Source to Contract Buyer at FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc

FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC is a unique multinational FMCG & B2B company aiming to stay successful in an ever-changing and increasingly complex world. We are unique because our suppliers, the farmers, are also our owners. Since we own the entire supply chain, from grass to glass, we can guarantee the high quality of all our products. As we work in highly competitive markets, we need to be agile while balancing all interdependencies inside and outside our company. Next to a supply-driven business, our portfolio consists of many strong commercial brands all over the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Source to Contract Buyer

Job ID: 57363
Location: Nigeria
Working hours: 40+ hours
Team: Procurement

Responsibilities

• The Source-to-Contract Buyer is responsible for the facilitation/implementation of the category sourcing strategy by performing all sourcing plans for Procurement Categories globally and will closely cooperate with the category and/or business procurement managers.
• The Source-to-Contract Buyer will take end to end responsibility of the sourcing to the contracting processes and a proper handover to PSSC for content creation.
• This will mean among other tasks: set up, lead tender events, analyse, negotiate autonomously or along with category or business procurement managers, contract, on/off-board suppliers.
• Thereby the Source-to-Contract Buyer will have an important contribution to develop the Source-to-Contract Team to a more and more professional level and by increasing capabilities, implementing efficiencies, improving processes, speed and quality.
• They will achieve it by creating trust and engaging the category and/or business procurement managers to take over all sourcing activities, as well as other procurement operations colleagues on sourcing related activities, thus driving best-in-class results and compliance

Requirements

• At least 3-5 years of experience in the field of Procurement at a multinational company or a Shared Service organization
• End to end understanding of the source to pay process
• Experience in building RFx events
• Understanding of e-Sourcing methodologies
• Able to quickly and accurately analyse, conclude and summarize results
• Reporting experience
• Knowledge of Procurement processes
• Comfortable with ERP and e-sourcing tools
• Proven experience with (category/business) Procurement
• Proven experience with process and system optimization
• Strong internal stakeholder management
• Supplier management
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Good proficiency at presenting and influencing
• Strong negotiation skills
• Attention to details
• Ability to work autonomously
• Ability to make decisions on own level
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Change agility
• Result-orientation
• Strong resilience
• “owner’s mindset”: ability to work collaboratively for the company’s best interest beyond silos
• Tools knowledge and ability to challenge tool providers for improvement. (Indicative) list of tools: Ariba, Keelvar, Finscan, Duns & Bradstreet, Coupa CLM, SafeFood360, SAP (viewing), SQM
• Advanced proficiency in MS office tools, especially in Excel
• Excellent English
• Dutch or any additional European language skill is an advantage

Application Closing Date
3rd July, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online