Lead Buyer - Antwerpen, België - Envalior

Beschrijving

Established in 2023, but with a combined heritage of over 100 years, Envalior is entering the market as a leading global engineering materials powerhouse offering novel and innovative solutions to today's world.

Envalior brings together two highly complementary established players in DSM Engineering Materials and LANXESS High Performance Materials.

Do you want to be part of this exciting journey ahead? Do you love working in an international, highly energized, and collaborative team? Maybe it's you we are looking for in our Global Procurement team, as our new
Lead Buyer for our site inAntwerp.

The Position

• To lead crossfunctional teams in developing and implementing purchasing strategy for categories of indirect materials which belong to the responsibility of the buyer as to deliver maximized Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) savings for these categories in corporation with Envalior Indirect Procurement team.
• To identify and mitigate business risks caused by single source positions and changes in market dynamics, next to create maximal possibilities in implementing the site strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement purchasing activities for sitespecific categories.
• Define and lead crossfunctional purchasing teams.
• Manage relationships / partnerships with internal customers.
• Develop and manage relationship with suppliers and track their performance.
• Contract Manager role for sitespecific categories: implement contract and ensure contract compliance.
• Closely monitor internal customers contract compliance; define and take approved corrective actions to improve contract compliance and supplier performance.

Requirements:

• Master's degree, preferably in procurement and/or relevant technical discipline.
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in indirect procurement.
• A bachelor's or master's degree, preferably in procurement and/or relevant technical discipline
• Strong communication and negotiating skills in German and English both orally and written.
• The ability to build relationships and coordinate effectively among a wide range of (internal and external) stakeholders.
• An analytic and resourceful mindset and is able to prioritize work.
• A proactive way of working and will always try to develop a solution together with his stakeholders.

Benefits

Compensation:
We offer competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program and an individual performance bonus program.


Comprehensive Benefits:

We provide a variety of benefits to support your financial security, health and wellbeing including retirement plans, health programs, life insurance and medical care.

Work-Life & Flexibility:
We support you in maintaining a balance between working hours and personal life. With our global "Xwork" program, we offer flexible working arrangements in all countries in which we operate.


Training & Development:

We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training and knowledge through both formal and informal learning.

Diversity:
For us, talent matters, we welcome everyone who commits to our values. We strongly believe that including diverse perspectives makes us more innovative and enhances our competitiveness.

Therefore, we embrace the uniqueness of every single individual and are truly committed to supporting our people in developing their individual potential.

Envalior is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.