Procurement Manager Flavors
Ekaterra Netherlands B.V. (Lipton)
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months
Category (flavours) strategic buying for Tea Business, negotiation, contracting,
evaluation the portfolio effectiveness, price forecast, spend analysis, product
saving projects estimations and implementation, best commercial terms
negotiation and approval, write off avoidance etc. SAP, SRS system, NEXT
(savings reports), One Stream (price forecasting) iCat, Excel (pivots, formulas),
Power Point, Ariba.
Planning and Buying raw tea in accordance of production plan and demand,
demand and production analysis, stock optimization, estimation of buying
processes, goal (KPI) achievement, cooperation with tea mixing unit, regular tea
blending for mixing unit considering specification requirements and rules, blend
cost forecasting etc.
Project support for transfer product's enterprise to 3PM side.
Choosing and estimation potential suppliers and manufacturers. Economical estimation of project,
calculation analysis, profitability analysis, tender processing at e-platform. Negotiation with suppliers for the
reason to get the best commercial terms and improve current terms of work and get saving.Preparing legal
international documents.
Cooperation with suppliers IT goods and serviсes, WP&Travel services, Business services; tender leading at
e-platform; new supplier selection; keeping prices on minimum level for the longest time; terms of work
improvement (postpayment terms, contract currency, lead time); cost-effectiveness analysis; profitability
forecasting.
Cooperation with suppliers from foreign countries (China, Germany, Switzerland etc.); prices, volumes,
commercial terms discussion and approval;contract and specifications preparing; project leading; market
analysis; profitability forecasting; preparing documents for international auto and railway transportation;
cooperation with transport companies; preparing documents for custom clearance; business trips.
Work with partners from near and far foreign countries; delivery terms discussion; optimal volume
calculation; transports charges calculation; processing orders in SAP system, preparing international
documents for delivering goods abroad (Russian and English languages). Work with correspondence and
e-mail messages, negotiation with clients.