Interim Strategic Buyer (Junior)
Location: BelgiumSIRE Life Sciences® is the market leader in life science recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continues innovation. We like technology, in a life science market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!
THE COMPANY
Our client is a professional Pharmaceutical organization, based in Brabant Flamand Belgium.
The company is a well-known company in the pharmaceutical industry.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
As Junior Strategic Buyer you will be responsible for delivering value, including year on year cost savings, within the Supplies and Services categories within Market/Site, across all Business Unit’s and Divisions as applicable.
RESPONSIBILITIES
· Ensure that operational procurement support is provided appropriately to ensure the Business needs are satisfied.
· Liaise with the Category Strategy Managers (CSM) to contribute to and support the development of category strategies
· Be responsible for the timely implementation of Market/Site, and where agreed, Regional strategies through leading cross-functional teams.
· Develop and enhance Procurement’s relationship with internal customers to proactively identify opportunities and drive continuous improvement.
· Develop and enhance Procurement relationships with suppliers to aid improvement in the areas of cost and service.
· Build deep expertise within their categories of ownership to enable the development of robust strategies.
· Provide non-category specific development to support the goals of the department and function.
REQUIREMENTS
· You have a Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in business or a technical discipline
· You have 1 to 3 years Procurement experience
· You have an understanding of the end to end Procurement process including experience of Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management
· You are able to work both as an individual and effectively contribute as part of a team.
· You have good communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written. Fluent Dutch and English are a must.
· You have excellent interpersonal skills throughout all levels of an organization.
· You have the ability to manage and prioritize a diverse workload
· You have good analytical skills
· You have excellent negotiation skills to deal with external and internal parties
· You have sound IT skills - particularly in spreadsheet, word processing and presentation packages.
Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Rosa Markus.
