Buyer Indirect

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate.

We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

We are seeking a highly skilled and autonomous Senior Buyer to join our Cocoa operations and play a critical role in our manufacturing location in Eddystone, United States. This is an opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to support site procurement operations while continuing to strengthen a solid procurement foundation for sustainable long-term performance.

This role combines operational procurement execution with a more strategic sourcing mindset, requiring the ability to manage day-to-day site needs while also structuring sourcing activities, driving value beyond price, improving supplier performance, ensuring compliance, and strengthening procurement’s role as a trusted business partner.

The Senior Buyer will report with a solid line to the Manager, Purchasing
- Indirect Spend and must be based at the site location in Eddystone, United States. The role offers room to broaden scope and take increasing ownership over time, based on business needs and individual performance.

• Manage end-to-end sourcing and purchasing activities for site-related CAPEX, MRO, technical services, spare parts, facility-related services, utilities, laboratory consumables/services/equipment, and other indirect operational needs not managed at Group level, ensuring compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for local/site indirect spend categories to ensure the most efficient procurement of goods and services at the best total cost of ownership, while safeguarding service, quality, operational continuity, and compliance.
• Lead supplier identification, qualification, and negotiation processes to secure capable vendors and competitive commercial agreements.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, maintenance, operations, quality, finance, and other key site stakeholders to align procurement plans with business priorities, technical requirements, and plant operational needs.
• Apply the appropriate purchasing approach depending on the situation, including strategic sourcing, tactical sourcing, spot buys, contract-based procurement, and structured negotiation.
• Challenge, clarify, and help improve internal specifications and requirements to enable efficient sourcing, reduce rework, and shorten lead times.
• Build and maintain a prioritized action pipeline for the site, supported by spend analysis and stakeholder alignment, and translate this into concrete initiatives for cost optimization, supplier performance improvement, operational reliability, and risk mitigation.
• Manage supplier relationships in a disciplined and proactive manner, including contract negotiation, supplier performance follow-up, and supplier risk mitigation, ensuring that vendors deliver the expected performance in service, quality, and total cost of ownership. Support or lead issue…