Buyer / Einkäufer (m/w/d) in Werne

Job summary
The buyer is located in the Fulfilment Centers (FC) and is the Procurement Representative to the FC. She/He is in charge of the relationship with Stakeholders/Internal Customers (Business Partners/Requesters) at the FC, ensuring site’s requirements are captured & formalized, and being in charge of the Procurement activity to satisfy those needs, either executing Sourcing & Tender processes or making the link with Category Managers teams in Luxembourg. She/He is also acting as a first escalation point for local supplier issues.




Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities:

Understand the business needs and ensure the requirements are justified, analyzing & making recommendations to the business

Build and manage effective local stakeholder (internal customers) relationships, partnering with them to positively influence spending decisions.

Work in full compliance with the company Spending & Transaction policy, educating and driving the correct behaviors of business stakeholders.

Execute the whole procurement activity, from Sourcing of new suppliers to contractualization

Launch and manager Tenders, offers analysis and negotiations with suppliers

Be the link between local stakeholders and Category Managers in Luxembourg, ensuring global category strategies are locally implemented and executed.

Support implementation and management of Catalogues

Look for and propose cost optimization initiatives, diving-deep into contracts, partnering with Category Managers, and working with stakeholders to deliver savings and cost optimizations.

Analyze spending patterns to identify savings opportunities and act accordingly

Set-up indicators and use them to provide reliable statistics to your team

Manage vendors to ensure a high service level in terms of lead time, quality & maintenance, following-up contracts & supplier performance.

Ensure Procurement processes & procedures are applied on site - working with the relevant individuals to make improvements where required

Be involved, execute and support national and EU-wide procurement projects and initiatives (tenders, cost optimization, sustainability, process improvement… initiatives).