Operational Buyer
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**Global Operational Buyer** - Indirect Contractors and Energy
ICL's European headquarters is home to our Global Procurement Organization (GPO), where we drive global sourcing strategies, negotiate, and approve global procurement contracts. We are seeking a Global Operational Buyer for our Indirect Contractors and Energy Category, who brings a technical background and procurement expertise with a hands-on, pragmatic approach.
ICL is a leading global specialty minerals company, dedicated to delivering innovative solutions to some of the world's most pressing sustainability challenges in the food, agriculture, and industrial sectors.
**About the role**
In this role you will actively participate in the Technical Contractors sourcing activities with the goal of achieving cost reductions, while maintaining or improving quality or vendor service levels. You will work closely together with the Global Sourcing Managers who are responsible for the global sourcing strategy for a specific subcategory or project. Your focus will be split across long term projects such as assisting in preparing and coordinating bids as well as operational activities such as monitoring the purchasing process and negotiate with suppliers.
As Global Operational Buyer, you have a key role in our organization. You will interact with sites, suppliers, and colleagues from all over the globe on a day-to-day basis. This position would be great for procurement career.
Your goal will be to participate procurement of indirect services, strategic sourcing activities within the Contractors and Energy sub-category including Projects and MRO. You will be working in a team of Sourcing Managers and Operational Buyers in this category.
**Main responsibilities**:
- Framework service contract and MRO services purchasing for ICL site locations.
- Support the Sourcing Manager with CAPEX procurement activities.
- Perform data analysis to enhance decision-making.
- Manage operational procurement tasks, including RFQs and PR-PO conversion.
- Maintain procurement records, verify invoices, and ensure accurate documentation.
- Issue and track purchase orders/call-offs to ensure timely service delivery.
- Proactively resolve issues during the sourcing process.
- Participate in supplier negotiations for services.
- Ensure adherence to RFI/RFQ processes.
- Resolve payment-related issues efficiently.
- Assist Global Sourcing Managers in coordinating bids and providing relevant data and follow ups.
- Review, verify, and approve financial and business transactions within guidelines within established Frameworks.
**About you**
To be successful in this role you have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field like Engineering with the right amount of relevant procurement experience that is needed to bring high quality procurement to this role.
In additional you bring the following:
- Capabilities of assessing category spend base and project management.
- Experience in working in an international environment and leading cross-function teams.
- Understanding of PR-PO Cycle and SAP MM.
- Negotiation skills and result driven personality.
- Excellent interpersonal, business acumen, communication, and supplier relations skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and in a matrix management style organization.
**Languages**:
Location: You will be based at our EU headquarters in Amsterdam, working on-site for 3 fixed days per week, with the option to work remotely for 2 days.
If you have any questions, please contact Jan-Kees Stout, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist Europe via 0618531587
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