Senior Buyer Latin America

Job description

Who we are ?

The Pierre Fabre Group is unique in France: 2nd Dermo-Cosmetics laboratory in the world and 2nd private French Pharmaceutical group. Our group is 86% owned by the Pierre Fabre Foundation, recognized as being of public utility by the French government and which is dedicated to improving access to quality care and medicines in the least favored countries. This original shareholders structure ensures the independence of the company.

Our mission: "Every time we take care of one person, we make the world a better place.

"To achieve this, we cooperate with healthcare professionals, our trusted partners around the world, relesentlessly drawing inspiration from nature and plants, and placing pharmaceutical ethics at the very heart of our operations.

We are established in 45 countries and in more than 130 countries thanks to distribution agreements. Opening up to the international market has always been at the heart of our strategy.

Our head office is located in a region that is close to our hearts: Occitanie, in particular the Tarn department, where the group was founded and has been established since its inception.

Pierre Fabre is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expressionand identuty, disability, or any other kind of discrimination. You can find more about us here

Your mission

Be responsible for the procurement activity and performance in Latin America major affiliates for the Dermo-Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals subsidiaries.

Main activities:

·  The Senior Buyer is a leading player, is the guarantor of the proper implementation of the Group Purchasing processes.
·  The Buyer is delegated to dialog and to negotiate commercial conditions outside the Group.
·  Responsible for the procurement activity and performance in Latin America affiliates; Increase the Procurement maturity level and Negotiates with the Suppliers and manages the Supplier selection process.
·  Guarantees the proper operational application of decisions taken in order to build the Purchasing strategies by segment.
·  Identifies sources of savings and synergies in the Branches, central functions and Commercial Departments.
·  Identifies and proposes breakaway business models that can optimize performance in terms of Costs, Quality and Time

Main Requirements:

·  7+ years as a purchasing manager
·  Latin America experience desirable.
·  Fluent English (French as a plus)
·  Command of office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Who you are ?

We are convinced that diversity is a source of fulfillment, social balance and complementarity for our employees, which is why our offers are open to all, without restriction.