Strategic Buyer

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Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130‑year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. The company develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world‑class brands. Its products provide innovative, high‑quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry.

Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

As advanced as dentistry is today, we are dedicated to making it even better. Our people have a passion for innovation and are committed to applying it to improve dental care. We live and breathe high performance, working as one global team, bringing out the best in each other for the benefit of dental patients, and the professionals who serve them.

If you want to grow and develop as a part of a team that is shaping an industry, then we’re looking for the best to join us.

• Develop faster – with our commitment to the best professional development.
• Perform better – as part of a high‑performance, empowering culture.
• Shape an industry – with a market leader that continues to drive innovation.
• Make a difference – by helping improve oral health worldwide.

Responsible to support multiple Indirect categories/projects for specific Sites in a Region cross‑functionally and collaborating with different functions like Marketing & Events, Professional Business Services, and Real Estate, among others. Partners with regional and global category management to ensure a successful implementation of global or regional led strategies and drive compliance to preferred supply base and purchasing channels. The role is responsible for ensuring and continuously improving costs, quality, and service level/delivery for all local deliverables in multiple categories.

• Support the implementation of global and regional category strategies, projects, objectives, processes, methods and policies across the Sites.
• Manage local (site‑specific) day‑to‑day spend as it comes to requests up to $250,000 (one‑time or annually). Above $250,000 Strategic Buyer will reach out to Regional Sourcing Leader for guidance.
• Work with operational buyers to drive compliance to preferred supply base (in line with global or regional strategies) and purchasing channels to realize savings targets within the Sites/Region.
• Identify savings potentials, especially for site‑specific requirements; run procurement initiatives for those potentials and support forecasting and savings reporting.
• Responsible for supplier relationships at the local level in cooperation with regional procurement teams.
• Manage escalations from internal stakeholders.

• First point of contact for internal stakeholders on‑site.
• Support the implementation of global and regional procurement initiatives/strategies.
• Support regional RFPs.
• Guide/support the tactical buying for Indirect Materials & Services.
• Ensure Indirect materials and services are delivered in‑time (based on the defined/agreed costs and quality).
• Collaborate with the COE team to implement procurement processes & compliance requirements across the Sites.
• Cooperate and support internal stakeholders in projects, request proposals and analyze offers.
• Supplier selection partnering with relevant stakeholders, meeting functional requirements.
• Supplier Relationship Management (locally).
• Integrate & harmonize agreed procurement strategies & methods across the sites and educate stakeholders on these.
• Annual procurement targets for the site in alignment with global/regional targets (cost & savings, supplier quality, etc.).
• Support Regional Sourcing Leaders & GCMs with regular updates to ensure effective communication of cost‑saving…