What you will do
* Category management — develop, communicate, and create buy-in for your global and regional category strategies. The categories will encompass a broad spectrum of spend, both indirect (medical lab studies, R&D, sales and marketing, insurance) and direct (medical Subco, distributed medical instruments, …) to support various industries, including healthcare, aerospace, medtech, research, and academia
* Stakeholder management — partner with our medical business unit and staff departments such as marketing, finance, legal, HR, and IT to understand current and future business needs
* Strategic sourcing — execute and manage the category strategies, considering the procurement policies/process flows and business objectives
* Build strong supplier relations to ensure standards for quality, delivery, and performance, and manage a network of reliable value-added suppliers via KPIs
* Negotiate the best purchasing price, integrating the total cost of ownership, service requirements, compliance, and quality specifications
* Set up and perform data analysis on your categories to analyze cost drivers, understand category markets, and identify best practices
* Recognize potential cost optimizations, taking into account TCO, standardization opportunities, and risk management
* Contract governance — negotiate and implement contracts and service level agreements, driving commercial and operational objectives
* This role reports to the Global Procurement Director and provides coaching to the category buyers in the team
Your profile
* Master's degree with a proven track record in procurement at a global level
* You like working on both strategic and tactical levels and are experienced in category management, supplier relationships, and contract management
* You enjoy working on a wide variety of indirect and direct spend categories and projects
* You are an ambassador for the procurement organization, generating overall cost awareness and supplier engagement, and you help educate business partners in procurement processes and procedures
* You are well aware of the mechanisms of supply chain management and the role of procurement in the E2E supply chain process
* Procurement process development and implementation skills. You take initiative if you come across room for standardization in procurement processes on a local/regional/global level
* Solid experience in procurement negotiation, project management, sourcing, and cost analysis processes
* Analytical and financial capabilities to analyze and interpret data and turn it into insights
* Strategic negotiation skills and an understanding of cost-driving elements
* Experienced in stakeholder management across multiple business units and regions
* Strong communication skills
* Flexible and a hands-on mentality
* Fluent spoken and written English
Location and type of contract
* Leuven, Belgium
* Purchasing and supply chain
* Full-time
* Hybrid
* Mid-senior level
* CV in English