*job title: sugar & cocoa buyer coordinator*
*summary*:
*a day in the life of...*
- act as a liaison between quality and agriculture solutions and business needs, providing advice and solutions to markets and businesses within the scope.
- gather and evaluate functional requirements, write specifications, and support developers in implementing packaging environmental sustainability solutions across latam.
- identify, test, and implement changes to current systems to ensure compliance, improve performance, and usability.
- support the deployment of it solutions in factories across latam markets and act as the second level of support for stream solutions, resolving incidents and driving continuous improvement.
- partner with business and is/it teams to understand needs, translate requirements, and propose alternative solutions, while also facilitating strategy and innovation planning with stakeholders.
*what will make you successful*:
- knowledge of similar businesses, e.g., chocolate, sugar, food, etc.
- demonstrated success in delivering competitive advantage to the business through the development and implementation of sourcing strategies for the spend category in charge over a sustained period (2-3 years).
- demonstrated ability to successfully lead projects.
- demonstrated successful use of risk management, analyses, responsible sourcing, and supplier relationship management.
- successful negotiation experience in cross-functional and cross-market teams.