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Client:
Barry Callebaut
Location:
Zurich, CH, 8005
Job Category:
Finance
Job Reference:
36b374faf8ac
Job Views:
10
Posted:
21.01.2025
Expiry Date:
07.03.2025
Job Description:
Trader Sustainability, Bean Sourcing
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 12,000 passionate employees working in more than 40 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
The Trader Sustainability, Bean Sourcing will be responsible for all commercial activities of their allocated region or a specific part of trading the cocoa beans. However, the trader should be flexible to take over other regions or commercial roles when required at the desk. Therefore, the trader should be aware of the business issues or opportunities presented to the trading team by our in-house suppliers and third-party suppliers as well.
In this role, there is a close link with the colleagues in the origin countries. Together with the local sourcing colleagues, the buying plan needs to be executed, contact with the suppliers maintained, claims handled, and work towards a smooth logistics execution of the contracts.
Additionally, in this role, the trader is the link to the Trade Houses community and local suppliers and should at all times know which suppliers have what on offer and what the prices are. You will have to be able to move quickly and have an instant understanding of newly arisen situations. You will also be selling to customers/factories and need to ensure they have the right beans at the right time. You will work very closely with the logistics team and handle shipping and storage issues. Together with the trading director, a buying plan is created for your region and for each season based on numerous different drivers. This plan needs to be executed and adjusted along the way as necessary.
Key Responsibilities include:
1. Maintain excellent contact with the suppliers assigned to you, your stakeholders, management, finance of receiving sites - ensuring readiness for EUDR Compliance.
2. Selling to customers/factories - managing the relationship, anticipating needs, resolving any issues.
3. Drive the P&L of your assigned region and ensure the business and contracting is optimized.
4. Be the go-to person for operational issues around the trading and logistics desk for your region.
5. Execute the sourcing plan.
6. Oversee and participate in the shipment allocations and the logistics plan.
About you:
1. University degree; master or bachelor degree.
2. 5 to 10 years of experience in a food/commodity environment.
3. Fluent in English. Knowledge of French is a plus.
4. Preference for understanding of financials.
5. Proven analytical skills, able to work with numbers and interpret them.
6. Knowledge/understanding of certification schemes and sustainability in general.
7. Experience with terminal market and financial tools related to risk management of physical trade is a plus.
8. Origin working experience is helpful.
9. Fully understand the risk management of running a trading position.
10. Create an understanding of the actors in the supply chain and be a relationship builder.
11. Structured way of communicating, precise and easy to connect with.
12. Exposure to stakeholders in different departments of a company.
13. Ability to maintain an overview and handle complex issues simultaneously.
14. Stress resistant and able to stay focused at all times.
15. Able to communicate at all levels - internal and external.
Application Deadline: July 9th, 2024
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