Team Leadership & Operational Coordination
- Lead and manage a network of Buyers across EU sites.
- Coordinate day-to-day procurement activities, ensuring timely purchase order execution and material availability.
- Act as the main escalation point for operational issues such as supply shortages, delays, and production risks.
- Ensure alignment and consistency across sites in procurement execution and supplier communication.
- Drive performance through KPIs including service level, supply continuity, inventory health, and responsiveness.
- Provide coaching, development, and guidance to enhance team effectiveness and collaboration.
- Foster coordination between Procurement, Planning, and Supply Chain teams at site level.
Procurement Execution & Supply Assurance
- Ensure uninterrupted supply of raw materials to support continuous manufacturing operations.
- Oversee purchase order execution, demand adjustments, and supplier follow-up to mitigate risks.
- Monitor and manage operational procurement activities including delivery schedules, inventory levels, and consumption patterns.
- Ensure adherence to supplier allocation strategies and sourcing frameworks defined at central level.
- Support implementation of sourcing decisions, contracts, and pricing frameworks across sites.
- Manage and resolve day-to-day supply chain disruptions impacting production.
Technology Alignment & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Act as the key procurement representative for a group of technologies across European sites.
- Ensure alignment between procurement execution and technical requirements of production and product specifications.
- Collaborate closely with Innovation, Product Development, Quality, Regulatory and Operations teams on:
- New material qualifications
- Product or process changes
- Supplier onboarding and validation
- Support implementation of technical projects and material changes across sites.
- Ensure standardization and consistency in material usage and practices across the network.
Process Governance & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, contracts, and governance frameworks.
- Maintain alignment with centrally defined sourcing strategies, pricing structures, and supplier agreements.
- Monitor adherence to allocation rules, consumption guidelines, and procurement controls.
- Drive standardization of procurement processes across all sites assigned.
- Support reporting, audits, and performance tracking activities.
Supplier & Market Coordination
- Coordinate with key suppliers to ensure smooth execution and issue resolution.
- Support supplier performance monitoring including delivery reliability and responsiveness.
- Maintain awareness of market dynamics in key raw materials supply (availability, lead times, volatility) and escalate risks proactively.
- Collaborate with central procurement teams to ensure effective implementation of supplier strategies at site level.
