Your mission
As our Barley Procurement Manager BeFra,
you will execute the malting barley procurement strategy for Belgium and
France, ensuring a reliable and cost-effective supply that meets plant and
customer needs, quality requirements, and budget targets.
This is an operationally driven role,
focused on daily market activities, contracting, logistics optimization, and
maintaining plant coverage, while monitoring and reporting local physical and
financial risks.
You will actively contribute to the overall
procurement strategy in close collaboration with the Continental Barley
Procurement Manager.
Key Responsibilities
As our Barley Procurement Manager BeFra your
role will involve:
Procurement Strategy & Financial
Performance
- Develop and execute the BeFra procurement strategy in
collaboration with the Continental Barley Procurement Manager.
- Achieve budgeted Barley P&L targets (global and local
impact) and support Budget and Latest Estimate (LE) processes/cycles.
- Ensuring sensitivity to “profit on barley” objectives and
optimize purchasing decisions.
Market Execution & Contract
Management
- Execute daily market activities, including supplier
negotiations, local hedging, and contracting within the boundaries and
strategic direction set by the Regional Manager.
- Negotiate and close physical contracts with merchants,
cooperatives, and brokers, ensuring accurate and timely execution and
follow-up of the barley contract book.
Market Intelligence & Reporting
Daily monitoring of Europe’s
grain markets and dissemination of relevant market data internally.
- Perform mark-to-market analysis, track positions, and report
P&L of Barley and Logistics Book on a monthly basis.
- Produce daily and ad hoc reporting on barley positions,
pricing, and market trends.
Supply Coverage & Logistics
Optimization
- Ensure optimal plant coverage for BeFra (avoiding shortages or
excess).
- Optimize logistics and purchasing costs across the barley
supply chain.
Being a key contributor to
Supply and Demand Analysis for the region.
Sustainability & Quality
- Deliver committed SAI-equivalent and regenerative barley
volumes in line with group targets.
Ensuring procurement in BeFra
region aligns with Boortmalt’s sustainability targets, including SAI and
Regenerative grown barley, to align with emission reduction objectives.
Implementing in collaboration
with Quality Team supplier evaluation programs to encourage quality,
sustainability, and innovation for BeFra region.
Stakeholder Collaboration &
Relationships
- Build and maintain strong relationships with external suppliers
(merchants, cooperatives, storage partners, malting barley growers’
groups, farmers’ organizations).
- Act as a key decision taker for barley side in S&OP,
aligning with Supply Chain and Quality to meet production and customer
requirements (volumes/quality).
Collaborating with Spain
procurement, when it affects and involves imports from other countries, such as
France, Denmark or UK.
Innovation & Development Support
- Supporting innovation team with sourcing of all new products
(Lentils, peas, rye, oats, etc.).
- Supporting the follow-up of BeFra's new varieties trials and
pilots program setting, collaborating with Regional Manager and Global
Variety Development Manager.
