Strategic Purchaser

Erembodegem (Belgium) - Fulltime

**Job description**

In the role of Strategic Purchaser, you will define the organisation’s procurement policy including its targets. You will also determine the procurement strategy, i.e. the way in which the company will achieve its procurement goals. In addition, you will decide how the supplier management should look like.

You are involved in every part of the supply chain and will strategically combine all the different links of it. This includes the storage of goods, inbound transport flows, logistics, purchasing and sales. _Here_, you will look at both short-term and long-term purchasing policy and have an eye for current prices and market evolutions.
- Building and maintaining purchasing partnerships.
- Monitoring supplier performance + organising quality audits.
- Drafting procurement quality improvement plans.
- Optimising the procurement process.
- Thinking about the procurement policy with management.
- Acting as a sparring partner for procurement-related issues.
- Supporting and coaching your purchasing colleagues.

**Your profile**
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, with technical affinity/background or equivalent is a plus.
- Minimum 5-10 years’ experience in a purchasing role, in an international environment.
- Excellent and proven negotiation skills.
- Good people relations and management skills.
- Willing to travel.
- You are flexible and can _work_ independently.
- You can handle _work_ pressure well and _work_ accurately.

**We offer you**
- We offer you a varied and exciting job in an enthusiastic team of experts.
- We would like to welcome you to a, financially very healthy, family business where you stimulated in your personal development.
- You can count on an _open_ culture and great colleagues.
- Full-time employment (40h, so 1 extra ADV per month and flexible holiday system).
- We offer you an attractive salary package complemented by a generous package of extra-legal benefits.