Senior Commodity Buyer - Animal Nutrition (PH/APAC)

ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd.; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd. seeks a Commodity Buyer based in the Philippines to support procurement and risk strategies, optimize raw material inventories, and participate in local trading for price discovery.

The role reports to APAC leadership and dotted-line to the Philippines Procurement Director. The ideal candidate will have global/local animal feed material knowledge, willingness to travel, and strong communication skills to collaborate with formulation and commercial teams.

Qualifications

• Global and local animal feed raw material supply and demand knowledge.
• Willing to travel extensively within the Philippines.
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Team-oriented with ability to share best practices and know-how.

Responsibilities

• Support Philippines procurement and risk coverage strategy.
• Optimize raw material inventory in the Philippines to manage COGS.
• Perform weekly mark to market on raw material positions.
• Ensure timely update of raw material position and cost position.
• Co-lead reconciliation of actual vs forecasted raw material consumption and quantify cost impact.
• Support import logistics cost optimization for Animal Nutrition operations in the Philippines.
• Participate in local trading markets for price discovery of raw materials.
• Coordinate with Formulation to update COGS & raw material consumption forecast.
• Train local execution team in international trading norms and contractual rights.

Skills

Strong communicator

Willing to travel

Team player

Leadership by example

Job description

ADM Asia-Pacific Trading Pte. Ltd. seeks a Commodity Buyer based in the Philippines to support procurement and risk strategies, optimize raw material inventories, and participate in local trading for price discovery.

The role reports to APAC leadership and dotted-line to the Philippines Procurement Director. The ideal candidate will have global/local animal feed material knowledge, willingness to travel, and strong communication skills to collaborate with formulation and commercial teams.