Lead Buyer Contract and Vendor Management

il y a 6 jours


Brussels, Belgique ING Temps plein

**Lead Buyer Contract and Vendor Management**:
**Procurement - Brussels**:
**Technical data function****:
**Work Location, Work address **Brussels**
**Possibility of 50% work from home on the basis of a team agreement**

**Job Profile**:_Contract Management Expert IV_**

**Job Level**: 16**

**Work Schedule**: Full Time**
**Sensitive Function**: Yes**
**PCP Function: Certificate Law Cauwenberghs/ Law Willems/ Law Vande Lanotte**: No**
**Representation costs**: No**

**Your role & work environment****:
Maximize value for ING from contracts, by ensuring effective contract management, realizing saving initiatives and ensuring regulatory compliance. Minimize risks and maximize performance from suppliers by developing and maintaining relationships with key suppliers and integrating supplier innovations. Lead sourcing initiatives to support internal stakeholders in selecting the best value for money solutions.

Be part of an experienced and stable team, reporting to the Head of Contract & Vendor management, who reports to the Chief Procurement Officer.

**Your key responsibilities****:
**Contract & supplier management**
- Interpret and define the conditions for a contract and conclude contracts with high financial and high non-financial risk.
- Validate contract related content, perform follow-up of contract related outcome, inquire internal clients on delivery performance and align with suppliers to find solutions where needed.
- Ensure contract and supplier compliance with ING policies and processes and work with the business to rectify areas of concern.
- Act as moderator and gatekeeper of procurement processes in discussions between internal clients and suppliers.
- Identify cost reduction opportunities for existing contracts and services.

**Sourcing**
- Lead sourcing activities (specification, supplier pre-selection, negotiation, contract drafting,...) for high financial and high non-financial risk.
- Support more experienced buyers in larger and critical purchases (e.g. global deals).
- Lead and coach cross-functional team members in the execution of sourcing initiatives end-to-end.
- All this, to obtain best value for money from the supply market, ensure healthy cross-supplier competition, negotiate best contractual terms while mitigating business risks.

**We look for****:
A colleague with a** talent for taking it on and making it** **happen, **enthusiasm for** helping others to be successful **and a knack for always **being a step ahead**. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

As a Lead Buyer Contract & Vendor management you will also need:

- Minimum of Master or equivalent experience
- Minimum >5 years of procurement experience
- **Expert knowledge of your categories (products and services) and markets. Experience in procurement of facility services is a plus.**:

- **Advanced knowledge of sourcing strategies and negotiation**:

- **Advanced knowledge of financials used in sourcing and category management, of cost management, of commercial contracts and purchase law**:

- Proficiency in verbal and written English. Proficiency in verbal and written Dutch and/or French
- **High ability to analyze complex information and to summarize into a clear overview**:

- **Skills to present regularly to and to moderate an internal or external management team**:

- Proficiency in Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) and procurement tools

**We offer you****:
**A clear purpose, a unique offer and a range of flexible compensation and other benefits**:

- Personal growth & challenging work with endless opportunities to realise your ambitions
- An informal, dynamic environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavors’
- A progressive and agile way of working, where new ideas are valued ahead of convention

**A hybrid way of working**
- We give the autonomy to our employees to let them organize their work in a flexible way that suits best for them while ensuring business continuity, customer service and employee wellbeing.

**Furthermore, within the Procurement department, you can count on a range of opportunities to invest in your personal and professional growth with**:

- The possibility to participate in trainings to increase your procurement skills
- Challenging projects and business networking opportunities on local and global level
- Personal coaching by your manager and peers

**We redefine banking. What about you?**

We’re on a journey that’s centred around our customers, powered by technology and driven by smart, determined people. Our customers feel our people are empowering them to stay a step ahead in life and in business. We’re proud of that



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