Buyer Raw Materials

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Together with you, we want to empower you to achieve this mission with us. We value you as a person and actively support you on your professional journey, while caring about your future. Join our big little family and let’s make products for you and the world to love. 

Do you share our taste for life?
We invite you to join our big little family!

Your role

As Buyer Raw Materials, you are in charge for a category of raw materials which means you are responsible for the forecasting of raw materials, maintaining supplier relations, follow-up of relevant market information about raw materials, suppliers and fairs of your category. Furthermore, you closely follow-up commodity markets, you process, and you prepare market information for the business. 
You provide reporting and general support to the Raw Materials Manager. For this exciting role you will be working at our HQ based in Ghent.

Key responsibilities

• As Buyer Raw Materials you source raw materials at the best “Total Cost of Ownership” within the requested timing and according to agreed quality criteria / technical specifications.
• You are responsible for the daily follow-up of commodity markets and processes and the appropriate execution of existing contracts.
• You establish a sustainable relation and regular contacts with your key suppliers (performance evaluation, complaints, vendor objectives, cost reductions, innovations,…). You negotiate agreements (price agreements / contracts) and conclude with the suppliers.
• You formulate internal needs to the supplier for existing and new raw materials.
• You determine the needs for raw materials and negotiate price, quality and optimal order quantities within guidelines and you keep up-to-date on internal procedures and supplier data.
• You collect and maintain relevant market and supplier information. You follow up and analyze the international and European markets and identify raw materials that can offer added value. You select and contact (international) suppliers that meet our criteria and you assess their quality and solvency.
• Next to the above, you are responsible for further expanding internal relations with NPD / sales / QA / production sites in order to optimally translate Vandemoortele’s requirements to suppliers.
• Furthermore, you are responsible for making spend analyzes from existing suppliers in the context of price negotiations, preparing the annual budget exercise and giving support during the execution, acting as a first point of contact in case of structural complaints or out-of-stock, etc.
• Finally, you are also responsible for administrative support tasks. This includes, among other things, that you request internal quality of raw materials from the quality department, follow-up and pass on price instructions for raw materials, etc.

What’s in for you?

• You will join our big little family: Our associates are the beating heart of our company – they bring the flavour to our organisation. We cherish each member, prioritising their well-being and supporting their professional journey. 
• We value you as a person: At Vandemoortele we value each one of our associates and recognise their unique contributions to team successes. You will have flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 50% of the time. We also invite you to join our sports and wellbeing activities!
• We care for your future and we support your professional journey: We believe in the power of our associates and the value of their actions and support their career aspirations by offering internal mobility and promotional opportunities. We embrace individual ambitions and entrust our associates to take ownership.
• We make products for you to love: We are a team of passionate food enthusiasts. In our mission to shape a tasty future we strive to create a wide range of food solutions that connects people, cultures and traditions. You can kickstart your day with a delicious croissant fresh out of the oven and enjoy tasty food in our company restaurant.
• Easy to reach: Our HQ is located close to a bus stop and highway exits. Want to come by bike? Lease a bike at Vandemoortele!

Are you the one we’re looking for? 

• You hold a Master's degree (Economics, Commercial Sciences, Business Engineering, Bio-engineering, Chemical engineering, etc.). 
• Above all you are ambitious, energetic, driven and open to receive and give challenges. Your drive and enthusiasm will motivate you to go the extra mile in engaging others.
• You are highly analytical with a flair for numbers.
• You have “no-nonsense” and down-to-earth mentality. 
• Your excellent communication and persuasion skills enable you to motivate, drive and engage your internal (sales, R&D, production, …) and external stakeholders.
• You are proactive and stress-resistant. At the same time, you are pragmatic, problem-solving and looking for initiative.
• You are able to work together on major projects and you like to take ownership.
• You have a broad general interest and you are genuinely interested in economics, finance, etc. that are of any interest and impact on our industry.
• You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal, in English and French. 
• Good knowledge of SAP is a plus.

Join us in making sweet memories!

We look forward to welcoming you to our delicious journey!
Submit your updated CV and compelling cover letter (optional) highlighting your relevant experience and motivation.
For questions or additional information, mail us: louise.dejaeger@vandemoortele.com

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