Buyer at the Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. At The Coca-Cola Company you can cultivate your career in a challenging and dynamic environment. We are the largest manufacturer and distributor of nonalcoholic drinks in the world-selling more than 1 billion drinks a day. Unlock your full potential with a future-focused company that is known and respected throughout the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Buyer

Location: Lagos (Hybrid)
Department: Supply Chain
Team: Procurement

About the Job

• Your main responsibility will be to provide support for the sourcing of a specific category across a country in a single cluster, indirectly reporting to and supporting SPM & SPSM for the strategic sourcing of the specific category.
• You will be ultimately responsible for optimizing service levels provided to internal customers for the specific category across all countries of the cluster, in alignment with the Spend Procurement Managers of each country.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze spot buys and take appropriate and proactive actions
• Build supplier relationships that generate value for both Hellenic and the supplier over time for local categories in alignment with SPM& SPSM
• Manage internal customer relationships for local categories in alignment with Spend Procurement Managers, SPM & SPSM
• Ensure CSR strategy implementation in alignment with the predefined standards and guidelines
• Support strategic sourcing tasks for the category across country in the cluster
• Support SPM & SPSM in executing strategic sourcing for the category
• Support SPM, SPSM and CPM to integrate procurement indirect category savings in country BP
• Maintain master data, including PIRS and catalogues
• Manage contract expiration and maintain contract
• Upload scanned contract in the system, update master data, and enable contract.

Requirements

• University Degree (Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, Legal or similar course is an added advantage) Knowledge in the category or in procurement (CIPS preferred or other certification)
• Must have 3-5 years' experience in Procurement processes and activities.
• Experience in SAP, other ERP systems with focus on Purchasing is an asset.

Are these your secret ingredients?

• Organizing
• Action Oriented
• Functional/Technical Skills
• Drive for Results
• Technical Learning
• Customer Focus
• Fluency in at least one language within the cluster is an asset

How to Apply
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