Buyer Industriel & Copacking

Job Summary

YOU ARE

You are passionate about the world of soft drinks, with an appetite for working in a company whose purchasing strategy revolves around sustainability.

Methodical, organised and analytical, you are able to manage your different missions and tenders you are responsible, independently and successfully.

Thanks to your leadership, your change management abilities and your communication skills, you know how to engage your stackholders when it comes to maintaining and nurturing lasting relationships in order to define and align on multi-year action plans for the categories for which you are responsible.

Job Responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Buyer Industrial & Copacking, your role will be to source and negociate industrial and co-packing categories on Europe market. You will have to manage timing, quality, sustainability and costs aligned with functional, business region & Suntory objectives. Furthermore, you will monitor and optimize procurement strategy.

You will daily have several accountabilities.

Firstly, as a Business Partner on Industrials Services for Suntory Beverage and Food France and Business Partner on Copacking for Europe, you will ensure procurement function alignment with the Business Unit agenda, on all Categories; BU stakeholders engagement towards Procurement strategies.

You will closely work with key stackholders to secure that benefits related to full scope of procurement mission are delivered and registered in BU's. You will also build and develop relationship with BU stackholders, supporting them in change project management and looking tor innovative solutions to improve overall business efficiency.

Secondly, you will work in strategy management. That means you'll give support to project management teams into implementing strategy at Local/European level and lead value creation initiatives on industrial projects according to BU's needs.

Thirdly, you work on performance KPI's, SRM & Continuous improvement. You will build and/or participate to global procurement KPI's objectives and ensure evolution & continuous improvement of such KPI's according to the evolution of the business, in alignment with the Industrials Procurement Director. Furthermore, you will partner with the internal stackholders, develop appropriate supplier relationships to drive and prioritize continuous improvement plans, etc.

Finally, you will work on procurement team efficiency and so you will empower indirects team by being a pro-active member, actively participating with procurement Directors & Managers into driving team efficiency, overall growth dynamic of the Indirects procurement team & defining the bestsourcing procurement processes& tools

Your Team

About us

Suntory Group is a Japanese company and the world’s third biggest player in the drinks industry. We are renowned for our alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks including whisky, beer and soft drinks. Our diverse and iconic portfolio includes amongst many brands such as Ribeina, Orangina, Yamazaki and Hibiki whiskies, Premium Malts and V. We wouldn’t achieve what we do without our people who are at the heart of everything we do. Our people unleash their spirit daily, they craft exceptional drinks and they fuel our Growth.

A future with us

Joining Suntory isn’t just about taking on a role, it’s about embarking on a career journey. You have the opportunity to work with talented, inspiring and authentic leaders and have the freedom to dream big, and go for it (Yatte Minahare). At Suntory you’ll find a supportive work environment that values work life balance and that will help you realise your full potential and grow for good.

Skills and Experience

REQUIREMENTS:

• A University degree level, technical or economical
• A first Purchasing/supply chain experience
• A Procurement or CSR specialization is a +
• Knowledge and experience of the relevant industry sector is a +
• Excel, PPT & Procurement IT tools
• Fluent in English, French & Spanish is a +

OUR COMMITMENT

At Suntory, we greatly appreciate the value that diverse knowledge, perspectives, and backgrounds can bring. Our colleagues from a wide range of cultures, lifestyles, and experiences contribute significantly to our collective success. We understand that our candidates all have unique career trajectories and experiences, and this can sometimes deter you from applying for a role if you don’t feel that you meet all the criteria. If you believe that you have relevant skills and experience that you feel could benefit us, we would love to know what unique perspectives and experience you can bring to help make us better, together in a company that is committed to Growing for Good and Giving Back to Society.

Our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based on the skills and competencies of the above role. We are committed to and value diversity, equity and inclusion in our recruitment process and do not discriminate based on gender, race or ethnic background, class, economic status, disability status, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, marital status or any other protected characteristic. We want to ensure that our interview process is as inclusive as possible. If you require any reasonable accommodation as part of the process, do not hesitate to let your recruiter know who will be happy to help.