Food & Beverage Buyer Coordinator GENOVA

Food & Beverage Buyer Coordinator
Genova
Liguria, GENOVA

Gi Group as a partner of MSC PROCUREMENT &

LOGISTICS il looking for a

FOOD &

BEVERAGE BUYER COORDINATOR

**The Category Manager coordinates the buyer team to**:

- Identify and evaluate suppliers

- Analyze suppliers' quotations and contract bids, verifying and negotiating contract terms, such as price, quality and delivery conditions

- Negotiate a wide range of Food &

Beverage product worldwide, verifying delivery conditions with Logistics departments

- Pro-actively keeps up to date with all market trends and actively use market research to strategically plan future purchases

- Verify that standard documents and suppliers' profiles are up to date ensuring they are consistent with the latest Company guidelines

- Manage products quality discrepancies, verifying them and soliciting feedback from suppliers

- Source Food &

Beverage products, according to Corporates Chefs instructions and supports them during products tests and suppliers' visits

- Communicate with the Accounting department for the resolution of invoice queries/anomalies, by confirming contract prices and ensuring suppliers are charging correctly

- Support Ship Customer Service Team in solving sourcing issues.

**The job holder will also carry out the following activities**:

- Liaising with other area of the business, as Product &

Project department to align common actions and goals in order to provide an excellence of service and to achieve procurement targets

- Pro-actively managing and building appropriate relationships with suppliers

- Preparing reports and maintaining accurate records

- Pro-actively working with Logistics and Warehouse, coordinating, when necessary, delivery operations to the vessels.

**The ideal applicant meets these requirements**:

- Comprehensive understanding of food purchase process developed through previous 3 or 5-years' experience in a similar purchasing role

- Good knowledge of Food &

Beverage products, HACCP along with Food &

Beverage market trends

- Strong ability to analyze data with strategic vision

- Knowledge of business operating systems/platforms

- Good communicate and negotiating skills

- Ability to coordinate a team

- Availability to travel.

We offer a permanent contract with the company

Full time, Monday to Friday

**Workplace**:

Genoa

lavoro temporaneo, Permanent e Professional Staffing, Ricerca e Selezione, Consulenza HR, Formazione, Outsourcing, supporto alla ricollocazione e attività complementari.

Siamo presenti in più di 30 Paesi in Europa, Asia e America con un team di oltre 6000 persone.

I valori che ci contraddistinguono:

Gi Group S. P. A. è autorizzata ad operare dal Ministero del Lavoro (Aut.

Min.

26/11/2004 PROT.

1101 - SG).