Buyer - Technical Goods & Services for Germany

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally. Louis Dreyfus Company is looking for a Buyer, Technical goods and services to strengthen their EMEA procurement team. Such spend categories includes spare parts, maintenance services, cleaning, equipment and other indirect industrial asset related expenditures. The Buyer role will be responsible for procurement activities to support the production activities in plant operations within the region with an initial focus on Germany . This role involves managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality raw materials to meet production demands. Main Responsibilities: The Buyer will be responsible for the following activities Perform Simple and Tactical sourcing : analyze past purchases, support other departments articulating specifications, analyze suppliers market, prepare and issue Request for Quotations / Proposals, analyze offers, negotiate, select suppliers and contract for various spend categories, under the guidance of more senior procurement colleagues. Process Purchase Requests to Purchase Orders : convert Purchase Requests submitted by internal requesters into Purchase Orders towards suppliers based on the appropriate terms and conditions as per contracts negotiated by colleagues or to be negotiated by the buying team under guidance. This shall include managing the required master data (material & services, counterparts) and other underlying processes to enable such PR to PO conversion and act as a key users to end users for systems in