What is the job about?

The job of a Purchasing Specialist, who reports directly to the Purchasing Manager, involves ensuring high customer satisfaction for Group Purchasing as a business partner for local stakeholders in our Sales Companies, conducting value-based sourcing across various categories, and continuously optimizing operational excellence, innovation, and sustainability from suppliers. Additionally, the role includes total cost of ownership (TCO) optimization within the industry/categories, managing the company's local end-to-end sourcing operations and activities, and supporting relevant functions to enhance supplier performance.

Your main responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing Process related activities:

• Support the implementation of regional sourcing strategy to specifically support local business needs and roadmap
• Support / participate in sourcing initiatives across the Region in alignment with the regional sourcing strategy
• Provide local insight into supply market and local business requirements.
• Implementation of best practises, compliance with purchasing processes and tools
• Responsible for value & savings vs. Cost avoidance delivery for the spend in scope
• Optimize suppliers’ portfolio
• Lead local negotiations/tendering/E-auction process  
• Ensure favorable and compliant contracts closure implementation and management
• Act as a Business Partner for the local business stakeholders

Ensure foundation for Supplier Relationship Management, data transparency and reporting abilities for indirect suppliers, including but not limited to:

• Facilitation of business reviews
• Definition and maintenance of preferred suppliers lists.
• Suppliers’ performance assessment and development.     
• Savings, cost avoidance, spend per net sales.
• Days Payable outstanding.
• Value creation beyond price through proactive development of spend management, supplier portfolio and performance, quality, sustainability, partnership and innovation.
• Supplier performance assessed against Grundfos key business requirements.
• Contracts management with external suppliers in compliance with Group policies, standards and requirements on sustainability, ethics and Grundfos values.

Your background:

We imagine that you have: 

• Relevant commercial/technical education
• Minimum 3 years professional experience within sourcing in a global organization for the specific category
• Good communication skills.
• Analytical and strategic thinking.
• Result- and action oriented
• Proficiency in both English and French
• Expected travel is approximately 10%         

What’s in it for you?

Whether it’s developing leadership skills or advancing your expertise even further, we’ll support you with continuous learning and development opportunities, to help discuss and steer your long-term Grundfos career path. You’ll be welcomed from day one into an inclusive, trusting environment guided by six core values.

In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

• If you’ll be working from your home office, we’ll make sure you are well equipped with a good workstation. However, you are always welcome to our offices where you can engage, learn, and have fun with colleagues
• On top of it, flexible working hours and up to 3 days’ additional paid leave for volunteering of your choice
• Annual bonuses, health insurance, parental support, internal well-being consultants and programmes
• Access to the modern Grundfos Academy to pursue further both personal and professional development.
• Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly.

Do you want to learn more?

If you have questions or would like to know more about this position, please contact the hiring manager, Preben Sørensen at psoerensen@grundfos.com

If this job sounds appealing, please send your resume and cover letter by clicking “Apply”.

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