Bruno Borges

Sourcing & Purchasing Manager at kencko

Bruno Borges has worked in different areas across his career, from Design to IT, to Trading having landed on the purchasing and sourcing fields since 2012. He started his career at Sucafina in Switzerland, one of the world's top trading houses, as a Coffee Trader & Quality Control Officer, then moved in 2016 to Beyers Koffie, in Belgium, the country's largest Coffee Roaster - with a big focus on sustainability, first as a Buyer and then as the company's Purchase Manager where he also lead the efforts on integrating FarmerConnect, a Blockchain based solution for transparent supply chains. In 2021 he joined Kencko in Portugal as a Sourcing & Purchasing Specialist, leading now the purchase of Direct Raw Materials as the Sourcing & Purchasing Manager.

Location

Lisbon, Portugal

Links

Previous companies

SUCAFINA S.A. logo
Beyers Koffie logo

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Work style

Qualities I value in my colleagues

  • Ownership
  • reliability
  • adaptability
  • sense of humor
  • work ethic

My communication style

  • Open
  • curious
  • positive
  • proactive
  • casual

My pet peeves

  • Pessimism
  • selfishness
  • unreliability
  • micromanagement
  • disrespectfulness