Senior Solution Buyer

Schneider Electric; Sevilla; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Schneider Electric Spain is recruiting a Senior Solution Buyer to lead purchasing strategy for major programs and to manage strategic supplier relationships across Europe. You will drive cost reductions, negotiate contracts, and ensure regulatory compliance while coordinating with engineering, quality and project teams.

You will be based in Spain with up to 25% travel, joining a multidisciplinary environment that emphasizes ethics, risk management, and sustainable procurement within a large

Formación

• Bac+5 in Purchasing, Engineering, or Supply Chain.
• 5–8 years in strategic purchasing in complex industrial settings.
• Experience with ERP and negotiation techniques.
• Fluent in Spanish and English; French optional.
• Knowledge of industrial processes and risk management.

Responsabilidades

• Define and deploy the purchasing strategy for the program families.
• Manage cost reduction initiatives and supplier changes.
• Negotiate contracts and manage supplier relationships.
• Ensure regulatory and contractual compliance.
• Participate in upstream tendering to integrate purchasing strategy.
• Assess and mitigate supply chain risks.
• Contribute to purchasing database and KPI monitoring.
• Secure external procurement with long-term framework contracts.
• Travel up to 25% for the role.

Conocimientos

Strategic purchasing

Leadership

Contract negotiation

Cost analysis

Risk management

Communication skills

Project management

Synthesis capacity

Ethics & compliance

Spanish & English fluent

Educación

Bac+5 in Purchasing, Engineering, Supply Chain or equivalent

Herramientas

SAP

Descripción del empleo

At Schneider Electric, we are committed to solving real-world problems to create a sustainable, digitalized, and new electric future.

Schneider Electric's international project management entity is in charge of major multi-technical projects. This entity is at the center of the effort for decarbonized energy and provides our customers around the world with safe, competitive and innovative solutions every day, in complete safety. In this context, our teams provide all the necessary functions for the management of major electricity distribution projects.

If you want to join the world of projects in Europe and abroad, in a leading entity in these environments with strong technical challenges in electrical distribution, in order to be a major player in future data center programs, join our team.

In this context and in order to support the strengthening of the Purchasing division, Schneider Electric is recruiting a Senior Solution Buyer to contribute to a major program.

Your role:

Reporting to the Solution Procurement Manager and providing support for related purchases Multisegment Europe Solution center.

Your missions:

• Define and deploy the purchasing strategy for the families of products and services related to the program, in line with the requirements of a highly constrained field and in accordance with Schneider Electric's overall objectives.
• Manage cost reduction initiatives (Value Engineering, change of suppliers, negotiation) while guaranteeing the control of subcontracting
• Manage the strategic supplier relationship: selection, qualification, negotiation of contracts (price, deadlines, logistical conditions, quality and safety clauses).
• Ensure regulatory and contractual compliance (standards, customer requirements, certifications).
• Participate in the upstream phases of projects (tendering) to integrate the purchasing strategy from the design stage.
• Assess and mitigate supply chain risks (supplier audit, continuity plans, contractual clauses).
• Contribute to the purchasing database and the monitoring of performance indicators (cost, quality, deadlines, safety).
• Secure external procurement over the long term: implementation of framework contracts, sustainable procurement strategies and proactive management of disruption risks.
• Ensure regular reporting to management on purchasing KPIs, supplier performance and identified risks.

The role is based in Spain. You may have to travel 25% of the time.

Your profile:

• Education: Bac+5 in Purchasing, Engineering, Supply Chain or equivalent.
• Experience: 5 to 8 years in strategic purchasing, ideally in a complex industrial environment (energy, oil & gas).
• Technical skills:
• Knowledge of industrial processes,
• Mastery of ERP tools (SAP) and negotiation techniques.
• Cost analysis, risk management, contractualization.
• E-House manufacturing Process Knowledge
• Leadership and ability to work in a matrix environment.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.
• Rigour, sense of ethics and compliance
• Synthesis Capacity
• Spanish and English Fluent are essential. French optional

We know that skills manifest in many ways and can be based on your life experience. If you do not necessarily meet all of the requirements listed, we still encourage you to apply.

This role gives you:

This enriching experience will allow you to develop in order to allow you to flourish in a multi-business and multi-technical environment

Working within a dedicated team on a project of this magnitude means embarking on a collective adventure where every expertise counts. Also, you will evolve in a highly collaborative environment, in constant interaction with the engineering, quality, safety, sales, project management and management teams.

Life is on: join us and grow your impact!