Senior Buyer - Procurement

Senior Buyer - Procurement ( 1 year external contract) - Sinesti site (Monsanto company)

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead the local sourcing strategy execution as defined by the Category Strategies:
• Identify and communicate opportunities in the local market, in in close alignment with the internal stakeholders (customer centricity & TIB). the Lead Buyers and Category Management/Councils.
• Perform local bids, analysis, negotiations and conclude contracts in the region across categories
• Focus on the larger and more complex projects with potentially an international scope.
• Implement regional category strategy and agreements, as jointly agreed with the relevant Category Managers/Councils.
Lead local internal and supplier relationships:
• Manage and develop the day to day business relationship with local suppliers (initiation, follow-up, issue resolution etc.), to ensure continuity of good and services that meet the expected quality, services and price.
• Act as a facilitator and ambassador for Procurement among the local and regional cross-functional stakeholders, developing the relationships to implement the category strategy locally and achieve the goals set
Ensure visibility in local market opportunities:
• Develop a strong understanding and knowledge of local suppliers and regulation

• Lead the generation of knowledge about the local market in cooperation with the Enablement Function.
Drive and be the guardians of compliance and process efficiency:
• Work with stakeholders to implement and enforce the policies to guarantee and track spend visibility and compliance, whilst minimising transactional costs. Assist in the tracking of KPIs.
• Execute administrative tasks as part of the P2P process in a compliant way, cooperating with the Back Office as relevant
Act as the first point of contact for the local stakeholders for continuous improvement:
• Provide direct technical support to local stakeholders or redirect queries from local stakeholders as appropriate to Enablement or CPOT (Central Procurement Operations Team)
• Act as a first point of contact to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and escalate problems with the CPOT.

WHO YOU ARE

• Successful 5+ year track record in the procurement organization of an international company.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the source to pay process (S2P)
• Supplier Management and contract negotiations at local level
• Internal stakeholder Management at country level.
• Broad experience with running (inter)national tenders, and contracting process.
• Ability to manage the entire order to payment process
• Experience in SAP, SAP Ariba & MS Office is an asset.
• Strong understanding of Procurement Processes & Systems (SAP, reporting, eProcurement tools)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Able to forge internal customer and external supplier relationships
• Ability to comply with existing/quickly adapt to new processes within the organization
• Takes initiative and constantly seeks to increase the added value of procurement (lower cost, better supplier service, supply base consolidation, etc.)
• Service Oriented
• Strong communicative skills
• Team player
• Results Oriented
• Displays Courage & Candor in a respectful manner with internal stakeholders & customers
• Fluent in 2 languages, including English
• Ability to work independently

THE OFFER:

• Opportunity to work in a researched based company with high ethical and work environment
• Dynamic and involving job;
• Opportunities for training and development;
• Company benefits package;
• Fixed monthly salary.

Application time: until 10 February 2020

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Company : Monsanto

Location: 1 position in Sinesti

Confidentiality is guaranteed! Only short listed candidates will be contacted!

Deadline for submitting applications: 10 February 2020