Dairy Down Stream Category Buyer
About The Position
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment. About the role The Dairy Down Stream Category Buyer leads and implements strategic sourcing activities within the Dairy category by understanding markets, ensuring long-term supply, optimizing delivered costs, and building positive supplier and stakeholder relationships
Requirements
- College Degree in Business, Finance or similar degree or equivalent experience
- 1-3 years experience in a Procurement or similar business function
Responsibilities
- Manages categories that have a high/very high level of complexity taking into account the (Category 1, 2, 3, etc), scale, strategic importance, level of riskk, bespoke, commercia model structure number of suppliers, pricing variables in the category.
- Utilize a variety of tools and techniques to negotiate contracts, improve pricing and terms of purchase with suppliers and review new opportunities to make business savings
- Ensure Raw Material supply continuity
- Develop long-lasting relationships with Kerry GIO and Kerry-wide stakeholder community, ensuring their requirements are accounted for in category strategy
- Build the Procurement brand across Kerry to ensure Procurement is seen as strategic partner and value creator for Kerry
- Drive insight and improvements across cost, risk and value for Kerry, by delivering product and materials changes aligned to business objectives and identifying and delivering product and material optimization projects, challenge RD&A and Sales team on as-is specifications
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits package
- incentive and recognition programs
- equity stock purchase
- retirement contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
