Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come.
The EMEA Associate Buyer Maintenance Technical and Facility Services will handle basic country or multicounty sourcing routine activities. In this role, you will coordinate and execute low to medium complex procurement activities, support high-value sourcing events lead by category buying team, execute contracting and supplier management activities.
- Execute low and medium complex procurement activities
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Prepare and maintain supplier contracts in accordance with company policies and procedures.
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Support senior category buyers in the execution of sourcing initiatives and key supplier events.
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Drive implementation of local sourcing decisions and support local implementation of regional sourcing decisions.
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Provide data analysis and support to the category buying team for category strategy development and sourcing activities execution.
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Build and apply a comprehensive understanding of local, stakeholder and procurement landscape. Work with locations to resolve issues with Suppliers
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Follow established procurement procedures to select suppliers of non contracted and non managed services.
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Administer transactions associated with obtaining services.
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Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
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Maintain accurate procurement reporting and documentation, including performance metrics, managed spend, sourcing activities and other procurement KPIs.
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Other duties as assigned.
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Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experienceFluency in English (written and spoken)
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel
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Able to travel 10% of the time
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Other minimum qualifications may apply
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SAP experience
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Experience working with suppliers or third-parties
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Knowledge of additional languages (such as French, German, or Dutch)
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
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