Associate Buyer, EMEA Parts & Equipment
Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Associate Buyer, EMEA Parts & Equipment will support basic country or multicountry sourcing activities. In this role, you will coordinate and execute low to medium complexity procurement requirements and provide input to the regional category buying team. The position will primarily provide analytical and operational procurement support to the EMEA Parts & Equipment buying team, with a focus on data analysis, reporting, pricing support and procurement content management.
Key Accountabilities
- Execute medium complexity requests for the sourcing process.
- Drive the implementation of local sourcing decisions and support the local implementation of regional or global sourcing decisions by monitoring contractual terms and conditions, outline agreements and catalogs, and alerting buyers to upcoming expirations.
- Provide local input to the regional category buying team for category and sourcing strategy development and execution.
- Develop and maintain recurring MRO analytics and reports, including buying-channel usage and outline-agreement coverage; identify potential source-switching and equipment sourcing opportunities; monitor sourcing records; and partner with business stakeholders on MRO data-quality improvements.
- Build and apply a comprehensive understanding of the regional stakeholder and procurement landscape, and act as the key subject-matter expert for EMEA catalogs, including user guidance, troubleshooting and support with price discrepancies.
- Follow established procedures to select suppliers for the procurement of non-contracted materials, goods, services and supplies.
- Administer transactions associated with obtaining goods and services.
- Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Fluency in English.
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including experience working with large datasets, data validation and reporting.
- Ability to translate data into clear findings and actions for procurement stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with procurement, sourcing, supply chain or related operational data.
- Experience analyzing MRO procurement data, including data relating to materials, manufacturers, suppliers, catalogs and outline agreements.
- Experience working with ERP or procurement systems, preferably SAP.
- Experience creating reports or dashboards in Microsoft Power BI.
- Proficiency in an additional European language, such as German, French or Dutch.
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
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