Procurement Specialist

Key objectives

- Manage the procurement activities to ensure the procurement of goods and services needed by the company at the lowest total costs of ownership

- Present, take ownership and implement long-term and short term purchasing plans

- Ensure an effective procurement system and organization



Job Responsibilities

- Sourcing new suppliers, ensuring that the purchased products and materials meet specific technical specifications, negotiating purchase terms, and evaluating supplier performance.

- Demonstrates the ability to view situations from a "general interest" perspective with

consideration of the business and operations impact.

- Takes ownership in the development of category related documentation and deliverables

- Liaise with FrieslandCampina global category and central procurement services team to ensure proper local implementation of vendor master data/contracts for the purchase of relevant materials

- Liaise closely with Marketing, Production, QC, R&D, Finance on improvement projects on the total purchasing spectrum (order lead time, price, quality, specification, payment method, bulk discount, alternative suppliers and products, etc.)

- Manage nonconforming product handling process related to the purchased materials

- Manage procurement functionality in the company's ERP system

- Other tasks assigned by the Line Manager.