Strategisk inköpare (hybrid)

Are you a passionate purchaser and do you have a commercial mindset?
Do you enjoy working close to the business, often in projects and always with focus on service?
Would you like to develop in a fast-growing innovation-driven company with high quality products and being the market leader?
If so, we are happy to tell you that we might just have something for you!
At Barry Callebaut we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!
ASM Foods in Mjölby is part of the Barry Callebaut Group, and focuses on developing and producing customized fillings and coatings for the bakery, confectionery, dairy and ice cream industries. The site in Mjölby has two production facilities - one designed to produce water based products such as caramels, fruit fillings, and other sauces, and the other designed to produce fat based products such as chocolate and compound coatings and fillings. Our production is agile and flexible, facilitating great new opportunities and creative product development.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE
The Strategic Purchaser for our Specialities and Decorations site in Mjölby will be at the forefront of all strategic sourcing activities and guarantee purchase for all of our products to ensure continuity of supply. You will play a key role in getting the right goods at the right place at the right time. You will work closely with supply chain, finance and R&D to ensure compliance and delivery and you will collaborate with your internal customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
You will focus on building relationships with key suppliers, cost saving and/or sustainable initiatives and innovations.
● Have the responsibility for the direct material sourced to ASM.
● You will develop, establish and maintain cost-effective, service-oriented as well as quality-focused strategic supplier relationships
● Be responsible for all negotiations and supplier contracts and follow up and ensure that contract are correctly implemented
● Have a close cooperation with sales on raw material price development, how it affects ASM customers and support when needed.
● Cooperate with R&D on the development of the raw material portfolio and on cost saving projects.
● Continuously identify, search and evaluate suppliers and/or new materials that fits with the organization’s framework of quality and price.
● Play an active role in relevant cross-functional projects relating to changes of material and/or suppliers
● Together with the BC sustainability team develop the raw material portfolio to be 100 % sustainable latest 2025
ABOUT YOU - Things We Will Be Looking For
Primarily we are looking for a person with a background in commercial purchasing from a manufacturing environment, preferably the food industry. You are a graduated student with previous experience in the purchasing area, ideally a relevant internship or 3-5 years of career experience so far. What is most important is your attitude, willingness and ability to quickly learn and maintain good relationships both with suppliers as well as internally with other employees.
You will have the following qualifications and skills to fill the role:
Professional qualifications
● Bachelor’s degree or higher required, preferably in Business, Finance, Economics or Supply Chain.
● Past solid work experience in Purchasing function (in food, pharmaceutical or chemical industries)
● Project Management and Communication Skills.
● Experience in collecting and analyzing data
● Solid skills in Google environment, SAP & Microsoft Office
● Fluent English language is a must, Swedish is preferred and any other language is a plus

Personal skills
● High degree of flexibility, ability to work with competing priorities, and to work on strategic, tactical as well as operational level
● Systematic, creative and seek improvements in your daily work, enabling you to actively understands problems and bringing solutions
● Self starter with the ability to work with international & cross functional teams
● Ability to perform with minimal supervision. Take action before being requested to do so
● Excellent collaboration and communication skills, you build both trust and strong networks, and you inspire and challenge your stakeholders in performing accurate reporting and planning
● Ambassador for Barry Callebaut's values: Customer Focus, Entrepreneurship, Integrity, Passion and Team Spirit
Does this sound like you? Then you are a perfect fit for this role!
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS OR COMMENTS

● Location: Mjölby, Sweden. Hybrid workplace (possibility to work partly remote).
● The position reports to the Technical Sales & Sourcing Manager.
● You must have a work permit in Sweden to apply for this position.
● Start as soon as possible.
● Diversity and Inclusion - To keep winning as a team, we want to harness and celebrate the huge diversity of talents we have across our company and including everybody on our growth journey.
● We strive to be a drug-free workplace. Drug testing is part of our recruitment process.