Title: CBI Buyer

Job Requisition ID: 309638

Location:

Istanbul, Istanbul, TR Turkey, 34330

Category: STRATEGIC SOURCING / PROCUREMENT

Description:

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.

Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

This position is in Cargill’s food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.

Job Purpose and Impact

The General Buyer will support multiple country or multiple business sourcing activities. In this role, you will execute complex procurement tasks to provide inputs to the global category team.

Key Accountabilities

Execute medium and highly complex sourcing events.
Drive the implementation of regional sourcing decisions and provide support with the implementation of global sourcing decisions.
Provide inputs to the global category team for category strategy development and execution.
Provide comprehensive understanding of regional stakeholder and procurement landscape.
Monitor continuous regional supplier and stakeholder relationships.
Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of noncontracted materials, goods, services and supplies.
Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Minimum requirement of 5 years of relevant work experience.
Fluent or Advanced English level
Proven experience in purchasing chemicals and ingredients for the industry
Direct (Chemicals, Packaging, Ingredients), and indirect materials procurement (Spare Parts & Equipment and Maintenance & Technical & Professional & Facility Services procurement)
Experience with SAP and a strong industrial background

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.

Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:
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