Procurement Specialist (Meals & Oils)

Banvit A.Ş.

REQUIREMENTS

• University Graduate from Economic / Engineer / Business (Food Engineering, Agricultural Engineering and Industrial Engineering background is preferable)
• Fluent in Turkish and  English
• 5 - 8 years experience in Procurement
• 2 - 3 years experience to negotiate grain categories
• Grains Price formulation (comparing prices in internal and external market, Premium, exports parity, CBOT, etc)
• Solid knowledge / background of Turkish, black sea and European Market
• Logistics knowledge about Turkey (Black sea region is preferable)
• Being familiar with budget, cost, finance mathematics
• Negotiation skills / Project analysis
• Expertise in the tools of Strategic Sourcing and related concepts (TCO-Total Cost of Ownership, Supplier Development, Market Research etc.)
• ERP (SAP or Oracle) – Procurement (MM).
• Technical analysis about the data from stock markets (CBOT, local sources)
• Generating alternative sourcing techniques; premiums, exchange markets, applying risk management tools.
• Contract management
• MSOffice applications (Excel, PP etc)
• Cultural sensibility to work in different environments;
• Confidence, ability to make presentations, to communicate and to handle people from different backgrounds; 
• Ability to influence and negotiate with people in all organizational levels
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Good interpersonal skills in dealing with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Team player, able to meet tight deadlines and to manage a challenging workload

• As part of the BRF Procurement team, lead, develop, negotiate and implement grains negotiation for meals, oils and different type of supplementary stuff in close collaboration with the main stakeholders (factories, Agro and QA) for 3 feed mills in Bandırma, İzmir and Elazığ. 
• Taking responsibility in defining short, middle and long term grains strategy for the region
• Responsible for leading system design projects to improve the procurement processes and business results for those sub-categories.
• Being a member and sometimes leader of developing and implement grains efficiency projects in close collaboration with the Feed Meal Operations and experts.
• Taking part in creating new ideas to data management issues and tracking targets of procurement department. Developing required database and creating procurement performance reports to present to the procurement and the related departments in the region.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

Soy Bean Meal:

Take an active role in defining strategy of supplying SBM for all Feed Mills (buying local or external market). Sourcing suppliers from different countries and Black sea. Ensure supplying of all  factory with the best cost comparing to the market complying with Quality standards defined by the company.

Vegetable Oil:

Having a key role in developing strategy of supplying Vegetable oil for all Feed Mills (buying local or external market). Sourcing suppliers from different countries and Black sea. Ensure supplying of all  factory with the best cost comparing to the market complying with Quality standards defined by the company

Logistics Management

Manage logistics according level of stocks strategy, hire freight in order to supply grains strategically, ensuring best total cost for all factories. Prospect different alternative of logistics model in order to reduce cost and increase efficiency

Commodities Stocks Management

·      Manage stocks of all meals and oils according supply strategy. Ensure stocks cycle in order to ensure silos and warehouse cleaning process. Reduce stocks cost in  order to maximize BRF cash flow results

Increase usage of alternative Raw Material

Source and increase usage of alternative raw material in order to optimize and reduce total  cost of the formulation.

·      This activity needs to be done together with Agricultural team

Supplier Management

·      Develop alternative suppliers in order to reduce cost according to quality standards and operation defined criteria