Buyer, Site Procurement Operations

Previous experience in procurement and purchasing, including supplier relationship management.

• Knowledge of Procurement tools such as Coupa, Ariba or others, as well as Microsoft Excel.
• B2/C1 English and Spanish level.

The buyer is located in the Fulfilment Centers (FC) and is the Procurement Representative to the FC.

She/He is in charge of the relationship with Stakeholders/Internal Customers (Business Partners/Requesters) at the FC, ensuring site's requirements are captured & formalized, and being in charge of the Procurement activity to satisfy those needs, either executing Sourcing & Tender processes or making the link with Category Managers teams in Luxembourg.

She/He is also acting as a first escalation point for local supplier issues.

Responsibilities:

• Understand the business needs and ensure the requirements are justified, analyzing & making recommendations to the business.
• Build and manage effective local stakeholder (internal customers) relationships, partnering with them to positively influence spending decisions.
• Work in full compliance with the company Spending & Transaction policy, educating and driving the correct behaviors of business stakeholders.
• Execute the whole procurement activity, from Sourcing of new suppliers to contractualization.
• Launch and manage Tenders, offers analysis and negotiations with suppliers.
• Be the link between local stakeholders and Category Managers in Luxembourg, ensuring global category strategies are locally implemented and executed.
• Support implementation and management of Catalogues.
• Look for and propose cost optimization initiatives, divingdeep into contracts, partnering with Category Managers, and working with stakeholders to deliver savings and cost optimizations.
• Analyze spending patterns to identify savings opportunities and act accordingly.
• Setup indicators and use them to provide reliable statistics to your team.
• Manage vendors to ensure a high service level in terms of lead time, quality & maintenance, followingup contracts & supplier performance.
• Ensure Procurement processes & procedures are applied on site working with the relevant individuals to make improvements where required.
• Be involved, execute and support national and EUwide procurement projects and initiatives (tenders, cost optimization, sustainability & process improvement initiatives).
• University degree (business administration, engineering ), ideally with Procurement qualification
• Effective listening, communication (verbal and written), and commercial mindset
• Demonstrated success managing inventory, including auditing, forecasting and planning
• Problemsolving and analytical ability
• Ability to identify issues, develop solutions & drive results
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Previous experience in a fastpaced and dynamic international working environment

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