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Lesaffre

Fermentation specialist advancing food and health

Procurement Supervisor

Inventory ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeVirrey del Pino, Buenos Aires Province, ArgentinaIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Completed technical secondary education, or documented suitability validated by the Logistics Manager and/or Operations Manager.
  • Four to five years of middle-management experience in supply/procurement at a medium-sized company, preferably in the food industry, including stock-management duties.
  • Knowledge of quality, safety and hygiene, and environmental standards and procedures.
  • Knowledge of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
  • Knowledge of spill response and chemical handling.
  • Proficiency in SAP, IM/MM module, is mandatory.
  • Intermediate-level proficiency with the Office suite.
  • Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices and area-specific prerequisite programs.
  • Practical application of HACCP, including monitoring, critical limits, and corrective actions.
  • Knowledge of quality and food-safety procedures and records, including checklists, inspections, and traceability.
  • Knowledge of input authenticity controls and monitoring of sensitive points for fraud prevention and food defense.
  • Experience in ABC inventory management.
  • Experience managing reports and data-based management follow-up.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain stock levels for raw materials, packaging materials, and spare parts at the plant and assigned external warehouses.
  • Balance material availability with inventory levels.
  • Analyze and manage stock aging.
  • Identify slow-moving stock, near-expiry stock, and excess inventory.
  • Propose corrective actions with Planning and Purchasing.
  • Align supply with production requirements.
  • Keep receipts of purchase orders for packaging materials, spare parts, and raw materials up to date.
  • Keep stock in transit up to date, including UB-SAP transfer orders.
  • Report bulk stock consumption to Production weekly.
  • Conduct cycle counts of raw materials and packaging-material stock.
  • Lead additional area tasks methodically, including dissolutions, repackaging, scrap removals, loading fertilizer trucks, and generating area purchase requisitions (SOLPED).
  • Use SAP transactions MB52, MB51, MB5T, and MBLB.
  • Follow up using ME2N and VL06I.
  • Control movements 101, 261, 201, 311, 701, and 702.
  • Analyze inventory discrepancies and identify root causes.
  • Manage performance indicators, including service level (311 date versus production reservation date), stock coverage days based on historical consumption, percentage of expired stock, monthly discrepancy reporting, and receipt delays tracked through VL06I.

About the Company

Lesaffre

Fermentation specialist advancing food and health

Lesaffre is a global fermentation company with a long history and a turnover of €3.2 billion. It employs about 11,700 people from 100 nationalities and operates on all continents. The company develops and produces fermentation-derived ingredients and solutions for food, health, naturalness, and environmental sustainability, working with customers, partners, and researchers to harness the power of microorganisms. Its products come from fermentation processes that use microorganisms to transform raw materials into ingredients and additives for scale, safety, flavor, nutrition, and sustainability. Compared with competitors, Lesaffre combines global reach, large-scale production, and a deep, century-long expertise in fermentation, along with a strong network across customers, researchers, and regions. The company’s goal is to nourish 9 billion people in a healthy way by 2050 while making the most of the planet’s resources, using fermentation as a key solution to food and health challenges.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Marcq-en-Barœul, France
Founded
1853

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