Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.
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Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.
Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients, a pioneer of plant proteins and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.
What makes us proud?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.
We are currently searching for a Strategic Buyer to be based out of our Geneva, IL office or our Gurnee, IL facility.
Reporting to the Industrial Purchasing Manager, this person will be responsible for all purchasing activities in support of Brand-new projects development (large Scale Facility extension) and Medium and large improvement of workshop investments.
In addition to the Investments, the Strategic Buyer will also support our facilities (Iowa and Illinois) to manage MRO contracts especially to manage on-site contractors, Maintenance contracts and Spare parts agreements.
These responsibilities include requesting quotes, negotiating contract terms, writing and processing purchase orders, identifying / resolving any commercial discrepancies, and managing supplier relationships in accordance with Roquette’s purchasing strategies.
Cross functional communication and teamwork will be vital to ensure all processes and procedures are aligned with the overall plant’s key performance indicators.
The buyer will have a strong connection with both Project and the Maintenance teams across each industrial site, therefore it’s expected for this person to travel on sites to support ongoing Large Projects, small improvement investment and maintenance needs.
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If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together !
Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.
Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.
As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.
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