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 optimise cost, quality, and performance.
Responsibilities
* Acts as a procurement business partner supporting operations and 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.
* Leads negotiations and prepares 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.
* Oversees spend control and project‑level budget forecasting, recommending cost‑optimisation 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.
* Contributes to the implementation and continuous improvement of a Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) tool to enhance supplier collaboration, performance visibility and strategic sourcing capabilities.
Requirements
Minimum education
* Master's degree in procurement and/or supply chain.
Minimum experience
* 5+ years of procurement experience in a multinational industrial, engineering or manufacturing environment with a high mix low volumes profile. Demonstrated experience in the medical device sector with CDMO management is highly valued.
Knowledge and 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.
Behavioural 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 optimising 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
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