Procurement Trainee - #238307

Frulact is an international business group, founded in Oporto in 1987. Currently, we are positioned as a top-ranked innovative player in the supply of added-value ingredients for the food and beverage industry, focusing on fruit preparations, plant-based dairy alternatives, liquid flavours, and other specialty ingredients.

We are more than 900 Frulacteans, bringing know-how to our clients from our sites in Europe (Portugal, France, Germany and Switzerland), North America (Canada) and Africa (Morocco and South Africa). Frulact’s headquarters are based in Maia, and the group is participated by Ardian, a world leading private investment company.

We are looking for a Trainee for our Procurement department in Maia, Porto (Portugal).

MISSION

Development of Supplier Relationship programs and internal procurement optimizations.

CONTEXT

Frulact a large internationally recognized company within the fruit preparations sector has experienced exponential growth in the past few years. With over 10 factories on 3 continents and more than 900 employees. With the rapid growth of the company procurement processes and supplier relationships are becoming increasingly inefficient. The aim of the present study is to identify the non-value-added activities within the Procurement department. A set of rules and processes are to be established between Procurement, other departments, and external partners to reduce efficiencies to the bare minimum level.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Trainee you will be shadowing Global Category Managers to accompany them in:

• Researching, comparing, evaluating and approving products and services from potential vendors;
• Preparing and reviewing tender documentation and contracts;
• Negotiating prices and terms of agreement with suppliers.
• Maintaning and updating records of purchased products, delivery information, invoices and supplier information

These tasks will complete the study of optimizing Procurement efforts within the company and with key suppliers to develop sustainable Supplier Relationship Programs.