Category Management
About The Position
The Regional Procurement Buyer (RPB) partners with sites to identify procurement priorities, needs, issues, improvement areas, smart alternatives, and cost-effective innovation opportunities, providing solutions that leverage the Procurement organization. The RPB sources, negotiates, and manages local and regional contracts within their scope, coordinating with Category Leads when applicable, and is accountable for total spend and savings targets within their perimeter. The role implements and monitors compliance with global and regional category strategies, medium- and small-capex procurement plans, and applicable policies, processes, and procedures. The RPB works closely with Category Leads to maintain open dialogue and consultation, serving as the key business partner and point of contact for sites in scope and representing their needs, opportunities, and challenges. Where relevant, the RPB may be part of the Site Leadership Team. The role also fosters collaboration across the region and between regions; some RPBs may be designated specialists on specific topics within the team.
Responsibilities
- Collect and analyze sites’ procurement demands and needs, providing related inputs to Category Leads as applicable.
- Participate in supporting the definition of new category strategies when applicable.
- Implement procurement strategies and action plans at site or site-network level based on global procurement guidance principles.
- Source and negotiate Opex and Capex contracts according to identified needs and global or regional procurement strategy, as per DOAG and Governance.
- Manage contracts and activities within the assigned perimeter.
- Orchestrate and support Spend Review Challenges (SRCs) within sites.
- Ensure stakeholders within the assigned perimeter correctly apply processes and policies, including appropriate buying channels; raise end-user awareness of key process principles, identify inconsistencies, and collaborate with RPM and PSL on action plans to address them.
- Improve procurement performance by regularly assessing requester and client satisfaction, considering feedback, and identifying or leading productivity actions with site management.
- Identify day-to-day end-to-end procurement pain points and opportunities to contribute to local sustainable-development goals, using quantitative analysis, identifying inefficiencies, and soliciting requester and supplier feedback as needed.
- Escalate issues that cannot be handled at the RPB’s level and ensure they are addressed and resolved in a timely and effective manner, using channels such as RPM, Category Leads, and site managers.
- Maintain supplier relationships through open communication and by addressing recurring non-transactional operational issues, including late deliveries, quality problems, cost overruns, contract disagreements, and compliance issues.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Bonus and/or other incentives
- 16 or more weeks of maternity/paternity and co-parenting leave, according to local regulations
- Training platform for all employees
- Free language courses (24 languages available)
- Free physical and psychological well-being sessions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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