.Previous experience in procurement and purchasing, including supplier relationship management.- Knowledge of Procurement tools such as Coupa, Ariba or others, as well as Microsoft Excel- B2/C1 English and Spanish levelThe 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.**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 improvementinitiatives)
