Category Buyer – Maintenance, Repair & Capex

The opportunity

In this role, you will be responsible for setting up and maintain CAPEX, Maintenance, & Repair category for Bioiberica and ensure we fully utilize our global buying power and category strategies, and contracts are completely implemented while ensure we meet all Business Unit specific requirements. In parallel you will work closely with the Global Category Manager CAPEX, Maintenance, & Repair, Head of Procurement and other Global Category Managers to implement tools, standards, policies, and processes.

Reporting directly to the Head of Procurement Bioiberica and dotted line to the Global Category Manager CAPEX, Maintenance, & Repair, you will collaborate closely with the other Global Category and Procurement Managers from the other business units that are divided over 5 different continents, leveraging each other's strengths to drive collective success.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement a sourcing and contracting approach which aligns with the requirements of key stakeholders.
• Implementing category Strategy in line with global strategies including standards guidelines, processes and policies that are in line with Business Unit specific requirements.
• Implementation of appropriate strategy that ensures security of supply cost effectively, provides a thorough understanding of the suppliers, sub-suppliers, market dynamics, fundamentals, and drivers.
• Ensuring we conduct business according to the most competitive condition with our suppliers and those conditions are fully utilized by all relevant Business Unit.
• Support local teams to successfully execute the global strategy, driving a culture of positivity through continuous improvement, solid negotiation capabilities, Supplier Relations Management and development of Procurement team category knowledge.
• Together with the Global Category Manager create and implement a robust reporting structure to manage the Category performance and compliance.
• Responsible for indicating and driving Sourcing and Contracting projects and ensure they are implemented and followed by the Business Units.
• Material Qualification, which ensures assessment of appropriate new material/equipment sources in a timely manner while managing the risk to Customers and wider business relationships.
• Accountable for ongoing supplier relationship management within your category, including expectation setting, monitoring, review, continuous improvement and influence supplier investment, technology development and use of supplier resources to directly benefit Bioiberica in innovation and cost savings.

About you

• Degree qualified in an appropriate field, complimented by a postgraduate or professional qualification such as CIPS.
• 4-5 Years of Experience in Strategic Category Management within Capex, Maintenance and Repairs category and across multiple countries is advantageous
• Strong communication and stakeholder management, with significant influencing and negotiation skills
• Direct and indirect procurement, including sourcing strategy, supplier selection, negotiation, contracting, contract implementation and compliance management.
   

Send your application: recruiting@bioiberica.com