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Danone

Global foods and beverages company

Junior Topline Buyer

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeKenitra, MoroccoNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5 qualification in procurement, commerce, management, finance, supply chain, marketing, or an equivalent field.
  • Initial experience in procurement, sourcing, marketing procurement, or project management.
  • Good command of Source-to-Contract processes.
  • Ability to analyze costs and compensation models.
  • Command of tender processes and negotiation techniques.
  • Knowledge of contract and supplier management.
  • Good understanding of business issues.
  • Very good command of Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Comfort using digital tools, procurement platforms, and enterprise resource planning systems.
  • Professional fluency in French and English.
  • Business and results orientation.
  • Rigor and analytical ability.
  • Curiosity, agility, and proactivity.
  • Ability to work with stakeholders and teams with varied areas of expertise.
  • Integrity and compliance awareness.
  • Value-creation orientation and a focus on finding solutions.
  • Ability to manage multiple topics and stakeholders in a cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

  • Collect and challenge internal client briefs.
  • Clarify deliverables, deadlines, budgets, and evaluation criteria.
  • Develop specifications with stakeholders.
  • Understand business issues and the specific needs of Marketing and Topline teams.
  • Monitor the market, conduct benchmarks, and qualify suppliers.
  • Identify and select external partners suited to team needs.
  • Prepare and launch requests for quotation and requests for proposal, as well as agency competitions.
  • Coordinate technical and commercial analysis of received bids.
  • Develop award recommendations in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Analyze cost structures, daily rates, fees, commissions, and external expenses.
  • Compare offers on a consistent basis.
  • Identify productivity levers and value-creation opportunities.
  • Prepare and conduct negotiations with support from the Category Sourcing Manager.
  • Contribute to contract execution in collaboration with Legal, Finance, and Compliance teams.
  • Monitor supplier key performance indicators, service-level agreements, commitments, and improvement plans.
  • Participate in supplier performance reviews.
  • Contribute to supplier-panel rationalization and optimization.
  • Ensure partners meet commitments and service-quality expectations.
  • Apply procurement policies, ethical rules, and confidentiality requirements.
  • Maintain procurement pipeline, savings, contract, risk, and next-step information.
  • Prepare clear summaries for management and internal clients.
  • Maintain traceability of decisions and rigorously track procurement-process stages.
  • Integrate corporate social responsibility, climate, circularity, and responsible-procurement criteria into Topline tenders.
  • Participate in monitoring supplier compliance with internal standards.
  • Identify partners capable of proposing innovative, responsible solutions aligned with business and sustainability goals.
  • Contribute to integrating sustainability considerations into procurement decisions.
  • Contribute to using digital procurement tools, including e-sourcing, e-auctions, contract platforms, and tender-tracking tools.
  • Structure procurement data to facilitate reporting and performance management.
  • Improve decision and process traceability.
  • Participate in continuous process improvement to increase efficiency, transparency, and execution speed.
  • Collaborate with Marketing and Topline, Sales, Finance, Management Control and Accounting, Legal, Compliance, and Internal Control teams.
  • Coordinate with Supply Chain and Operations, IT and Data, Quality and Food Safety, Research and Development and Innovation, and Human Resources teams.
  • Collaborate with local and global Cycles and Procurement teams.
  • Coordinate with external partners, including creative, media, and digital agencies, research institutes, event providers, point-of-sale material suppliers, and production partners.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in the fast-moving consumer goods sector is an advantage.

About the Company

Danone

Global foods and beverages company

Danone is a global food and beverage company focused on Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters, and Specialized Nutrition. It sells brands like Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Evian, Nutricia, and Volvic across more than 120 markets, employing over 100,000 people. Its products aim to support health and sustainability, guided by the One Planet. One Health framework and 2030 goals, with a plan to pursue B Corp certification by 2025. It differentiates itself with a mission-driven approach, the Entreprise à Mission status in France, and strong sustainability commitments across a diversified brand portfolio to bring healthy, sustainable eating to as many people as possible.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1919

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