Technical Buyer

What you'll do

Main Responsibilities

Under the responsibility of the Global Category Manager and in support of the different project teams and internal manufacturing, you will be responsible for managing all the necessary actions within your categories and purchasing scope. Your position is based in Seraing.

 Project and Operational 

• Support to the pre-sales and projects to draft and launch tender packages, to source vendors and ensure their compliance with the requirements mentioned in the technical specifications. Negotiate prices and assess remaining negotiation margin to secure prices of materials, equipment and services that will be used by the Proposals/Estimating. 
• Prepare and present comparative tables allowing project managers to make the right decisions allowing you to launch purchase orders. 
• During the project execution, renegotiate with suppliers to optimize costs of materials, parts and services (TCO/TCP). 
• Establishment of frame agreement with different supplier in each strategic country. 
• Supervise the launch of purchase orders by the local buyer in accordance with the procedures and delegations in force. 
• Follow up with suppliers and service providers to ensure delivery times and the quality of deliverables. 
• Close the projects by highlighting the gains generated. 
• Provide management with feedback on experience as part of a continuous improvement policy for the Purchasing function. 

Strategic 

• Understand and develop strategies relating to the categories of products and/or services for which you will be responsible and proactively lead initiatives to achieve objectives of the Procurement department. 
• Establish and maintain dedicated strategies for the most critical categories considering priorities of H2 Energy sector in strategic sourcing actions. 
• Identify, qualify and evaluate new suppliers and partners in collaboration with stakeholders and the Quality department. 
• Rationalize existing vendor’s database. 
• Provide Proposal/Estimating department with all the unit price references and necessary elements, in order to support them to establish budgets for categories (materials, equipment and services) for which you will be responsible. 
• Negotiate, draft and conclude framework contracts and partnerships for high-potential products and services, within the framework of the client group's Procurement strategy and policy. 
• Assess suppliers in accordance with ISO 9001 quality system 
• Implement metrics / KPIs to continuously assess vendor’s performances of the categories you will be responsible for. 

Who we're looking for

Profile

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a role as Category Buyer within an industrial and international context  
• Master in procurement, purchasing, technical/engineering and/or sales. 
• Project management certification (PRINCE2, CPM, etc.) preferred. 
• Profound knowledge of sourcing, RFI/RFQ, supplier qualifications, purchasing process in project mode, management of strategic vendors. 
• Evolved within technical environments with complex products. 
• Deep negotiation skills, honest with impeccable ethics, teamwork, strong cross functional leadership skills 
• Curious, good Communicator, pragmatic, and diplomat while being firm and pugnacious if necessary. 
• Excellent command of English (oral and written) 
• Proficient in SAP, MS Office (Words, Excel, PowerPoint) and Power BI. 

What you'll get

• A competitive salary package based on your experience with attractive fringe benefits such as:

• a company car & fuel card
  
• hospitalization & group insurance
  
• meal vouchers
  
• eco-vouchers

• Invest in your development: our talent manager is committed to help you reach your full potential:

• training and assessment opportunities to fully develop your potential and expand your expertise
  
• career opportunities
  
• regular contact moments to check in with you and see what your current needs & objectives are
  
• learning sessions and workshops

• Grow your network: you’ll become part of a wide network of engineers & clients by having the possibility of working for several companies and being involved in different projects.

• Access to our fun and learning events that we organise throughout the year, the backbone of our company culture:

• Afterworks
  
• Monthly teambuildings
  
• Yearly ski trip

Catalay is part of Sisu Group, an ecosystem of human capital ventures, active across more than 15 industries. Joining Catalay means joining Sisu and having exclusive access to our vibrant network of talent professionals, clients, and projects. Check out www.sisu.be for more information.