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Job Purpose and Impact
The Senior Buyer Packaging EMEA will be responsible for handling cross regional sourcing activities and will actively contribute to the build and execution plans of the category strategy. In this role, you will strategically manage regional stakeholders and key supplier relationships, in alignment with the category strategy.
Key Accountabilities
- Execute highly complex sourcing events
- Compile and analyze statistical data to resolve feasibility of buying products and establish price objectives
- Provide technical expertise in regional spend, stakeholder and procurement landscape
- Negotiate with suppliers and analyze supplier operations to resolve factors that affect prices and the lowest cost, consistent with quality, reliability and ability to meet required schedules
- Drive the implementation of cross regional sourcing decisions
- Lead key regional supplier and stakeholder relationship building and maintenance and monitor performance to make necessary adjustments
- Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- Minimum of four years of related work experience in procurement or sourcing, in an industrial environment
- Experience in project management (involvement in change management) and very good stake holder management
- Fluent level of English
- MS Office Suite (Excel)
Preferred Qualifications
- Be knowledgeable on packaging categories e.g. flexibles (plastic bags, paper bags), industrial (pallets, big bags), paper & rigid
- Source to contract experience in categories under responsibility
- Knowledge of any additional European language
- E-sourcing experience
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Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
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