Procurement Analyst

Are you looking for a position where you succeed by combining your analytical skills and collaborative mindset to provide valuable insights to drive the profitability of procurement? Do you have a positive curious mindset and are you eager to learn?

As a Procurement Analyst, you will play a central role in driving strategic procurement decisions for the packaging category. By analysing data, market trends, and supplier performance, you will provide actionable insights to optimize cost, efficiency, and sustainability across the packaging supply chain.

**Procurement Analyst**:
**Packaging**:
**The position**
In this unique and exciting position, you can add great value to the performance of the team. You will have the chance to work with data, analyzing trends and making informed decisions, transforming data into valuable business information. The way you do this is by being meticulous, able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously while ensuring all procurement activities and deadlines are met. More importantly you enjoy communicating with various internal stakeholders such as production, logistics and finance teams in a pro-active manor, taking initiative and thriving for collaboration and results.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Process improvements and problem solving: always seeking opportunities for process improvements, costs savings and optimization.
- Data analysis and reporting: collect, analyse, and interpret procurement data to support decision-making and identify (cost-saving) opportunities.
- Supplier performance: evaluate supplier performance, monitor KPI’s, and support supplier relationship management processes.
- Category management support: collaborate with Central Procurement Managers to develop and execute procurement strategies for packaging materials.
- Cost optimization: identify opportunities to reduce costs while maintaining quality and sustainability standards.
- Process improvement: support the development of tools, systems, and processes to enhance procurement efficiency and transparency.
- Stakeholder collaboration: work closely with local and regional procurement teams in logistics, legal, finance, and operations to align procurement objectives with business goals.

**About you**
We’re looking for an analytical, pro active and organized person who want to be part of this talented team:

- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, or related field.
- At least two years of experience in procurement, supply chain, or data analysis;
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, procurement systems (e.g., SAP), and generating reports that can influence procurement strategies;
- You use data to show inefficiencies, find practical solutions and implementing process improvements
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Results-driven, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.
- Proactive, results-oriented, and flexible.
- Attention to detail, critical thinking and problem solving
- Fun to work with

**What we offer**:

- A collaborative, international, and commercial environment where you can make a meaningful impact;
- Opportunities for continuous professional development and growth;
- A dynamic team culture that values integrity, efficiency, and open communication.
- Our values: entrepreneurial, passionate, agile, responsible and excellence.

**The recruitment process**
We believe in finding the best fit for both you and us. Here's what to expect:

- Step 1: Application review & phone screening_
- Step 2: Interviews_
- Step 3: Final decision and offer_

**Do you want to see your drinks on every? Do you want to join our exciting journey?**

**About Refresco**
Refresco is a very dynamic organization. Slightly over 155 people work at the head office in Rotterdam, versus more than 14,000 employees elsewhere in the world. Confidence in the strength of good, local teams is a hallmark of Refresco's approach to the business. The teams make decisions in close collaboration with her the central team but have a large sense of ownership chosing the best approach for their local market.
The desire to continue growing is reflected across every layer of the organization. This translates into an extremely enterprising group of people who are constantly setting new things in motion and really want to make an impact. A focus on personal growth and development is a priority at Refresco. Refresco is a dynamic, ever growing and changing business which shows fast and strong organic growth, further fuelled by an active and successful strategy on Mergers & Acquisitions.

Refresco Group is the world’s largest independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices for retailers and branded beverage companies. With production in the Benelux, Finland, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, Poland, the UK, the US, Canada and Mexico, our global

**Recruitment process**

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