Sr. Category Buyer with French

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Full-time
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20-20-393685-2
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Job description

Do you have extensive experience in strategic purchasing?

Do you have experience with leading a small team?

We are looking for French speakers who will take charge of a small team of procurement professionals leading various projects with international companies, providing procurement solutions, and improving their processes.

As a Senior Strategic Buyer, your key responsibilities will be:

  • Leading a small/medium sized team of Procurement analysts and Buyers
  • Supporting category managers with category strategy plans, sourcing execution, supporting category planning, and strategic sourcing tasks
  • Identifying and communicating with a diverse range of stakeholders
  • Establishing negotiation strategies, identifying, and developing negotiation levers, validating them with stakeholders, and leading negotiations to ensure savings, timely supply, and other benefits for purchases
  • Discussing with vendors and evaluating their products and capabilities as suppliers;
  • Demonstrating continuous effort to improve operations
  • Managing all supplier selection and procurement activities
  • Participating in firm building activities, including recruitment
Requirements

What you already have:

  • Advanced English and French in Spoken and Written form (B2+)
  • At least 5 years of experience in strategic or tactical buying
  • Experience with sourcing, and negotiation activities
  • Some management or team-lead experience
  • Strong analytical, reporting and presentation skills
  • Ability to manage multiple procurement projects at once
  • Knowledge of improvement methodologies such as TQM, Six Sigma, or APEX is a plus
Benefits

What we offer:

  • Remote work possible
  • 25 days of vacation
  • 4 additional sick days
  • Home office contribution
  • FlexiPass benefit points
  • Meal Vouchers
  • Language courses and online training
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