Procurement assistant packaging
Ardo supplies its continuously growing markets around the world with high quality frozen vegetables, herbs, and fruit with 3300 employees and 16 production, packing & distribution sites in 7 different countries. The family business sells in more than 100 countries and has a turnover of more than 1.4 billion euros. The close proximity of our factories to our crops is one of our key strengths and ensures that only minutes are lost between harvest and locking in the product’s natural goodness in our freezers.
Ardo's mission is to preserve the gift of nature for future generations by providing fresh frozen, plant-based food while minimising our impact on the planet. Ardo achieves this goal thanks to an integrated network of growing areas, production units, freezing units, packaging equipment, appropriate logistics and thorough quality control. The group's know-how and flexible structure ensure that it can respond quickly to new trends and that innovative product can be brought onto the market quickly.
Your Scope
We are looking for a GroupProcurement Officer Packaging for our Group Procurement team in Ardooie.
Group Procurement is responsible for the central strategic purchasing/sourcing of a large volume of (frozen) raw materials, services, materials and packaging for all Ardo factories and locations. Within Group Procurement, a specialized team in Packaging is responsible for the pre-press preparation and sourcing of packaging materials including flexible packaging (foils), paper-based packaging and various other materials such as labels, tape, glues etc. Within this team, the Group Procurement Officer Packaging will play a pivotal role in the operational support, data maintenance, and follow-up of packaging procurement. The Group Procurement Officer Packaging will report to the Group Sourcing Manager Packaging.
The main tasks of the Group Procurement Officer Packaging include:
§Maintaining purchasing data in group ERP SAP (contracts and price agreements) including supporting the upcoming implementations in collaboration with local & group project teams.
§Data expert for the packaging category: ensure the data quality (vendors, articles, purchasing conditions) and responsible for data quality issue resolution.
§Executing and supporting the Procurement plans in collaboration with our local replenishers and our suppliers.
§Supporting the Buyer Packaging and the Sourcing Manager Packaging in various operational tasks: preparing budgets, cost analyses, reports, quality documentation, internal communication on Sharepoint etc.
§International communication with all Ardo locations and suppliers.
§Collaboration with Group Supply Chain, Local Supply Chain, QA and Sales/Marketing; this is a central/group role based in Ardooie-BE.
Your profile
-You have at least a Bachelor's degree in a technical, business or economic field.
-You have a strong affinity with systems & data management and an advanced level in Excel (pivot tables and graphs have no secret for you). In addition, if you also have experience with an ERP package such as SAP, then this sounds great.
-Thanks to your relevant experience and knowledge, you can quickly pick up things and you are a multitasker in the environment of purchasing.
-Good communication skills are required as you are in contact with suppliers and the Ardo community
-A good verbal and written knowledge level of English is required. French is preferred.
We offer
We offer you the opportunity to be part of an authentic and sustainable international company, with real growth opportunities and the freedom to actively participate in shaping the business and the opportunity to develop professionally. You will receive a full remuneration package in line with the level of this position. We care for our people and create family-friendly surroundings by offering you the flexibility to work 2 days/week from home.