Indirect Sourcing Sr Buying Specialist
About The Position
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well. This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures. Job Purpose and ImpactThe Indirect Sourcing Senior Buying Specialist will support multiple country or multiple business sourcing activities. In this role, you will execute complex procurement tasks to provide inputs to the global category team.Key Accountabilities Execute medium and highly complex sourcing events. Drive the implementation of regional sourcing decisions and provide support with the implementation of global sourcing decisions. Provide inputs to the global category team for category strategy development and execution. Provide comprehensive understanding of regional stakeholder and procurement landscape. Monitor continuous regional supplier and stakeholder relationships. Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of noncontracted materials, goods, services and supplies. Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff. Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with sourcing systems (Ex Ariba).
- Advanced Excel knowledge.
- Experience with Capex Sourcing & Procurement
Responsibilities
- Execute medium and highly complex sourcing events.
- Drive the implementation of regional sourcing decisions and provide support with the implementation of global sourcing decisions.
- Provide inputs to the global category team for category strategy development and execution.
- Provide comprehensive understanding of regional stakeholder and procurement landscape.
- Monitor continuous regional supplier and stakeholder relationships.
- Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of noncontracted materials, goods, services and supplies.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
