Senior Group Buyer

Senior Group Buyer shall perform assignments related to the procurement categories- negotiation and implementation of global/regional agreements. 

The role will be called on to run both global and local projects, so strong negotiation and communication skills are required. Buyer coordinates purchasing activities with stakeholders requests to achieve the result in a cost effective and timely manner. Acquires and maintains understanding of purchased products, where performs cost analysis, recommends cost saving proposals with alternative sourcing and vendor evaluation criteria.

Works on issues of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of relevant factors. Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices but with a great amount of autonomy to determine appropriate action. Buyer will be a part of team working on building category strategy, so not only does analytical thinking is priority but visionary aspect is required as well. Have passion for results and looking for excellent growth? Join us.

As a Senior Group Buyer, your daily responsibilities are:

• Negotiate, develop and manage category scope
• Support the end-to-end sourcing process including searching for new supplier options
• Construct, present, and promote project specific procurement strategy to foster the goal of delivering the project   “on time, on budget”
• Communicate, follow-up and maintain the commercial agreements in portfolio
• Achieve your KPIs
• Negotiate with suppliers on all commercial terms with team support
• Ability to research and identify capable vendors or contractors
• Prepare business recommendation for projects
• Draft agreements using contractual templates or supplier contracts
• Work with stakeholders and the Procurement Team to prepare RFP specifications and structure
• Develop innovative sourcing alternatives to inject competition and mitigate risk in goods and/or service
• Lead on procurement projects to drive continuous improvement for the Group
• Build category strategy together with a Procurement Team
• Manage a variety of procurement processes and systems such Coupa (purchasing tool)