge, skills & experience required?
- Masters’ degree, with Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry and related Areas.
- At least 7 years of relevant working experience, preferably in a similar leading position within food industry.
- Extensive knowledge about raw materials, ingredients
- Fluent in English. Knowledge of Arabic will be a sur-plus.
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