VIE 12 Months Florence - Project Buyer

bioMérieux SA; Firenze; In loco; EUR 35.000 - 50.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A global diagnostics company seeks a Project Buyer in Florence, Italy to support the development of new instruments. The successful candidate will manage the purchasing function during the design phase, collaborating with R&D teams. Candidates should have a Master's degree in Engineering or Business, technical purchasing experience, and proficiency in Italian and English. Familiarity with Excel and SAP is beneficial. This role involves occasional travel.

Competenze

• First experience in Purchasing with technical focus in an international environment.
• Operational level in Italian and English; knowledge of French is a plus.
• Occasional travel required.

Mansioni

• Represent Purchasing in new instrument development projects.
• Analyze solutions proposed by R&D for purchasing risks.
• Monitor supply of components for prototypes.

Conoscenze

Technical curiosity

Customer service orientation

Prioritization skills

Formazione

Master's degree in Engineering or Business

Strumenti

PowerPoint

Excel (pivot tables)

SAP

Descrizione del lavoro

A family-owned company, bioMérieux has grown to become a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics. For more than 60 years and across the world, we have imagined and developed innovative diagnostics solutions to improve public health. Today, our teams are spread across 45 countries and serve 160 countries with the support of a large distribution network.

Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture.

Attached to the "Product Development & Projects Sourcing EMEA" Director, you will be based at the Florence (Italy) site and work with 2 Project Buyers to support the R&D team during the design phase of new instruments to strengthen bioMérieux's offering.

What will your responsibilities be?

You will be responsible for implementing Project Purchasing actions under the coordination of the local representative of the Project Purchasing team and applying the process from prototype realization to the industrialization phase:

• Actively represent the Purchasing function in bioMérieux's new instrument development projects, especially during the design phase: participate in project meetings, gather the needs and requirements of the development teams.
• Analyze, compare, and challenge the solutions proposed by R&D and development teams as needed, to propose alternative solutions to improve margin and reduce Purchasing risks (project and commodities).
• Participate in and formalize approaches related to value analysis, design-to-cost, TCO analysis, and lifecycle management of components/raw materials.
• Contribute to supplier selection following the Project Purchasing process, conduct Make or/and Buy analyses, identify and implement actions to minimize supplier and purchasing risks. Contribute to the performance/quality/cost/service objectives of projects while respecting purchasing strategies: Corporate Purchasing and commodity Purchasing.
• Monitor the supply of components for prototypes: collect R&D needs, manage quote requests, negotiate, implement contracts, manage the relationship with selected suppliers and partners until component delivery.
• Collect and analyze purchasing information to update the Project Purchasing Dashboard to control the manufacturing cost of the new instrument.
• Contribute to the Corporate Social Responsibility approach in product development projects: Eco design, sustainable sourcing, local/green sourcing, CO2 impact, green software by collecting and calculating CSR data for the new instrument, creating dashboards.
• Collaborate with all departments that can contribute to the development of new products: Purchasing, R&D, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal.

Who are you?

• Engineering/Master's degree (Generalist / Biomedical Engineering) or business school, and/or supplemented by a 3rd cycle in Purchasing.
• First experience in Purchasing with real ease on technical subjects in an international environment.
• Strong responsiveness, customer service orientation, prioritization skills, technical curiosity.
• Ease in relationships in your project interfaces and internal collaboration.
• Operational level in Italian and English to interact with teams and suppliers, French is a plus.
• Proficiency in tools: PowerPoint, Excel (pivot tables), knowledge of SAP is a plus.
• Occasional travel required.

To learn more about the eligibility requirements for the VIE program, we invite you to visit the official Business France website.

bioMérieux welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.