AddressJob Location: Franklin Park
Company description
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.
About the Role:
We are looking for a buyer to join our procurement team in our Franklin Park location. This position is responsible for proactively managing relationships with our strategic suppliers, including categories for logistics, process equipment, primary and secondary packaging equipment, building and construction services, and other critical business requirements. Develop and execute strategic initiatives, communicating with Partners to ensure desired performance expectations related to their services and that they are engaged in ethical business practices. Focus on developing and maintaining long-term strategic partnerships with suppliers who can help us meet financial and customer satisfaction goals. This position may manage employees within their department and may be responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within that department.
Main Responsibilities:
Supplier Management
• Effectively manage daily relationships with external suppliers
• Collaborate in the process of receiving final specifications/detailed descriptions from suppliers
• Continuously analyze the market supply and outsourcing to implement innovative ideas (new technologies, new materials, etc.)
Purchase Order Process
• Manage the purchase order process for input materials under its area of competence from approved requisition (PR) to PO and support goods receipt (end-to-end procure-to-pay process) to ensure business continuity
• Full responsibility every day to assign orders in accordance with the specifications assigned in accordance with the institutional strategies agreed times (e.g., Budget, SAF) in optimization based on costs and ensure the level of service expected
Implement Central Strategies and Governance
• Manage Local Purchases in coordination with the central reference category
• Report all savings Opportunities
• Alignment and implementation of core strategies
• Align and adapt local group strategy
Stakeholder Management
• Manage and coordinate internal relations with the different actors of the process (Engeneering, Industrial, Quality, Legal, Finance and Central Procurement) in the optimization perspective of the value chain
Selection of Suppliers
• Ensure the search for local suppliers of Services, Utilities/Energy, Machinery and equipment, in compliance with quality standards established by Headquarters
• Investigate the possibility of alternative suppliers guarantee the selection through specific meetings with potential suppliers
Negotiations
• Guarantee the negotiation of materials/services and contract terms, in compliance with Group objectives and guidelines
Evaluation of Suppliers
• Ensure ongoing supplier evaluation for all the suppliers under its area of responsibility by managing complaints from Engeneering, Industrial, Quality and Finance
• Manage non-compliance issues with suppliers, request and monitor corrective action when necessary
• Support to Central Departments for the management of non-compliance issues with suppliers, request and monitor corrective action when necessary
Invoice Management
• Collaborate with Account payable to verify the incoming invoices correspond to issued orders, and resolve discrepancies
• Guarantee the correct support for solving of eflow items and related issues on invoicing process
Quality and Food Safety
• Ensure all program requirements/standards regarding quality and food safety are implemented, practiced and maintained
Who we are looking for:
• Experience in negotiating skills, RFI, RFQ, budgeting, market analysis, risk management, price management
• Knowledge of the supplier market, price agreements, purchasing process and related procedures
• Knowledge of principal manufacturing processes
• Knowledge of Excel and SAP modules purchases
• Legal knowledge in the drafting of standard documents: orders, contracts, commercial law
• Provide regular updates to senior leadership on key projects using key performance indicators (KPIs) and data analysis
• Financial and legal knowledge a plus
How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.
Diversity Statement
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
Ferrero N.A. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
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