Luxembourg Job Openings

FERRERO

Flexible Films Category Buyer

Senningerberg

October 3, 2024

Job Location: Senningerberg

Luxembourg

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

For our Ferrero Luxembourg HQ, we are currently looking for a Flexible Films Category Buyer to join the Procurement Packaging team.
By covering this position, you will guarantee purchase of goods and materials in accordance with defined guidelines to ensure that the company operational needs are met, considering price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply running the purchase order with a set supplier base.

Main Responsibilities:

In this role, you will contribute to the definition of the purchasing strategy for the Flexible Films category, based on business needs. You will support the Category Manager in the negotiation of goods and in the definition of the contracts.
For specific projects, you will be involved in financial planning, ensuring alignment between proper budget management and raw materials purchasing business objectives.
Moreover, your responsibility will be to collaborate with other functions in the definition of policies, quality criteria, legal, environmental, ethical to purchase good while guaranteeing timely information to the other Functions concerning contract framework agreements.
Conducting negotiations with suppliers of the category, in alignment with internal procedures and Ferrero Code of Business Conduct, will be also under your scope.
You will ensure the competition between suppliers and subcontractors even by organizing tenders.
On top of that, you will apply and implement purchasing policies, vendor management and developing policies, based on technical, organizational, economical, and international financial knowledge, to reach the best possible results according to Group requirements in terms of timing and flexibility.
You role will be also to ensure purchase orders management, look for Request for Proposals from vendors, proposing qualified and suitable alternatives. You will analyze, align and evaluate offers received to select the best available alternatives and monitor operative KPIs (service level, quality, etc.).
Finally, your mission will be to maintain, consolidate and improve relationships with existing suppliers, to ensure continuity, manage criticalities and strengthen common objectives.

Who we are looking for:

You will bring your educational background in Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or other related fields with 3-5 years of experience inside a purchasing department or other related experience to the category.
You are showing an analytical mindset with strong communication, reporting and negotiation skills.
Moreover, your knowledge of the Global Packaging market, price agreements, principal manufacturing and sustainability processes will be key for this role.
Fast learner, you are demonstrating enthusiasm and commitment to excellence with a result-oriented approach.
Additionally, you will leverage your advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel, as well as your familiarity with SAP ERP.
You are fluent in English.
Does this opportunity sound good to you? Apply & join our dynamic HQ!

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.

Requisition ID

66837

Job function

Acquisti

Country

Luxembourg

City

Senningerberg

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