Local Buyer

About the job

Procurement / 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 Management

Understands division business strategy and objectives and translate into procurement requirements

Cascades-down categories long term strategies and implications for the local business stakeholders

Challenges the Central Category Manager to ensure that their contribution impacts positively the local business while keeping the global strategy in mind

Operations

Works with business and category leaders to support identification and prioritization of specific local initiatives

Ensures execution of Procurement tasks against agreed-upon objectives

In charge of the reporting for his / her local assigned spend and categories. Ensure numbers accuracy and availability of data

Assures compliances to standards and adaption of ways of working

Contract Implementation and management for locally concluded contracts

Supplier Relationship Management

Manages and shares local evaluation on key contract and strategic direct and indirect suppliers’ performance

Consolidates and feeds the categories with relevant information on suppliers

Business Partnering

Acts 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 cost

Manages and influences local top management towards effective Procurement integration and alignment with the business

Leadership

Manages escalation process with direct category management or Procurement leadership when required

Removes existing barriers to enable more effective delivery of innovation, new suppliers and new materials

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to work with uncertainties

Business accumen

At ease with conflicting interests

Action oriented. Quick problem solver

Excellent communication skills

Ability to think strategically and to work with complex data

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

Education in Business Administration or Technical background

Procurement and / or Supply Chain Management experience

Good knowledge in English. Other languages a plus

ERP background – SAP

3 - 5 years within Procurement

Ideally worked in a Matrix environment

International business experience desired

Ability to travel occasionally

What we offer you

Competitive salary and comprehency salary