Junior Buyer - micro ingredients (M/F/X)

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.

Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

This position is in Cargill's animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Job Purpose and Impact

As a Buyer, you will be responsible for ensuring the best cost/quality ratio for the micro ingredients portfolio (including vitamins, amino acids, minerals, dairy and specialties ingredients) assigned to you, for our plants located in Western Europe (France, Spain, Netherlands, Great Britain, and Ireland), in accordance with Cargill's group policies and local regulations.

You will also be in charge of sourcing products within this portfolio to meet the expectations and needs of production sites, working closely with supply chain, technical, quality, and formulation teams.

Key Accountabilities

• Deploying and implementing the Group purchasing strategy for your portfolio of ingredients for our Animal Nutrition business.
• Identifying performance levers: standardization, volume pooling, competitive bidding, sourcing.
• Negotiating the best economic conditions (including through volume pooling) with regional/local suppliers, while considering technical and commercial objectives.
• Coordinating the onboarding of new sourcing options.
• Managing supplier relationships and ensuring proper execution of contractual terms, evaluating supplier performance, implementing corrective action plans, and resolving potential disputes.
• Proactively proposing new ingredients and suppliers to secure supply and improve competitiveness, while meeting quality and quantity expectations.
• Conducting market intelligence (internal/external networks).
• Providing expertise on market analysis and product usage costs within your portfolio.
• Leading meetings between departments (quality, supply chain) for specific projects.
• Additional tasks may be assigned based on needs/projects.

• Engineering degree or a business school diploma (preferred agricultural/agribusiness) or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of two years' experience in a similar role in procurement and/or supply chain department.
• Fluent English and French/Spanish - daily work in an international environment.
• Good knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel.

• Knowledge of agri-food markets.
• SAP user experience.