Sr. Buyer

**Location: SÃO PAULO**:
São Paulo, SP

**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 55 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? Nearly 35,000 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.

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 process related to general procuremnet, increase and accelerate the value creation opportunities of the Ferrero Business.

**Main Responsibilities**:
Scouting and/or development of suppliers for the categories related to General Procurement respecting local procedures and the group's policy;
Have a good knowledge - understanding of the local and regional of market suplliers, identify the impact of raw materials and the main cost elements that make up the price, considering the category of purchase and the country of supply;
Ensure that the qualification process complies with the policy and requirements established by the group;
Support to PI&S function with the necessary actions with the supplier so that the qualification process will be efficient;
Perform bid selection and vendor selection processes respecting group policy, local procedures and ensuring the best selection in terms of cost, quality, service and warranty;
Close negotiations with vendors, monitore and report the results (Price Increase / Cost Saving/ Cost Avoidance/ Cash Impact) and place the Purchase Orders, following the process End-to-End;
Lead the contracting process. Working closely to the main stakeholder and Legal in order to build a consistent Agreement with the vendors and reduce the impact to the Company;
Claims management to suppliers, involving the internal client and managing the escalation flow if it necessary;
Carry out the evaluation process of suppliers of the categories under their charge, taking into account KPI's by supplier/category and involving the internal client.

Permanent verification of the correct use of material groups in purchase requests;
Permanent monitoring of the KPI's established in the area, carry out timely actions to comply with the KPI's;
Foster the stakeholders in to close all the POs (at least 3x/year);
Identify and share the opportunities with the main stakeholders in order to reduce the volume related to Invoices before POs;
Share with the Team when a new opportunity related to Process Improvement is identified.

**Who we are looking for**:
Higher education in administration, economics or related fields;
Office pack;
SAP (MM module) / POWER BI / Intermediate Excel;
Intermediate English & Spanish. Advanced Portuguese;
Trading courses;
Contract management courses.

**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

58872

Job function

Procurement

Country

Brazil

City

SÃO PAULO

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