Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.
Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.
Senior Group Buyer
Miejsce pracy: Katowice
Job Description
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)
Qualifications
Personal skills:
- A proven negotiations record in a global, multinational, strategic procurement environment
- Process oriented in global company with independent entities
- Excellent written and spoken English
- The ability to operate effectively in an environment with tight deadlines and finite resource and uncertainty
- The ability to achieve the ends in quickly changing business environment
- The ability to handle multiply projects at the same time with some uncertain requirements
- Good stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage with, and influence, internal and external stakeholders
- Out of the box thinking
- Strong customer service orientation and problem solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Cultural awareness and pro-active behavior
- Strong negotiation and analytical skills
- Analytical thinking
- Visionary
- Self esteem
Education:
- Bachelor or Master of business processes (Economy, Administration, Business, Finance), Engineering
What we offer?
- Very attractive, multicultural and friendly project environment in fast growing international company
- Flexible working hours
- Possibility to grow and make the next step in your professional career and self-development
- Long-term relationship and very attractive and competitive salary package and bonus
- Positive work atmosphere
- Global exposure and the opportunity to be a part of a newly built organization structure
