Purchasing Responsible

Agrana Fruit Istanbul Gıda San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

Agrana Fruit is the global leader in the fruit preparation industry,providing fruit 

preperations and product solutions to the dairy ,ice cream,soft drink,bakery 

and food service industries.Our high performing Turkish team specializes

 in fruit preperations and other product solutions for the dairy,ice cream,bakery and food service industries.

Agrana Fruit is a division of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG and the world market 

leader for fruit preparation.

We are currently looking for a dedicated person who wants to join our team in 

Yalova / Kaytazdere-Altınova (at our plant) in the following position'Purchasing Responsible'

In Turkey,the Group is represented by Agrana Fruit İstanbul Gıda Sanayi ve 

Tic.A.S

AGRANA Fruit stands for fruitful innovation ,high quality,best service and qualified employees.To strengthen our local teams in Turkey,we are looking for a dedicated personality in the following position : Purchasing Responsible

Purchasing Responsible will give report to Purchasing Executive.

Candidates are expected to have the following qualifications and skills :
• University Degree in Food Engineering ,Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering.
• 3-5 years of experience in Purchasing  in food industry will be ideal
• Ability to combine the procurement processes and enhance the systems, in order to make our job easier to get done
• Ability to adapt to a fast working environment and willing to work at both strategically and operational levels
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office , especially good knowledge in excel and SAP will be an asset
• Strong analytical and business problem solving skills,
• Excellent communication and organization skills,
• Good planning and negotiation skills,
• Good presentation skills,
• Proactive, team player
• Good knowledge of the market of food ingredients.
• Understanding of pricing procedures ,tendering process ,purchasing methods ,etc.

Role Description:
We believe that our team is the most valued resource for our success. We invite you to a challenging career in Agrana Fruit Istanbul as Purchasing Responsible, who will report to Purchasing Executive.
Purpose of the job:
Organizes procurement of raw materials and non raw material part in accordance with the agreed budgets and strategies of the company, operational plans as well Group and national regulations and procedures .
Performs specific activities related to purchasing of raw materials in order to ensure smooth production operations and sales plans fulfillment in line with the current purchasing strategy/budgets/company targets/initiates/leads/contributes to cost saving projects.
Create optimal purchasing for raw materials and ensure efficient and on time deliveries of raw materials in order to prevent any stock out problem.
To manage inventory level and reduce storage costs is also included.  

Purchasing Responsible will be responsible for:
• Purchases and organizes deliveries of the raw materials and other needs (both local and import) under the supervision of Purchasing Executive.(in accordance with the agreed budgets and operational plans)
• Both operational such as Order Processing & Strategic Procurement Activities as well as managing safety stocks level with the help of Warehouse Responsible.
• Follow- up of market trends and developments in the related categories, both locally and in coordination with the Global Agrana Fruit Procurement Organization, called GPO
• Leads the negotiations on commercial terms with suppliers at all levels and preparation of agreements
• Continuously examines and analyzes current and potential purchase requirements/needs (to be extended further …)
• Monitors market in the area of delegation, trends, information about suppliers, etc. 
• Maintains contacts with the suppliers for the trusted cooperation, searches for and establishes contacts with new suppliers
• Coordinates/manages claims procedures within the area of delegation
• Prepares required reports and follows up KPIs
• Ensures proper documentation flow in the area of delegation