(Senior) Strategic Buyer

**Job description**

As a (Senior) Strategic Buyer, you play a vital role in the selection and management of suppliers and technical partners to contribute to the SABCA business objectives.

**Responsibilities**
- Build (new) supplier relationships and develop (alternative) sources or solutions
- Negotiate and manage strategic frame-agreements, taking into account back-to-back requirements from our customers
- Understand the market and mitigate any potential supply risks, analyse mid and long-term views/market trends
- Develop know-how and strategies for your category/categories
- Drive cost reduction and compliance in related categories, make clear recommendations for overall cost improvement and develop strategy to achieve these
- Manage subcontractors at project level (development and production of components) and at program level

(a group of products or projects) and find consensus in case of conflicting interests.
- Improve tools and processes to increase procurement overall TCO
- Prepare procurement planning & budgeting related to the commodity
- Improve procurement KPI’s (quality, lead times, costs)
- Understand the market and the internal needs
- Create transparency with regards to the needs and create visibility with regards to spending behavior
- Guarantee appropriate communication and cooperation with all stakeholders
- Work closely together with the program, represent procurement in the program meetings
- Facilitate changes in procurement behavior towards a strategic level

**Profile**

**Education - diploma**
- Master degree in engineering or other technical background experience
- Min 5 years experience in procurement/purchasing in a (complex) production environment

**Competencies**:
Very strong skills and understanding of contractual terms
Hard & Soft skills Negotiation national and international contracts
- Real team player who can work autonomously
- Positive, flexible and assertive; stress resistant
- Takes initiative and shows a pro-active attitude
- Result oriented and excellent communicator
- Strategic and analytical thinker

**Languages ** NL **AND/OR** FR **AND** EN

**IT**
- MS Office
- SAP/S4H knowledge

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- Bedrijfscomputer
- Bedrijfswagen
- Ecocheques
- Een gsm voor professioneel gebruik
- Elektronische maaltijdcheques
- Fietsvergoeding
- Hospitalisatieverzekering
- Openbaar vervoer vergoeding

Rooster:

- Dagdienst
- ma-vr

Soorten aanvullende vergoedingen:

- 13e maand
- Vakantiegeld