Overview
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
Note for candidate
Send us your CV in English and Czech if you have one. For more related job opportunities visit https://www.grafton.cz/en/job-search