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Technical Buyer - Indirect Spend

Location: 

Lebbeke-Wieze, BE, 9280

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role

 

The role of Technical Buyer - Indirect Spend, will work according to the BC Sourcing Policy for Technical – Indirect Spend and will: 

  • represent the BC sourcing department in the technical area
  • support indirect technical spending (Opex and Capex), and look for short-term opportunities through spot buy reduction. 
  • collaborate with the business - to give our company a competitive advantage in either technology or cost.

 

Key responsibilities

 

  • Analyze the needs for assigned spending categories.
  • Monitors and reports results and KPIs. Take actions where necessary to improve KPIs.
  • Provide service to internal customers (engineering and maintenance organization, Lab, R&D, HSE, Facility mgmt.)
  • Work on standardization of materials and services, supplier rationalization, implementing purchasing contracts, further streamlining purchasing processes, optimizing purchasing systems (implement catalogs etc.) & spend segmentation
  • Support strategic sourcing initiatives to deliver long-range programs for MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operating Supplies) and related capital services.
  • Support a complete follow-up of the entire procure-to-pay process ( p2p) (PO creation- Goods delivery- goods receipts – invoice payment).

 

About you

 

  • Bachelor's  Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, and/or Accounting.
  • 5 years of experience in a similar role.
  • Fluent in English and Dutch (written and verbal) required. French (written and verbal) is optional.
  • Experience with ERP systems (i.e. Maximo, SAP).
  • Experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PPT), Google Suite, BW/BO spend analytics.

 

 

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

If you want to learn more about Barry Callebaut, please find further information here.

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