Senior Procurement Specialist

A key role within our organization's procurement function is available.

• Implement category strategic objectives from overall procurement strategy and ecosystem management, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Contribute to the implementation of an end-to-end approach to drive the overall life cycle for vendors, from equipment to consumables, through services, in partnership with the laboratory supplies and chemicals team.
• Plan, organize, and manage projects, considering priorities, resources, budgets, issues, and constraints to achieve desired results; define clear project scope and objectives; utilize software and tools to plan, track, and report status.
• Map the value chain, analyze it, and derive potential scenarios. Include understanding and application of total cost of ownership, and should-cost modelling.
• Participate in and/or lead financial discussions, applying financial knowledge to participate actively, e.g., in budgeting process, including tax aspects in sourcing strategies and structuring sophisticated deals with ecosystem partners.
• Compliance & risk management: support reports to determine appropriate compliance level. Monitor end-to-end compliance (budget, payment, vendor PO, contract invoice, buying channel, etc.) and derive corrective actions to improve compliance. Apply risk management processes, including identifying and evaluating risks, and defining and executing a risk mitigation plan.
• Project the dynamics and impacts (e.g., mergers and acquisitions). Extract, cleanse, and consolidate information to fact-based insights for further usage e.g., in category strategies.
• Maintain and update procurement applications accordingly to the procurement content (e.g., e-catalogs, user portal). Continuous improvement of procurement content and automation.
• Support definition and implementation of procurement tools and processes.
• Manage data analysis and reporting, e.g., analyzing spend, demand, supply markets, and competitors. Extract, cleanse, and consolidate information to fact-based insights for further usage e.g., in category strategies.
• Execute the Source-to-Contract process, including respective strategies, approaches, and methods: Prepare and conduct fact-based negotiations. Adapt tactics from a broad portfolio of negotiation strategies to achieve results that support business and procurement objectives.
• Analyze specifications for optimization. Link specification to customer value, challenge specification confidently. Convey messages clearly and convincingly to stakeholders.
• Achieve results by proactively building long-term, sustainable, and effective relationships, understanding the stakeholder landscape, and demonstrating political astuteness across business structures and networks.

Please note that this job description serves as a guide only. Specific duties may vary based on business needs.

• Familiarity with procurement processes and tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, particularly Excel.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.

This role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, and paid time off.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates. If you are passionate about procurement and have the required skills, please submit your application.