Strategic Purchasing Manager

Eurofins Food Testing Belgium NV; Wolverhampton; Ibrido; GBP 42.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement

Company Pension Plan

Life Assurance Scheme

Healthcare Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and Wellbeing Programmes

Worldwide career opportunities

Descrizione del lavoro

Eurofins Scientific is seeking a UK-based Strategic Purchasing professional to provide centralized purchasing services across the group. The role focuses on delivering cost savings, supplier negotiations, and category strategies for consumables, equipment and services.

You will liaise with internal departments, manage multiple projects, and drive standardization across suppliers to meet business needs. Hybrid role with 37.5 hours per week.

Competenze

• Experience in a strategic purchasing role.
• Strong analytical, commercial and problem-solving skills with risk management.
• High energy with drive to deliver project outcomes.
• Proven project management including planning and governance.
• Effective verbal and written communication to influence stakeholders.
• Customer-focused mindset aligning objectives to priorities.
• Experience managing internal/external stakeholder relationships.
• Strong organisational skills for multiple projects.
• Good knowledge of purchasing systems and procedures.
• Experience with Coupa or SAP.
• IT literacy with Word/Excel/PowerPoint and PowerBi.
• CIPS qualifications preferable.
• Full clean driving licence and car owner.

Mansioni

• Deliver purchasing projects to improve cost, quality, delivery and service.
• Analyse spend data and formulate category strategies for projects.
• Conduct market and supplier analyses.
• Define and approve purchasing strategies.
• Execute tenders and benchmarking exercises.
• Contract formulation and award.
• Negotiate supplier contracts and review performance.
• Implement category plans to meet business needs.
• Deliver professional purchasing services to labs and stakeholders.
• Liaise with internal departments to ensure service levels.
• Aim for significant cost savings on consumables, equipment and services.
• Drive standardization and rationalization of product and supplier base.
• Manage supplier relationships and negotiate contracts.
• Carry out site visits to review Purchasing activity with stakeholders.
• Carry out other tasks as required by line manager.

Conoscenze

Strategic buying

Analytical thinking

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

IT literacy

Coupa/SAP knowledge

PowerBi

Driving licence

Formazione

CIPS qualifications

Strumenti

Coupa

SAP

PowerBi

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

Eurofins Scientific is seeking a UK-based Strategic Purchasing professional to provide centralized purchasing services across the group. The role focuses on delivering cost savings, supplier negotiations, and category strategies for consumables, equipment and services.

You will liaise with internal departments, manage multiple projects, and drive standardization across suppliers to meet business needs. Hybrid role with 37.5 hours per week.