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Oils & Fats Buyer Asia Pacific

Location: 

Singapore, SG, 068809

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

  • Oil and Fats Buyer is located in Singapore as part of Global Sourcing team, the role is part of the APAC sourcing team which is responsible for an annual P&L target.
  • This role is required to closely work with Singapore and Australia factories, as well as regionally with RnD, QA, finance and business team for any necessary projects

 

Key responsibilities include

Internal

  • Supply Chain: To ensure stable oil and fats raw material to all AMEA factories with special focus on Singapore & Australia, from ordering to track status collaborating with the supply chain team of each individual factories. Work with Supply chain team to optimize logistics costing from sourcing perspective, providing relevant experience and advice to best practices and also cost saving perspective
  • Quality Assurance: To support Quality team with Quality Assurance, Non-Compliance Records (NCR) where required, including liaising with suppliers for resolutions. To ensure SRM registered suppliers are up to BC requirements.
  • To work with regional, local RnD team members for any research and development projects including and not limited to cost savings, customer recipe development etc.
  • To manage and maintain all data records related to sourcing activities
  • To optimize sourcing policies with the sustainability team
  • Supporting the trading team with trading strategies to optimize AMEA sourcing PnL, using hedging tools such as BMD, CPKO Paper to hedge risk position in order to maximize business PnL

External

  • Supplier management: to negotiate best pricing and terms including but not limited to payment terms, incoterm with oil suppliers
  • Collaborating with suppliers for any global sourcing activities

 

About you

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business commercial subjects or equivalent
  • Min 3 years in the palm/Laurics business
  • Good communication skills
  • Good business negotiation skilss

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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