Senior Buyer, Procurement, Corporate Materials and Services
International Flavors & Fragrances
- Asturias
- Permanente
- Tiempo completo
- Finance.
- HR.
- Fleet.
- Marketing & Communications.
- Professional Services (Consulting, Legal).
- Travel & Entertainment.
- Develop strong sourcing capabilities within IFF in EMEA, that support the organization in delivering successful corporate materials and services regionally.
- Maintain connections with the main internal stakeholders to understand demand and future trends in their needs.
- Support the development of regional category strategies for your categories, to ensure objectives are met, with lowest life cycle costs.
- Implement strategies within the portfolio, driving results and achieving strategic objectives.
- Execute a disciplined application of IFF's strategic sourcing methodology: Perform continually spend analysis on assigned categories and sub-categories, assess market intelligence, and develop full market analysis, Identify and approve new vendors to diversify supply portfolio.
- Understand and apply the principals of SRM within the category and region: Develop new and existing supplier partnerships and collaboration to support growth strategy with innovation and technology, support technology buying by accessing supplier capabilities and reduce non-value-added suppliers.
- Provide continuous impactful communication to stakeholders. Be the advocate of the regional spend.
- Negotiate master agreements with vendors.
- Negotiate and resolve vendor performance issues and negotiate claims, when necessary.
- Ensure coordination both within the EMEA region and with also other regions within IFF.
- Optimization and continuous improvement in service quality through collaboration with the stakeholders.
- Reduction of working capital through payment term negotiation and collaboration with the stakeholders on long terms plans & initiatives.
- Your Bachelor, or master's degree, preferably in Business, Engineering, Economics or Supply Chain. Chemical background a plus.
- Good verbal, interpersonal, and written communications.
- Negotiation skills and experience (
- We will rely on your minimum 3 - 5 years in procurement of Corporate Materials and Services.
- ERP (SAP / Oracle) knowledge.
- Experience in the F&F industry including an understanding of religious certifications, regulations, and REACH.
- Experience with Office 365, procurement tools, and sourcing tools.
- CPSM (Certified Professionals in Supply Management) / ISM or equivalent.
- The preferred candidate will be fluent in English (written and spoken).