Senior Buyer

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 eight platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 17,000 people globally.

Our employees work mainly in agri-commodities trading, farming, logistic and financial software developments, IT, Supply Chain or agri-food B2B sales, among others.

The Buyer will report to the EMEA Head of Procurement and will be responsible for the following activities:

• Strategic and Tactical Sourcing: manage the relation with internal business partners, analyze spend and budget so as to articulate the sourcing plan, execute this sourcing plan based on the simple or strategic sourcing process, negotiate and implement contract, define supplier strategy and manage supplier performance, define category related policies and guidelines
• Purchase Request to Purchase Order processing: convert Purchase Requests submitted by internal requesters into Purchase Orders towards suppliers based on the appropriate terms and conditions 
• Purchase Order follow up and expediting: ensure the delivery in time, quality and quantity of the various goods and services ordered which includes tracking PO confirmations and shipping notification
• Buying Chanel compliance monitoring: make sure the negotiated contracts are properly used by LDC and monitor any deviation, suggest and implement remediation
• Purchase Order issues resolution claims management support: proactively support any type of issue in conjunction with the purchases in scope

Your profile:

• Degree in Business Administration and/or Procurement and/or Supply Chain
• Knowledge on established Procurement / Finance business processes & technologies, some sourcing skills will be a plus
• English fluent
• German basic notions are OK, the person shall be committed to learn the language
• Customer focus skills
• Communication and negotiation skills

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We offer

• Competitive salary and benefits​​​​​​
• Hybrid work available (not applicable to all roles)
• Pension contributions
• Access to Training and Development 

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA.

LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.