Barley Procurement Coordinator

**The company**

BOORTMALT is the world leader malting company with 3 million tons production capacity. The group is present on 5 continents with 27 malting plants. Boortmalt's expertise is widely acknowledged by brewers and distillers who rely on the supply of top quality barley malt. The Boortmalt Group is a fully owned subsidiary of the agricultural and agribusiness cooperative Axereal. Our relationship with Axereal, Europe's largest grain cooperative, ensures us access to high quality barley year round.

**Main tasks**
As the Barley Procurement Coordinator, you will work alongside the Production, Operations and Quality departments based in Bury-St.Edmunds.
This is an essential role within the barley procurement department to plan and execute the supply of malting barley into three malting sites across England (Knapton) and Scotland (Glenesk and Buckie).

You will provide an important link between suppliers and colleagues to allow more informed decisions to be made and to meet our business demands.
- Barley purchase contract entry and administration into Operra.
- Implementation of the barley procurement strategy.
- Maintaining and managing barley planning for both malting sites in Scotland and weekly barley planning with the Knapton team, visiting all three locations regularly.
- Coordinate call off of barley contracts with suppliers.
- Liaise with your colleagues and our suppliers to ensure procured barley meets the quality standards required by the business and ultimately our customers - use of technology to allow data driven decisions to be made.
- Conduct and coordinate payments to all barley suppliers.
- Involvement and assist in the budgeting and forecasting process.
- Maintain and develop relationships with suppliers.
- Provide support to the Scottish harvest team.
- Support the sales team and involvement in customer meetings as required.
- Monitor and participate in the development and evaluation of new barley varieties.
- Involved in supplier review process.
- Assist and support UK Barley Procurement manager as required.

**Master we are looking for?**
- Degree in agriculture and / or agribusiness would be of benefit although not essential.
- Minimum 4 years work experience.
- A knowledge of agricultural markets and commodities would be beneficial.
- You speak fluently English. French or Spanish is a big plus
- Good level of Excel, experience of ERP systems and PowerBI would be of benefit.
- You are self motivated and energetic individual who has an ability to multitask, with a keen attention to detail.
- You will be working within our small team and as such relationship building, team working, and a willing mindset are essential.

**Masters of Malt's treasure**

We offer an attractive salary and benefits package and as part of a global organization can offer career opportunities internationally. As Masters of Malt we want to be a great employer, focusing on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration and health and wellbeing. We live our values, putting people at the heart of what we do.

**“Strive”** - our ambition is to be the best maltster that's why every day we commit to challenge ourselves to achieve the highest level.

**“Care”** - our strength is magnificent when we care for our earth, our colleagues and our business partners. We encourage trust, respect and treat each other with respect. We believe that Diversity makes us stronger.

**“Inspire”** - We adopt a long-term orientation delivering sustainable performance through innovation and digitization, becoming praised Masters of Malt.

**“Explore”** - thinking out of the box and embracing pioneer ideas to become a source of motivation, we like challenging the status quo to develop full potential.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Life insurance

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7AD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Procurement: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: Barley Procurement Coordinator