Local Buyer

About FrankeWe, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making.

With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents.

Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow's demands.The Franke Foodservice Systems division is a world-leading supplier of kitchen facilities, equipment and supplies solutions.

As a full system manufacturer, distributor and program management partner, we supply global chains in the quick-service restaurant, convenience store and supermarket segments, helping to manage unit growth and upgrade their facilities.About The JobProcurement / Buyer (Food Services), who represents both the face of procurement for the Business, and the face of the Business for Procurement.

He / she is the key Procurement Business Partner to the local entity for the assigned spend and categories.

He / she provides procurement service and secures Procurement's support to the local business strategy and performance.He / she is accountable for the implementation of the central and local procurement strategies for the assigned spend and categories.

He / she ensures proper deployment of procurement practices, policies and projects, creating a competitive advantage for Franke at a minimum risk to the business.

At the same time, he / she is the voice of the customer towards the central organization regarding what support is required from Procurement in order to best support the business success.The Buyer is reporting to the Procurement Cluster Lead within the Division and is instrumental in driving alignment through stakeholder groups and across distinct spend and categories for the respective locations.Responsible for purchasing and negotiating direct and indirect materials, equipment, services and supplies from vendors for the company.

Evaluates vendor quotes and services to determine most desirable suppliers.

• Your tasks
• Category ManagementUnderstands division business strategy and objectives and translate into procurement requirementsCascades-down categories long term strategies and implications for the local business stakeholdersChallenges the Central Category Manager to ensure that their contribution impacts positively the local business while keeping the global strategy in mindOperationsWorks with business and category leaders to support identification and prioritization of specific local initiativesEnsures execution of Procurement tasks against agreed-upon objectivesIn charge of the reporting for his / her local assigned spend and categories.

Ensure numbers accuracy and availability of dataAssures compliances to standards and adaption of ways of workingContract Implementation and management for locally concluded contractsSupplier Relationship ManagementManages and shares local evaluation on key contract and strategic direct and indirect suppliers' performanceConsolidates and feeds the categories with relevant information on suppliersBusiness PartneringActs as a Procurement Business Partner; is "the face of procurement" for the local business and the other way around to the central organization.

He / she ensures business requirements are met and internal clients are satisfied.

He / she is covering the assigned spend and categories of the local business, direct and / or indirect.Provides value creation ideas and projects, including innovation, sustainability, risk management, and costManages and influences local top management towards effective Procurement integration and alignment with the businessLeadershipManages escalation process with direct category management or Procurement leadership when requiredRemoves existing barriers to enable more effective delivery of innovation, new suppliers and new materialsRequirementsKnowledge, Skills and AbilitiesAbility to work with uncertaintiesBusiness accumenAt ease with conflicting interestsAction oriented.

Quick problem solverExcellent communication skillsAbility to think strategically and to work with complex dataEDUCATION And / or EXPERIENCEEducation in Business Administration or Technical backgroundProcurement and / or Supply Chain Management experienceGood knowledge in English.

Other languages a plusERP background – SAP3 - 5 years within ProcurementIdeally worked in a Matrix environmentInternational business experience desiredAbility to travel occasionally

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In the event that a candidate presented by an agency is hired in our company and there is no prior agreement, no fee will be paid.