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Senior Buyer role within the Procurement team, responsible for supply security, cost effectiveness, and leading end-to-end sourcing for specific categories. The role involves driving impact, empowering teams, building talent, thinking customer, collaborating with stakeholders, and fostering agility to deliver business results.
Job Responsibility:
Responsible for supply security and cost effectiveness of a specific category in country or business unit
Independently leading and executing end to end sourcing of locally managed categories
Cooperate and support Strategic Procurement Manager for the strategic sourcing of the specific categories
Ultimate responsible to deliver and optimize service levels provided to internal customers for the specific categories across all countries of the Business Unit
Ensuring alignment with key stakeholders
Delivery of key projects to support business continuity
Lead spot buys and strategic sourcing for the categories managed locally
Participate and ensure & follow-up actions regarding claims, compliance, audit
Ensure Sustainability and CSR strategy implementation within managed categories
Deliver training to your internal stakeholders on the Procurement process and sourcing thresholds
Optimise the supply base for your categories and initiate supplier review meetings
Quick decision-making while considering stakeholders needs
Act as an inspiring project leader while execution sourcing activities
Single point of expertise shared between country and group
Proactively explores customer’s needs to ensure service delivery while monitoring SLA with customers
Drive business results through leveraging the knowledge and skills of others as well as utilizing external partnership and benchmarking
Ensure all locally managed suppliers have a valid in date contract according to Supplier Positioning guidelines
Jointly agreed plans with senior Business Unit stakeholders and Group stakeholders
Build supplier relationships that generate value for both Hellenic and the supplier over time in alignment with stakeholders and SPM
Support the introduction of new processes and systems with ability to drive change management
Focus on value adding tasks, ensures progress with speed and efficiency, remove blockages and manage complexity
assess risks
Generates and implements best practices
Requirements:
University Degree (Business Administration, Finance or category related industry)
At least 5 years of experience working in a Procurement setting
CIPS or other certification is an asset
Advanced English language and fluency
Working experience in a cross-cultural environment and in a matrix organization preferable
Experience in SAP, other ERP system with focus on Supply Chain
Experience in full procurement cycle for locally managed categories, contract management and category spend analysis
Basic experience in Finance and leadership e.g. Budgeting and monthly rolling estimate of BP during the year for defined categories, reporting (understanding SLA’s and KBI’s for categories), basics in Planning
Experience in Supplier’s Sustainability assessment
Nice to have:
CIPS or other certification is an asset
Working experience in a cross-cultural environment and in a matrix organization preferable