Commodity Head - Wheat

Commodity Head (Wheat)

- Delivery of Business profitability targets

- Manage commodities for direct material in support of WHEAT market operations.

- Identify and engage with operations, and quality to understand commodity requirements and ensure supply base is aligned.

- Responsible for development and execution of commodity strategy.

- Will conduct or support negotiations and supplier selection.

- Responsible for delivering commodity driven cost down through price negotiations, value analysis (VA/VE) or supplier continuous improvement.

- Support Supplier Relationship Management and will facilitate and lead supplier commodity reviews for strategic suppliers.

- Responsible for continuity of supply including actively monitoring and mitigating supplier risk.

- Financial Planning.

- Custodian of Yearly Budgets.

- Preparation of monthly MIS Reports considering the Budget; Standard and Actual and cause variance analysis.

- Pricing Finalisation.

Qualification & Experience :

1. 10+ Years of Senior level leadership experience in Wheat Trading

2. Solid knowledge of financial markets that influence commodity prices.

3. Experience working with commodity trading and risk management.

4. Good negotiation skills and the ability to communicate effectively with vendors and suppliers.

5. Advanced analytical skills.

6. Ability to work in a fast paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

7. Experience interacting with cross functional team including engineering, quality, materials, logistics, sales & marketing.

8. Demonstrated negotiation experience.

9. Strong analytical and quantitative abilities.

10. Develops and balances both short and long term strategy.

11. Effective two-way communication and executive presentation skills.

12. Professional business acumen.

Remuneration :

- An outstanding remuneration package that rewards professionalism and diligence will be on offer for the successful applicant as well as a well defined career path.

- An excellent package will be on offer for the right candidate, including an above industry base salary for the right person as well as the most complete employee benefit scheme.

- Don't miss out on this opportunity to join the market leader.