Buyer in Ingredients

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

As a Buyer Ingredient (additives) you will source and negociate the ingredients raw materials needed for the productions of finished goods in our 4 business units while managing timing, quality, sustainability and costs in line with functional, business, region and Suntory objectives.

You will daily monitor and optimize procurement strategy of your ingredients subcategories and build and manage a suppliers panel.

Firstly you will daily work on budget and cost optimisation and performance reporting. That means you will build/structure and organise tenders. So as a good negociator, you will manage negociations on all the terms & conditions including prices review with manager support. Furthermore, you will deliver financial targets for the portfolio, recommend budget standard prices for your subcategories and ensure appropriate reporting, etc.

Secondly, your role will includ to work on market insights and strategies improvement. To do so, you will follow up market evolutions, identify to stake holders relevant market information and innovation, you will bring and promote relevant market information and innovations, you will analyse muture market impacts on additives and you will develop alternative coverage policies, and you will keep alert and anticipate and identidy relevant risks, etc.

Thirdly you will work on quality and risk management. That includes hold regular BRM with suppliers, improve quality of top offenders, prepare and contribute to suppliers bi-annual reviews, look for alternative sourcing, etc

Finally your role involves the fact to work for innovation, in partnership with your Catman. You will come up and follow a pipeline of cost out and you will be an active member of procurement / R&D / marketing community.

Skills and Experience

• 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 +

Position will be based in our Neuilly-Sur-Seine offices

About us

Suntory is a Japanese company and the world’s third biggest player in the drinks industry. We want to help manage our natural resources sustainably, creating harmony with nature and protecting our environment for the next generation.  We minimise our environmental impact through the whole product lifecycle; sourcing, manufacturing, packaging, distributing, selling, recycling, and managing post-consumer waste.  Our strong belief is Growing for Good means that we will keep working together to improve our environment.  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.

Your 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. Our People and Culture team are a team that genuinely care about creating a great experience for our employees and we would love you to be part of it.

Our comittment

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.