Procurement Lead / Expert

Job Description

Olam Food Ingredients (ofi) is a global leader offering naturally good food & beverage ingredients and solutions. ofi commenced operations in Vietnam in 1997, setting up its representative office. Since then, we have established an extensive presence across different parts of Vietnam, including our head office in Ho Chi Minh City and regional offices in Binh Dinh, Long An, Dong Nai, Phu Yen, Lamdong and Gia Lai Provinces.

ofi Vietnam is currently the largest exporter of Cashews, Pepper & Instant Coffee in Vietnam, investing in the state-of-the-art instant coffee facility and running 7 large factories with 7,500 employees across Central & South Vietnam. Our operations have an interface with a farmer network of 2 million farmers. We are also amongst the largest exporter of Green Coffee in Vietnam.

We have established sustainability programmers for black pepper, coffee & cashew. We are excited about our future prospects in Vietnam as the country has huge potential in agriculture.

Job overview

We are seeking for a Procurement Specialist/ Expert who is responsible for the Procurement activities in ofi Spices Vietnam, including sourcing, purchasing and coordinating for the deployment of any spices’ SOP, SOP from ofi globally. Concurrently, the individual have also be the key contact point for procurement seasoning projects at ofi spice Vietnam side for new product development/ innovation activities.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage procurement activities follow direct Boss’s Instruct.
• Lead for purchasing activities, specializing in purchasing Monosodium glutamate (MSG), seasoning, spices & herbs, salt, food chemicals.
• Liasoning and negotiating with suppliers/collectors on price, quality, and quantity of raw material.
• Monitor delivery activity of supplier to keep the right days.
• Managing activities of quality controller, warehouse keeper, field staff etc
• Managing the flow of incoming and outgoing material and ensuring its quality
• Controlling cost of operations and planning & managing daily fund requirements
• Collecting daily market information on prices, production, harvest etc to keep the right news for reporting.
• Follow up market information in price and buying activities of competitors.

Job Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Agronomy/Agriculture, Environmental sciences, Development Studies etc
• Agronomy knowledge of Black Pepper, Cassia crop, Monosodium glutamate (MSG), seasoning, spices & herbs, salt, food chemicals…etc. 
• Strong networking & collaborative skills for working with variety of internal departments & external groups like local government or NGOs etc./
• Excellent presentation, report writing & communication skill
• Planning and coordinating
• Leadership and teamwork
• Proficient with MS Office: Excel/PowerPoint