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As our Barley Procurement Manager BeFra, you will execute the malting barley procurement strategy for Belgium and France, ensuring a reliable and cost-effective supply that meets plant and customer needs, quality requirements, and budget targets. This is an operationally driven role, focused on daily market activities, contracting, logistics optimization, and maintaining plant coverage, while monitoring and reporting local physical and financial risks. You will actively contribute to the overall procurement strategy in close collaboration with the Continental Barley Procurement Manager.
Job Responsibility
Execute the malting barley procurement strategy for Belgium and France, ensuring a reliable and cost-effective supply that meets plant and customer needs, quality requirements, and budget targets
Operationally driven role, focused on daily market activities, contracting, logistics optimization, and maintaining plant coverage, while monitoring and reporting local physical and financial risks
Actively contribute to the overall procurement strategy in close collaboration with the Continental Barley Procurement Manager
Develop and execute the BeFra procurement strategy in collaboration with the Continental Barley Procurement Manager
Achieve budgeted Barley P&L targets (global and local impact) and support Budget and Latest Estimate (LE) processes/cycles
Ensuring sensitivity to 'profit on barley' objectives and optimize purchasing decisions
Execute daily market activities, including supplier negotiations, local hedging, and contracting within the boundaries and strategic direction set by the Regional Manager
Negotiate and close physical contracts with merchants, cooperatives, and brokers, ensuring accurate and timely execution and follow-up of the barley contract book
Daily monitoring of Europe's grain markets and dissemination of relevant market data internally
Perform mark-to-market analysis, track positions, and report P&L of Barley and Logistics Book on a monthly basis
Produce daily and ad hoc reporting on barley positions, pricing, and market trends
Ensure optimal plant coverage for BeFra (avoiding shortages or excess)
Optimize logistics and purchasing costs across the barley supply chain
Being a key contributor to Supply and Demand Analysis for the region
Deliver committed SAI-equivalent and regenerative barley volumes in line with group targets
Ensuring procurement in BeFra region aligns with Boortmalt's sustainability targets, including SAI and Regenerative grown barley, to align with emission reduction objectives
Implementing in collaboration with Quality Team supplier evaluation programs to encourage quality, sustainability, and innovation for BeFra region
Build and maintain strong relationships with external suppliers (merchants, cooperatives, storage partners, malting barley growers' groups, farmers' organizations)
Act as a key decision taker for barley side in S&OP, aligning with Supply Chain and Quality to meet production and customer requirements (volumes/quality)
Collaborating with Spain procurement, when it affects and involves imports from other countries, such as France, Denmark or UK
Supporting innovation team with sourcing of all new products (Lentils, peas, rye, oats, etc.)
Supporting the follow-up of BeFra's new varieties trials and pilots program setting, collaborating with Regional Manager and Global Variety Development Manager
Requirements
Degree level in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Economics, or Commodities Trading (preferable)
Additional training in Risk Management or Supply Chain Management is a plus
Minimum 5 to 10 years work experience in procurement or trading
knowledge of agricultural markets is a must
Familiar working with volatile and cash markets, working with diverse groups, understanding accounting and inventory management, negotiation skills
Fluent in English and French is a must
Spanish, Dutch or German are a plus
Knowledge in Procurement ERPs and Grain Market Analysis software's are mandatory
Based in Antwerp, Belgium with frequent travel to barley growing regions, depending on business needs
Nice to have
Spanish, Dutch or German
Additional training in Risk Management or Supply Chain Management is a plus
What we offer
Attractive salary and benefits package
Career opportunities internationally
Focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration and health and wellbeing