COMMODITY BUYER
The Commodity Buyer will be in 100% performing buyer role particularly for both local and imported commodities required for animal nutrition and pet solutions.
Your Responsibilities
- Part of the Procurement team in ensuring the implementation of the purchase strategies.
- Lead all sourcing, supplier negotiation and supplier selection related to assigned raw materials nationwide.
- Monitor stock inventory and position in alignment with the purchase strategy and supply and demand plan.
- Responsible for contract management including review, negotiation and execution of contracts
- Provide cost projection to manage cost movement.
- Read market to strategize during bearish and bullish trends and recommend in support for product pricing strategy.
- Coordinate all contracts with foreign exchange exposure with Finance and Treasury to ensure smooth payment processing and help manage the risk of exchange loss.
- Work closely with QA, Formulation, Supply Chain and Operations to ensure continual production.
- Lead the supplier evaluation in coordination with Quality Assurance and Food Safety team.
- Understand the requirements to develop sourcing strategy with streamlined approach that leads to improved sustainability and quality.
- Analyze spend and identify opportunities for cost reduction.
- Identify new or alternative ingredient for improvement of cost and product performance.
- Submit the weekly commentary and price updates for all commodities.
- Maintain the mark-to-market report for risk position management.
- Develop supplier network for highly competitive sourcing.
- Manage relationships with key suppliers.
Your Profile
- Minimum of 10-year experience in commodity preferably in agri-business or trade industry.
- Experience in foreign trade transactions preferred
- Self-driven team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills (collaboration across locations and functions; coordination with external partners and suppliers).
- Fluent in English.
- Preferably with background in any ERP
- General knowledge of software applications (Excel, Word, Power Point)
