Job Ref: 215616756

Date: 2022-01-20 14:37:46

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Do you have a Passion for Flavour? Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.

We are currently looking for a Junior Buyer – EMEA Raw Materials.This position is based in Haddenham (UK) reporting to the EMEA Procurement Manager based in Haddenham UK.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Responsible for the creation and execution of procurement strategies for 2 EMEA Raw Materials categories to deliver value for the category and ensure supply through creation and execution of a risk management strategies

· Identify and deliver Continuous Cost Improvement opportunities for these categories

· Support 2 UK plants as local key contact for all Global and regional RM buyers for both Consumer and Flavour Solutions business units.

· Lead selected projects for the whole RM category

· Collaborating cross functionally to participate in optimisation projects in terms of cost, quality, service and innovation

· Use reporting tools and communicate regularly on the progress of projects to ensure successful execution of agreed procurement strategies

· Manage supplier performance against agreed objectives, putting in place corrective actions where necessary.

· Support innovation and business development through successful new product development delivery

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

· Fluent in English with the capacity to negotiate in English. Additional languages French, Italian, Polish would be an advantage

· Graduate with a strong academic background, ideally with a Masters or MBA and ideally with Business, Engineering or Technical specialisation

· Experience in a procurement position desired not necessary, preferably in direct procurement categories for an Industrial company

· Evidence of maturity, collaboration and communication skills (written and verbal), strong interpersonal skills, influencing ability.

· Notions of developing a Strategic vision, to effectively translate it into realistic projects.

· Works with the customer in mind and manages stakeholders’ expectations appropriately

· Efficient, results and reporting orientated.

· Confident and change orientated, and comfortable within a matrix management structure in a multinational environment

· Highly competent in the use of Excel, Power Point and SAP

COMPANY

At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people and our planet.

Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889 in a room and a cellar by 25-year-old Willoughby McCormick with three employees, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With 12,400 employees around the world and more than $5 Billion in annual sales, the Company manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and flavors to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers

While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers in 150 countries and territories in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas with recognized brands including.

At McCormick, we have over a culture based on our “Power of People” principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, ethics and integrity and growth.

Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer

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