The Company
The client of Acteon is a leading international company operating in the FMCG industry. They have been successful with more than 20 global brands for nearly a century and they have achieved over €20 billions revenue in 2010. Due to their constant development in Russia, they are looking for an experienced Purchasing Specialist to deal with Marketing, Common Services, Office, etc.
The Job
- Purchasing services within the elaborated framework
- Supporting in daily operations relating to cost planning and control, contracts management, purchasing, and quantity surveying
- Conducting tenders among preferred suppliers based on briefings from divisions
- Negotiating best offers from suppliers (price vs quality) and review bids to finalize the recommendations for approval
- Supervising and ensure that all the purchasing processes are carried out according to approved procedures and as per contract specification
- On-going market monitoring, market research for potential suppliers
- Suppliers’ development and evaluation based on various criteria
- Working-out and implementing the most effective ways of cost reduction
- Initiating, take part and supervise projects aimed at purchasing optimization and savings achievement
- Insuring that the purchasing time plans are followed by divisions.
- Updating all purchasing databases related to spend, suppliers, material groups and requestors
The Candidate:
- Higher Education
- 3 years experience in similar role within western company, prefrebly in FMCG
- Strong negotiation and analytical skills, very well-structured
- Thorough knowledge of cost planning
- Stress-resistant, multi- tasks management
- Leadership capacity and proactive personality
- Fluent English