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JOB ADVERT: Cocoa Beans Purchasing Manager

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 11,000 passionate Employees working in more than 35 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role: To ensure the cocoa sourcing in the dedicated region and create value for the company.

Key responsibilities include:

• To ensure Negotiate purchase prices to the suppliers and manage contract as regards to his suppliers porfolio and zone of action when needed via weekly forecast tracking
• Manage and track pre-financing records as regards to his specific suppliers in synergy with Cocoa Supply Director
• Manage suppliers' daily concerns
• Create and maintain an information network (competition, production, prices on the ground)
• Ensure regular bush tours (prospecting, debt collection, information….) and plan cocoa beans buyers bush tours on weekly basis for those already settlled up country and every 15 days for those who are based in Douala.
• Responsible for the maintaining a close relationship with suppliers and finding new ones ( from the competition ) - management portfolio
• Prepare and communicate weekly activity report as regards to his suppliers porfolio
• Participate and promote BC’s Forever Chocolate activities in his suppliers portfolio

About you:

• 3-years diploma in Commercial  or Marketing
• 3-years professional experience in cocoa activity/business and accounting
• Good knowledge of the field
• Good negotiation skills
• Good team management and communication skills
• Good integrity and ethics
• Computer literacy (Word, Excel)
• B driver's license with a  driving experience
• Mobility

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please go to "careers" page on group BARRY CALLEBAUT website: www.barry-callebaut.com