Qode
Sourcing & Purchasing Manager (Food Sector)
TLDR
Oversee the end-to-end sourcing and purchasing processes for fresh food categories, ensuring high-quality delivery and managing stock levels across all cities.
Food & Beverage Sourcing & Purchasing Manager
Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Workplace Type: Onsite
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Food & Beverage Sourcing & Purchasing Manager to oversee our fresh food category across all cities. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the end-to-end process, from finding suppliers and ordering to logistics solutions and ensuring high-quality delivery to our warehouses. This role requires a strong background in B2B trading, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to lead and develop a team. You will play a crucial role in managing stock levels, monitoring KPIs, and sourcing new suppliers to maintain a competitive edge in the market. The role also involves collaborating with various departments, including Operations, Accounting, and Sales, to ensure smooth and efficient processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the end-to-end process from finding suppliers, ordering, logistics solutions, and high-quality delivery to warehouses.
- Oversee daily ordering and purchasing activity on the fresh food category across all cities.
- Manage stock levels to ensure sufficient stock for daily, weekly, and monthly sales.
- Monitor and secure KPIs on Out-of-stock, Fill rate, Input Cost, and other upcoming metrics.
- Continue to source new suppliers to seek quality and price advantages.
- Negotiate payment terms with suppliers to gain benefit on the cash flow.
- Control suppliers’ on-time delivery to contribute to smooth Operations.
- Conduct market price research to ensure internal price competitiveness.
- Review portfolio performance and come up with suggestions on removing and adding new SKUs.
- Collaborate with Operations to handle issues related to suppliers such as quality, returning, and delivery time.
- Conduct weekly warehouse visits to check real stock status to control out-of-stock, quality & expiration.
- Collaborate with Accounting on contract, debt aspects.
- Formulate supplier strategy to gain bargaining power and stock availability.
- Conduct site visits to evaluate supplier’s facilities and operation capability.
- Source new suppliers and get quotations for the Sales team to pitch to customers.
- Collaborate with the Sales team to prepare stock for running weekly, monthly campaigns.
- Recruit, train, guide, and develop the food team across cities.
- Travel between cities to supervise performance & address prolongedly unsolved problems to meet KPIs.
- Continue to come up with kaizens to enhance business competitive advantages over market competitors.
- Handle other tasks given by the line manager and BOD.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- At least 5+ years of experience in Food & Beverage sourcing & purchasing, with a strong background in B2B trading (NOT raw materials/SCM planning for manufacturing).
- Hold at least one managerial role.
- Experience with sourcing fresh food (vegetable, fruit, meat,...).
- Logical thinking, problem-solving, good communication & strong leadership skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills with aptitude in building relationships.
- Excellent listening, negotiation, and presentation abilities.
- Proactive, self-motivated, result-focused, and eager to learn new things.
- Fluent English and solid knowledge in the F&B Market.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field is preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Additional Information
We offer a competitive salary of up to 50M Gross, with a 100% probationary salary. Salary reviews are conducted annually in December. Our working hours are from 9:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. You will receive 12 days of annual leave per year, and we provide a laptop and necessary equipment to perform your duties effectively. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team and contribute to the growth of our company in the fast-paced F&B industry. We are looking for a dedicated and passionate individual who is ready to take on new challenges and drive success.
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