Lead Buyer - Global Chemicals (m/f/d)

Your opportunity:

• Responsible to support strategic sourcing and procurement of raw materials (RM) – Category of Global Chemicals. Re-sponsibilities include implementing short- and long-term sourcing opportunities, cost reduction strategies, supplier evalua-tions and contract negotiations, leveraging market intelligence and engaging with internal and external business partners
• Create a supplier sourcing strategy, under strong consideration of customer needs, that defines strategic suppliers into grow, fix and exit suppliers and maintains product footprint, incl. “make or buy”-analysis
• Participate in all stages of supplier identification and selection
• Manage the key RM – Global Chemicals, including dealing with regulatory aspects of shipment, customs, and any other import issues as they might arise
• Execute RfQs for potential catalogue items including contracting based on standard contract templates
• Support the R&D team with sourcing for new products and technical evaluation
• Develop alternatives for new sources of commercial supply to manage risk, reduce cost, and improve service levels and quality
• Perform risk management and constraint analysis on key materials. Recommend and implement risk mitigation activi-ties
• Lead purchasing practices and policies to ensure compliant and ethical relationships with suppliers
• Collaborate closely with the Supply Chain department
• Participate in supplier quality audits

Your profile:

• Degree in Chemistry or other Life Sciences degree, Management, Economics or Engineering
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar roles within Pharmaceutical or Chemical Industry
• Highly motivated, energic and a good team player
• Strong supplier relationship management and contract management
• Strong sense of urgency and initiative to make things happen
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to analyze problems and conclude decisions
• Ability to work in a matrix environment with multi-cultural teams
• Ability to create competitive strategies and plans, broad knowledge of strategies and tactics of the marketplace, knows trends
• Knowledge of regional and global supplier base for relevant commodities
• Advanced knowledge in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office, i.e. Excel, Outlook, Word, Powerpoint
• Fluent English and German at negotiation level
• Availability to travel, as required, on an international basis
• Proactivity, oriented to the internal client, for solutions and for continuous improvement