Position Description

The primary responsibility of the Procurement Manager role is to coordinate procurement activities and manage supplier relationships in order to reduce costs, add value and mitigate supply risk. 

As a valued member of the Bunge team all team members are accountable for the following items:

• Ensure compliance with Bunge’s Performance Factors: Revenue Contribution; Cost Efficiency; Customer Satisfaction; Regulatory, Safety & Environment; People Development;
• Ensure adherence to all aspects of legal compliance as they relate to the role.
• Minimise loss, thereby maximising profit to the business, through ensuring the implementation and compliance with performance and expected behaviours and standards for self and staff including all policies, procedures and code of conduct.

Safety management

• Contribute and influence an environment where Health & Safety (H&S) is an integral part of how we do business.
• Be involved and committed to achieve a safe workplace.
• Ensure the safety of yourself, your work colleagues, customers and contractors.
• Work to achieve a zero-harm work environment.
• Ensuring key team members undertake contractor permit to works and associated risk assessments within the operations scope of works are completed before the commencement of works.
• Responsible for conducting the incident and injury management processes, including reporting and investigation.

Food safety and quality management

• Contribute to the development of a food safety culture.
• Adhere to processes and procedures, and directions in relation to food safety and quality management.
• Report any identified food safety risks in a timely manner.
• Comply with any role specific food safety and quality management requirements.

Sourcing and procurement

• Develop and manage a procurement strategy that aligns with operational business strategy.
• Review spend categories and suppliers and engage with the business to identify and support cost saving opportunities and add value through scope optimisation, aggregation of volume and consolidation of suppliers.
• Identify and support initiatives to reduce costs and waste and eliminate unproductive practices.
• Mitigate supply risk and secure supply of business critical goods and services through negotiated agreements, and engagement and maintenance of relationships with key suppliers.
• Engage with key suppliers in ‘long term partnering’ to extract business benefits for both parties.
• Manage supplier contracts through agreed KPIs, and act as escalation point in contract disputes.
• Develop and support Continuous Improvement Programs (CIPs) with approved suppliers.
• Develop procurement KPIs and regularly seek feedback from key business stakeholders.

Financial management and control

• Set annual budget Procurement and ensure expenditure is within budget.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs through procurement activities.
• Manage project budgets, and report on financial position where required.
• Ensure cost savings as a result of initiatives are recorded and can be accurately reported on.
• Ensure master data is accurate, timely and with integrity across all applicable company systems.

Other

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of existing processes, documents, templates and policies, and engage or educate other company employees as appropriate.
• Develop and optimise procurement systems and processes.
• Ensure compliance with internal company policies, procedures and guidelines, applicable external laws, regulations and industry codes.
• Other tasks as required.

• Related tertiary qualification, ideally with Law, Commerce or Procurement.

• Experience in a procurement role / supporting procurement processes.
• Excellent business acumen and negotiation skills
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Superior numerical and analytical skills
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills
• Superior oral and written communication skills
• Sound knowledge of technology to support business and delivery of role
• Highly competent in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project

At Bunge (NYSE: BG), our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider, our team of ~34,000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where they’re grown to where they’re needed—in faster, smarter, and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination, storage, distribution, oilseed processing and refining, offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils, fats, and proteins. We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored, innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200+ years of experience and presence in over 50 countries, we are committed to strengthening global food security, advancing sustainability, and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva, Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Learn more at Bunge.com.

Every day our people exemplify these values, which represent Bunge at its core:

•    We Are One Team – Collaborative, Respectful, Inclusive
•    We Lead The Way – Agile, Empowered, Innovative
•    We Do What’s Right – Safety, Sustainability, With Integrity

If this sounds like you, join us!  We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and are excited to live it every day – people who are #ProudtoBeBunge