Commodity Buyer

**Commodity Buyer (M/F/d) Procurement**

**Procurement Operations | Bielefeld | Start date: 07/01/2024 | Full Time | Permanent**

Since our beginnings at Dr. Oetker, we have been breaking new ground. With pizza, cake, and desserts, as well as digital platforms and services - quality and an innovative spirit set us apart.

What awaits you? It's up to you At. Dr. Oetker, you can actively shape the future - both yours and ours. We want to be part of something bigger. Don't you?

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**TEAM DESCRIPTION**
Our international Commodity Buyer team makes a significant contribution to improving operational procedures and processes through the large number of interfaces with other areas of the company. We use new IT systems and implement and optimize them internationally.

**YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES**
- As a Commodity Buyer (M/F/d), you will be responsible for the operational purchasing process for one or more regional and / or global product groups in compliance with defined standards.
- You will be also responsible for the international coordination and compilation of purchasing requirements for raw materials and trading goods.
- You will support our Commodity Managers in the tendering process and coordinate operational disruptions with internal and external stakeholders. You ensure the operational processes to secure the optimal supply of the Dr. Oetker production sites.
- You are responsible for the creation of master data, order processing and contract creation in the SAP environment.
- If required, you will manage negotiations up to a defined value limit. You will also be responsible for processing complaints in coordination with suppliers.
- Moreover, you will support the optimization of harmonized operational standard processes. Additionally, you will support the qualification and build up of new suppliers.
- You will take part in international standardization and harmonization projects in the international purchasing as well as cross-functionally.

**WHAT YOU BRING**
- You have a degree in business economics or a comparable qualification.
- You also have several years of professional experience in purchasing or in a purchasing-related field.
- You are confident in using MS Office and SAP as well as other purchasing-related systems. Thanks to your high IT affinity, you can quickly adapt to new systems.
- Your strong communication skills, your intercultural sensitivity and your pronounced service orientation characterize you.
- In addition to your ability to work in a team, you have a high degree of flexibility, assertiveness and problem-solving skills.
- Your excellent German and good English skills round off your profile.

**WHAT WE OFFER YOU**
Onboarding for new employees | Further education opportunities | Attractive remuneration with non-tariff benefits | Pension plan | Jobrad | Flexible work models | Mobile work | 30 days of vacation | Special vacation at Christmas & New Year's Eve | Sabbatical | Family-run company | Daycare cooperation for children | Excellent employee restaurant | Free car parking spaces | Discounts in the Dr. Oetker Shop | Sports, health and fitness offers | Laundry service | Showers for employees | Events and celebrations

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Dr. Oetker is an equal opportunities employer. We continuously work to shape and live a corporate culture where everyone feels welcome. At Dr. Oetker, your personality and qualifications are what count. Not gender, nationality, ethnic or social background, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation, and identity.

**Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG**
**Recruiting Team Bielefeld**
**+49 521 155 2520