Overview:
The Junior Buyer is responsible for the administration of the order processes. This person supports the purchase department for our location in **Parma**.
**Responsibilities**:
- Control of purchase requests
- Order-processing of raw materials, packaging, non-inventory products and facilities
- Follow up on lead times of pending purchase orders and order confirmations
- Launch/follow up of evaluation dossiers for new raw materials/packaging
- Follow up non-conform purchase invoices
- Follow up of complaint & non-conform deliveries
- Management of purchase administration. This includes, managing purchase orders, order confirmations, price-quotations, product evaluation dossiers, complaints, supplier evaluations, supplier contracts and supplier files
- You will also support the strategic procurement initiatives and projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders across the organization.
- Analyze raw material demands and production plan to assure the supply smoothly and stock properly.
- Works closely with accounts payable on invoicing discrepancies.
- Adhere to all applicable policies and procedures
- Review purchase requests against Kemin's purchasing policy
- Responsible for recommending and revising purchasing SOPs.
- Supervision of purchase order-flow & purchase administration
- Supply management of raw materials, packaging, non-inventory products, facilities & lease-service contracts
- Management of Complaints & non-conform deliveries and purchase invoices
- Preparation of supplier evaluations and administration
- Management of supplier records in M3
Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years of experience in Purchase department in the food or chemical or nutraceutical sector in a production context
- Experience in purchasing ingredients
- Bachelor's degree
- Fluency in English
- Good communicator
- Well organized, accurate
- Must have a valid driver's license and a car, as this position requires frequent travel to different facilities.
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