Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the administrative support to the entire financial area, ensuring that the policies, procedures and activities instituted are executed in a timely, correct and effective manner.


• Operationalization of all financial tasks (payments, bank documentation, bank compliance, among others);


• Analysis of the supplier’s current accounts;


• Assure administrative support across the Financial Department.

 

Technical skills:

• Degree in Economics or Finance areas will be valued;


• Previous experience in similar positions (preferable);


• SAP knowledge in the operational component and basic knowledge in terms of structuring tasks and controls will be valued;


• Good knowledge of MS Office tools;


• Knowledge of English and French will be valued.

 

Personal Skills:

• Teamwork;


• Great communication skills;


• Detail orientation and strong ability to plan and organize;


• Availability.

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Main Responsibilities:

• Coordinating the Central Services' Quality, Environment and Food Safety (QEFS) team in the field of Quality and Food Safety, ensuring the achievement of the objectives of the Frulact Integrated Management System and the Quality and Safety of Products and promoting continuous improvement;


• Monitor industrial units, sharing best practices, providing the necessary support to implement the Culture of Quality and Food Safety and collaborating in the identification of risks;


• Carry out internal, external and customer audits in order to correct failures, manage identified non-conformities, standardize processes and define action plans; support audits of suppliers, in accordance with the annual audit programme and specific needs;


• Management and control of the Quality and Food Safety System documents implemented at Frulact;


• Elaboration and revision of documents, in order to define the procedures of QFS (Quality and Food Safety) and to ensure their uniformization in the Frulact Group;


• Management of complaints - support in identifying causes of problems and defining action plans.

 

Technical skills:

• Higher Education in Food Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology;


• Further training in Quality and Food Safety;


• Minimum experience of 3 years;


• Mastery of Office tools;


• Knowledge of English and French; (Spanish will be valued).

 

Personal skills:

• Leadership;


• Dynamism;


• Initiative and proactivity;


• Multicultural adaptation;


• Travel availability;


• Communication skills, oral and written.

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FRULACT HEADQUARTERS currently recruiting for the position of Business Developer for UK Market with the following responsibilities:

• Developing business in the Food Industry - Ingredients for the UK market


• Managing clients


• Increasing the level of profitability of the clients


• Ensuring excellence service level for clients


• Negotiating with clients


• Implementing commercial strategy


• Pursuing new business leads


• Studying the market


• Organizing, leading, animating cross-sectional and multidepartment internal teams


• Participating in transversal projects in the organization

 

Requirements:

• 5 years of experience in sales in the Food Industry, preferable ingredients B2B


• Business or food engineering degree


• Deep Knowledge of the Food Industry – Ingredients


• Autonomy, resilience and results oriented


• Language knowledge: Spanish as a plus


• To be based in UK

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The Fruit specialist sourcing buyer will report to the Head of Procurement and Supply Chain and will be responsible to define a clear global strategy for sourcing of fruits oriented to continuously improve quality and total cost of ownership.   Major buying categories include, among others, strawberry, pineapple, apricot, peach, mango, apple, raspberry, cherry, blueberry, blackberry,  all in different formats and specs (fresh, aseptic purees, IQF, pulps, etc).

Main Goals:

• Manage and monitor all transactional procurement including sourcing,  tendering processes, negotiation, evaluation, contract management, legal considerations and payment conditions, supplier performance evaluation and risk assessment.


• Link with Head of R&D and Business Developers to ensure timely preparation of procurement plans of new raw materials for NPD, matching the availability and the seasonality of fruits and its specifications to the customer requirements.


• Link with the Head of Quality and Head of Industrial to align packaging, format and quality specifications needs.


• Perform visits to farms and fruit processing facilities in order to achieve quality requirements.


• Perform TCO analysis to support the negotiation and contract terms to achieve the best interest of Frulact.


• Perform crop reports with holistic analysis to support price evaluation forecasts


• Establish and manage sustainable partnerships with growers and producers

 

Experience and skills

• Deep experience (minimum 3 years) as a buyer of fruits on a business to business environment, dealing with traders and producers.


• Excel at negotiation and contracting level.


• Deep knowledge of what is involved when it needs to source certified fruits:  FDA, Global GAP, BRC, Organic certified, Kosher and  Halal.


• Good knowledge of customs and taxes.


• Knowledge and experience on the ground of main geographies of fruit production


• Excellent written and verbal communicator in English and Spanish.


• You will need to be a strong communicator with attention to detail.

You must be able to work collaboratively, developing relationships internally and externally professionally.

Strategic and logical by identifying and improving the business focusing on Quality and TCO and Service.

As a Fruit specialist sourcing buyer, you will continually seek for best sourcing alternatives that maximize the TCO.

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel up to 50% of time to where suppliers are located.


• Knowledge of SAP and  MsOffice tools

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Frulact Canada is currently recruiting for the position of Junior Key Account Manager based in Kingston, ON with the following responsibilities:

 

• Develop business in the Food Industry, specifically in the food ingredient market, by building strong client relationships through regular communication;


• Pursue new business leads by gathering information on new clients (i.e. client needs, pricing); study the North American market


• Manage clients to continuously develop their sales plan


• Ensure prompt and accurate answers to clients’ inquiries, including product and pricing details


• Manage internal projects to answer to clients’ requests


• Report the status of accounts to Head of Sales, North America

 

Requirements:

• 3 years of experience in sales in the Food Industry (preferably in ingredients B2B)


• Experience with software


• Strong (verbal and written) communication skills with an ability to build professional relationships


• Autonomy, resilience and results oriented


• Solid presentation and negotiation skills


• Degree in Business Administration, Marketing or relevant field


• Based or willing to relocate in Kingston, Ontario


• Language knowledge: English and French as a plus

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FRULACT CANADA currently recruiting for the position of Key Account Manager for the United States market with the following responsibilities:

 

• Developing business in the Food Industry - Ingredients for the US market


• Managing clients


• Increasing the level of profitability of the clients


• Ensuring excellence service level for clients


• Negotiating with clients


• Implementing commercial strategy


• Pursuing new business leads


• Studying the market


• Organizing, leading, animating cross-sectional and multidepartmental internal teams


• Participating in transversal projects in the organization

 

Requirements:

• 10 years of experience in sales in the Food Industry and 5 years of experience in ingredients B2B


• Deep Knowledge of the Food Industry - Ingredients


• Autonomy, resilience and results oriented


• Midwest based (preferably)


• Language knowledge: Spanish as a plus

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