Purchase Execution Representative
Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargill’s food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Purchase Execution Representative will oversee the reception of materials and products from multiple vendors and parties, store items in the appropriate areas, log inventory levels and retrieve orders for shipping as part of the company's production and warehouse team. In this role, you will coordinate all aspects of the business for the local operation to ensure efficient operations.
Key Accountabilities
- Purchase order handling in our ERP system
- Arrange transport to our warehouses in Belgium and the UK
- Work closely with corporate support functions, operations and warehouse teams to follow up on receiving goods, shipments and tracking orders while identifying issues or concerns
- Handling requests of sales back-office regarding purchased goods
- Checking purchase invoices
- Organizing and coordinating repack orders
- Keeping our purchase related masterdata up-to-date in our ERP system
- Supplier complaints handling
- Monitoring and follow-up KPIs
- Coordinate with supply planning team to maintain appropriate stocking levels.
- Develop and maintain reports, spreadsheets and inventory control programs, interpreting data and communicating results in an easy to understand way.
- Handle complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma, secondary education level or equivalent
- Confirmed experience with spreadsheet and word processing applications
- Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal
- Ability to distinguish main and secondary issues and to keep a good overview
- Minimum of four years of related work experience
- Knowledge of Dutch is an asset
- Other minimum qualifications may apply
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
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