Strategic Buyer

Division : Weir Minerals

Location:  Venlo, the Netherlands

Strategic Buyer

At Weir Minerals Venlo we are looking for a Strategic Buyer to strengthen our Procurement team and who is dedicated to building a better future. In this role you are strategically responsible for managing the suppliers of Weir Minerals Venlo. You ensure that we have an excellent selection of suppliers. When we join a new supplier, you take care of the entire process from start to finish. Besides that you will initiate improvement projects and make sure the department is ready for the future. As a Strategic Buyer you will have a role where you can make a lot of impact when it comes to continuous improvement in the organization. To deliver the best results, you need to know where the bottlenecks are within the company and department.

Responsibilities

A selection of the tasks and responsibilities:

You will be responsible for the category strategy development; monitoring supplier performance and initiate improvements; cost & risk management will be your focus; contract negotiation with our suppliers and relationship management; sourcing new suppliers; setup annual contract management plans; category plan development and execution.

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Skills & qualifications  

Completed education on bachelor degree level, preferably in Supply Chain, Business Administration or Business Economics; You bring 5 years work experience as Strategic Buyer; Fluency in English language, verbally as well as in writing. It is a bonus if you also speak Dutch or German You have experience with experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP and a completed NEVI 1 Course or a similar procurement training course.

Does this sound like you?  

Strong communicator and knowing how to prioritize various stakeholders within an international environment; You have a strong commercial drive and you’re a good negotiator. You can be persistent when needed and convincing towards our suppliers to make sure they uphold the agreements made;  You bring a result driven mind set, you’re accurate and good at planning and organizing; You bring a result driven mindset, you’re accurate and good at planning and organizing.

Our offer

Working at Weir offers a great opportunity to become part of a global market leader, that makes an impact in sustainable mining for the future. We offer you an outstanding work environment with rapid advancement potential, and to perform at your best we also offer exceptional compensation and benefits, such as:

A good base salary up to and EUR 6.638,30 gross per month; An attractive bonus scheme; Flexible working opportunities;  Travel allowance for commuting;  On an annual, fulltime base you will receive 27 days of holiday leave and 13 days of extralegal leave; Holiday allowance of 8%; A good pension scheme with PME pension fund; A lot of learning opportunities within our online learning campus; Excellent (global) career opportunities in Weir.

Weir Minerals

Weir Minerals Netherlands, established in 1916, is part of the Weir Minerals division, spread over 20 production companies and several service centers across the globe. The Weir Minerals Netherlands office headquartered in Venlo has about 420 employees.

As a global market leader, Weir Minerals Netherlands designs, produces and sells technologically high-quality capital goods. These products are used around the world in major industry sectors including the mining industries. The growing world depends on us constantly reinventing. Quickly adapting. Continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each and every one of us doing the best work of our lives.

It's a big challenge - but it's exciting. And it's one we can't wait to be part of.

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