Buyer Operational Sourcing

Are you ready to join a global leader in the health and hygiene industry with a mission to improve people’s lives and well-being? Now, more than ever, Essity is making an impact as we provide products used in hygiene and healthcare. We are looking for an ambitious and motived Buyer for our indirect procurement team. Whether you are looking to make a change, or advance your career, find your path with Essity and join our amazing global team. Located in the the Netherlands (Hoogezand, Zeist or Cuijk) and reporting directly to the Indirect Procurement Operations Director.

**About the role**

The Buyer role is responsible for providing best-in-class procurement support to Essity stakeholders, driving diverse procurement initiatives, supporting digitalization and process automation, and contributing to the savings goals and objectives.

Procurement is recognized for its stakeholder centric way of working, agility and ability to continuously add value to the Essity business. As a category buyer you will work hand in hand with the global category team and your Stakeholder in order to ensure the execution of global and local initiatives as well as drive savings initiatives and deliver added value.

**Key Job Accountabilities**
- You will be responsible for buying services across our main office locations for one of our main Categories (Professional Services, FM, IT);
- He/she executes procurement tasks according to the global strategy while ensuring high quality projects and services;
- You will oversee the supplier base within your Category and lead negotiations across locations, using appropriate e-sourcing tools and techniques;
- Execute and implement procurement strategy in area of responsibility;
- Identify and execute saving initiatives and execute RFQ´s directly in Ariba;
- Ensure usage of preferred supplier contracts in order to maximize results and to comply with the procurement strategy;
- Gather and analyses spend and price data, identifying opportunities for negotiations based on company and market data;
- Close cooperation and alignment with operational and global procurement teams, to ensure implementation and deployment of programs and initiatives around the globe;
- Manage risk and lead negotiations for all local categories across locations, using appropriate e-sourcing tools and techniques. Ensure appropriate contingency plans are in place in accordance to procurement policies and procedures;
- Support Business Partnering to drive continuous improvement through cost saving projects, organizing trials, implementing supplier changes and tracking savings;
- Ensure compliance with Essity procedures, purchasing policy and financial instructions;
- Actively exchange best practice in the buyer team and identify and execute saving initiatives;
- Highlight opportunities to bundle spend and contract volumes, review buying channel mapping regularly for the local categories;
- Build sustainable relationships with suppliers;
- Ensure high quality of Vendor Master Data and ensure an up-to-date source list (Contract/ Catalog /Purchase Info Records) for local suppliers;
- Provide insight to improvement system efficiency and escalate supplier to SQM and Category Management and system/process issues to Procurement Excellence to ensure continuous improvement.

**Who you are**
At Essity we put great value in your personal competences. To be successful in the Buyer role, you possess excellent communication skills, conduct yourself in a professional manner and act with a high sense of collaboration. Interacting with stakeholders at all organizational levels, you are skilled at building lasting relationships and interacting with team members across the globe.

You are an independent self-starter who takes ownership of your tasks and is motivated by delivering high service levels and exceptional results. You have a solution-oriented approach and are highly proactive in your daily work. You have the ability to work in a fast-paced, change-rich, complex matrix organization with evolving priorities. You are highly analytical but can think strategically and see the bigger picture.

**What you need**
- University-/BA-/BS-College degree within relevant field (Business, Economics);
- At least 2 years of experience in procurement with demonstrated strategic sourcing competence;
- Experience with indirect services (IT, HR, FM);
- Experience in supporting multi-functional projects in an international work environment with remote locations;
- Competence of working strategically, adequate track record preferred;
- Good knowledge of contract law ;
- Pronounced negotiation skills and assertiveness;
- Fluent in English (written and oral) is a must, second language preferred;
- Strong computer skills (MS Office, Ariba, SAP, Power BI).

**Additional Information**

**Breaking Barriers to Well-being**
Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impact