Lead Buyer

Overview:
Kemin Industries is seeking a
**Lead Buyer** for our location in Cavriago.

As
**Lead Buyer **you and your team of 1 will be responsible for the purchase activities from A-Z for the location in Cavriago. You will act as a primary point of contact for the business.

**We Are Kemin**

We are visionaries who see things differently and are inspired by the world around us. We have been dedicated to using applied science to improve the quality of life for over half a century. Committed to feed and food safety, Kemin maintains top-of-the-line manufacturing facilities where over 500 specialty ingredients are made for humans and animals in the global feed and food industries, as well as the health, nutrition, beauty and têxtile markets. We provide product solutions and options to customers in more than 120 countries.

A privately held, family-owned and operated company, Kemin has more than 2,800 global employees and operates in 90 countries including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.

**Responsibilities**:
The
**LEAD BUYER** will take the
**operational lead in the purchasing activities** for the Cavriago location.

Your responsibilities will be:

- Supervision of purchase order-flow & purchase administration
- Supply management of direct spend (raw materials, packaging) and indirect spend (non-inventory products, facilities & lease-service contracts)
- Supervision and Management of product-approval & evaluation dossiers for raw materials/packaging according to Kemin specifications and GMP-FAMI QS standards
- Management of Complaints & non-conform deliveries
- Management of non
- conform purchase invoices
- Preparation of supplier evaluations and administration
- Management of supplier records and item per supplier records in M3
- Management of raw materials/packaging prices in M3
- Management of Purchasing parameters in M3
- Management of reorder-points in M3 for raw materials & packaging
- Contract management & control of supplier/pricing administration in M3
- Conduct market research and commercial negotiations for raw materials, packaging, non-inventory items, facilities & service-lease contracts
- Preparation/calculation and reporting of purchase key performance indicators
- Coaching and performance review of local purchasing team members

Qualifications:
**What we expect of you**
- Master’s degree or equivalent by one’s experience
- **3-5-year** relevant experience
- Hands on and proactive personality
- **Strong negotiation skills**:

- Excellent communication skills on multiple levels
- Good decision maker
- Team player and a good people manager
- Multi
- lingual, fluent in English is a must.

**What’s in it for you**:

- ** A competitive financial package
- **in addition to your salary, we offer an uncapped bonus opportunity.
- ** Continued learning opportunities
- **Kemin offers tuition reimbursement and recently launched a corporate university with online and in-person training opportunities for growth and development throughout your entire career.
- ** The chance to give back to our world
- **Through our foundation of servant leadership, we are proud to offer ample service opportunities. Kemin has a valued corporate partnership with both The World Food Program and Habitat for Humanity, in addition to many local initiatives.

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