Senior Procurement Specialist

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

The Shared Business Services (SBS) Senior Procurement Specialist provides end-to-end procurement operations and tactical sourcing support.The role combines high-quality transactional execution with the management of assigned categories, supporting competitive sourcing, supplier coordination, contract compliance, spend visibility, and continuous improvement. The Senior Procurement Specialist :

• acts as a senior point of contact for complex procurement cases and coach less-experienced colleagues where requested.
• promote standardized ways of working, strong controls, accurate data and transparent escalation.
• build trusted relationships wit stakeholders while protecting the shared-service operating model.
• identify recurring root causes and lead practical improvements in process, catalog adoption, compliance and supplier performance.

Scope & Key Responsibilities

A. Procurement Operations and Service Delivery

• Review purchase requisitions for completeness, policy compliance, coding and sourcing-channel alignment.
• Create and maintain purchase orders in accordance with approved requests, contracts, catalogs and delegated controls.
• Follow up purchase orders, confirmations, delivery commitments and exceptions with suppliers and stakeholders.
• Coordinate supplier communication for operational requirements, order clarification, delivery follow-up and issue resolution.
• Support invoice resolution by investigating PO, receipt, price and supplier-data discrepancies with the relevant teams.
• Maintain accurate transaction records and contribute to service-level, quality and productivity improvement.

B. Tactical Sourcing and Assigned Categories

• Manage assigned categories within the category direction and approval framework established
• Prepare and execute RFQs, including requirements clarification, bidder coordination, commercial analysis and recommendation packs.
• Conduct negotiations within approved objectives, thresholds and mandates; escalate exceptions or material commitments.
• Support supplier selection through documented evaluations covering commercial, service, risk and compliance criteria.
• Coordinate contract development, renewal, administration and compliance monitoring with relevant business, legal and procurement stakeholders.
• Identify savings, cost-avoidance, demand-management and spot-buy reduction opportunities, with benefits validated through the agreed governance process.

C. Supplier, Data and Procurement Enablement

• Coordinate supplier onboarding and vendor master data requests, ensuring completeness, accuracy and control compliance.
• Maintain procurement catalogs and support adoption of preferred buying channels.
• Produce spend analysis and actionable procurement insights for Procurement.
• Coordinate supplier performance information and support periodic supplier evaluations and improvement actions.
• Provide procurement process guidance to users; this role is not accountable for SAP application support or technical incident resolution.

D. Inventory-Related Procurement Support

• Support procurement actions arising from approved inventory plans, such as supplier follow-up, order placement and supply-risk escalation.
• Provide purchasing and supplier information to inventory planners and operational stakeholders.
• Inventory policy, demand planning, replenishment parameters and stock ownership remain outside this role unless formally delegated.

Role Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Professional procurement certification is advantageous
• At least 7 years of experience in procurement operations, tactical sourcing, purchasing or category support in a regional or shared-service environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage RFQs, commercial analysis, supplier negotiation and contract coordination.
• Experience handling high transaction volumes while maintaining quality, compliance and customer service.
• Demonstrated experience managing international stakeholders in a multicultural environment.
• Advanced English proficiency, written and spoken.
• Ability to manage Procurement requirements distributed across a broad geography and coordinate effectively with local suppliers in different markets.
• Experience with P2P / ERP environments is expected; SAP purchasing modules and SAP Ariba are highly preferred (SAP key user)
• Good command of Microsoft Excel and Outlook; experience with reporting tools such as Power BI is an advantage.

Core Skills & Competencies

• Strong communication, collaboration, and business relationship management across remote and international stakeholders.
• Solid tactical sourcing and negotiation skills for assigned purchasing requirements.
• Customer focus, with the ability to understand business needs and translate them into practical Procurement solutions.
• Process-driven mindset with strong awareness of P2P controls, compliance, and audit requirements.
• Analytical thinking and structured problem solving, including the ability to evaluate alternatives and recommend solutions.
• Ability to prioritize and coordinate purchasing demand across multiple locations, stakeholders, and suppliers.
• Continuous-improvement mindset, identifying opportunities for standardization, automation, efficiency, and better user experience.
• Drive requester / receiver process & system adoption

Additional Information for the job

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits​​​​​​
• Hybrid work available (not applicable to all roles)
• Pension contributions
• Access to Training and Development 
• Access to Concierge Partnerships

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us