The Buyer is responsible for managing procurement activities, ensuring effective sourcing negotiation, and delivery of goods and services that support business objectives. The role requires independent decision-making, strong supplier relationship management, and proactive collaboration with internal stakeholders to optimize cost, quality, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a procurement business partner supporting operations & project teams, while ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Independently selects and develops suppliers within an international panel, including supplier audits, risk evaluation, and performance monitoring.
• Lead negotiations and prepare external agreements, ensuring purchasing objectives and compliance requirements are met.
• Reviews and ensures contract terms and order clauses fully comply with procurement policy and mitigate business risk.
• Provides financial analysis and reporting for procurement activities, comparing agreement outcomes against budget forecasts.
• Tracks and manages all purchasing stages through to final acceptance, ensuring delivery, quality, and cost objectives are achieved.
• Builds and strengthens relationships with key internal stakeholders and suppliers, identifying and promoting best practices across projects and functions.
• Manages supplier nomination activities, including audits, NDAs, T&Cs, risk evaluation, competitive bidding (RFQ), and price negotiations.
• Oversee spend control and project-level budget forecasting, recommending cost optimization opportunities.
• Owns and drives the end-to-end purchase-to-pay process for assigned projects, ensuring efficiency and compliance while making sure to have the necessary components in stock to secure production.
• Operates across both direct and indirect purchasing, with accountability for strategic procurement activities.
• Contribute to the implementation and continuous improvement of a Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) tool to enhance supplier collaboration, performance visibility, and strategic sourcing capabilities.

Minimum level of education within a specified field:

• Master's degree in procurement and/or Supply chain

Minimum years of work-related experience in a specified field:

• 5+ years of procurement experience in a multinational industrial, engineering, or manufacturing in a high mix low volumes environment. Demonstrated experience in the medical device sector with CDMO management is highly valued.

Required additional knowledge/skills

• Proven experience managing supplier relationships and leading negotiations at an international level.
• Solid understanding of BoMs, PO processes, and technical drawings.
• Strong experience with RFP and supplier nomination processes.
• Working knowledge of contract law and risk management.
• Financially literate with experience in cost analysis, reporting, and forecasting.
• Skilled in implementing procurement process improvements and driving efficiency.
• Ability to work in a start-up environment (Hands-on and flexible)
• English at a fluent level

Required behavioral competencies

• Independent and proactive, with strong ownership of deliverables.
• Advanced negotiation skills, with the ability to deliver results in complex procurement scenarios.
• Engage and support internal stakeholders in optimizing the supplier panel, while fostering long-term, value-driven supplier relationships.
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and commercially astute.
• High integrity and ethical standards in all supplier and stakeholder interactions.
• Collaborative mindset with a willingness to share knowledge and support colleagues.
• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) or equivalent is desirable.

Supervision

N/A