Job area
Industrial
Category
Baking
Location
İstanbul, Türkiye
Contract type
Permanent Contract
Experience
5 to 10 years

Job description

Strategic

  • Leveraging data analytics in procurement, providing valuable insights into spend, supplier performance, and risk; for identifying areas for improvement.
  • Reinforcing the strategic sourcing initiatives by providing market intelligence reports.
  • Creating a centralized Regional Purchasing Data Hub to standardize data and build collaborative ecosystems with internal stakeholders and suppliers for cost, innovation, and risk management.

Operational

  • Participating in the Regional tender preparations for ocean freight & some other purchasing categories by analyzing the needs of the entities, preparing the tender documents and analysing the bids,
  • Performing market analysis to benchmark supplier pricing and purchasing performance against industry standards,
  • Developing and maintaining dashboards and reports to provide insights into purchasing activities in the Region by using business intelligence tools,
  • Defining and implementing qualitative and quantitative monitoring tools to track and display purchasing performance indicators,
  • Monitoring and reporting on risk management, cost saving and innovative projects across purchasing categories & across MEA entities by providing data-driven approaches,
  • Analyzing, consolidating and reporting of the MEA entities’ monthly rolling purchasing price forecast; focusing on the impact of variable cost and adherence with the budget,
  • Developing and maintaining dashboards and reports to provide insights into sustainability activities in the Region, by using business intelligence tools,
  • Defining and implementing qualitative and quantitative monitoring tools to track and display sustainability performance indicators,
  • Promoting digital & communication tools for developing the Regional Purchasing Network and Regional CSR Network.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business Management,
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in data analysis and minimum 3 years experience in purchasing,
  • Experience of ocean freight operations, shipping markets, and international trade (preferred),
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data,
  • Stakeholder managmenet, ability to work with cross-functional teams and influence change,
  • Agility and resilience for adapting to complex and evolving landscape, with sense-and-respond mindset,
  • Strong understanding of sustainability principles and passion for creating positive change,
  • Attention to detail and the ability to work with large volumes of data,
  • Proficiency in purchasing and logistics softwares, as well as data analytics; expertise in SAP, Ariba and Power BI is preferred,
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools (Excel, Powerpoint, Access etc).
  • Excellent reporting skills.

 

Company description

As a global key player in yeasts and fermentation, Lesaffre designs, manufactures and markets innovative solutions for Baking, Food taste & pleasure, Health care and Biotechnology.

In close collaboration with its clients and partners, Lesaffre employs 11 000 people in nearly 80 subsidiaries based in +50 countries.

Lesaffre achieves a turnover of 2.2 billion euros.

We are looking for our new “Regional Purchasing & CSR Data Executive” to be located in MEA Regional Headquarter, Ataşehir / İstanbul. This role will be reporting to the Regional Purchasing Director.