Experienced Buyer; IT SW & HW; f​/m​/d

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The Experienced Buyer (IT SW & HW) will plan, coordinate, manage and execute medium-complexity, medium-risk sourcing and procurement events, with primary focus on the IT software & hardware purchasing categories, and for locations in Switzerland and the EMEA region, in line with global and location-specific procurement and category strategies, business and stakeholder needs, savings, compliance, and risk mitigation requirements. The role will be responsible for defining and delivering cost-effective, timely, compliant, innovative, appropriately incentive-aligned supply solutions (new and renewal) of medium spend.

The Experienced Buyer will collaborate proactively with, and take direction from, all relevant stakeholders, incl. requestors, (Senior) Sourcing Leads, other subject matter experts, and suppliers. In this role, the ability to establish credibility with internal IT and non-IT stake-holders and to influence them to embrace change is of high importance. It is crucial to possess a good understanding of the IT SW / HW regional and global supply market and to provide commercial and contractual leadership to identify opportunities for cost, supply and performance optimization.

In close alignment with applicable (Senior) Sourcing Leads and Line Manager, the Experienced Buyer will also support supplier performance monitoring and contract remediation activities, fulsome supply base, spend and other analysis and reporting, plus continuous improvement activities and projects. This role will report to the Head of Global Procurement Delivery, CHE & EMEA.

Category sourcing and procurement (primary focus: IT SW & HW), including, a.o:

• Fulsomely advises requisitioners on all relevant procurement aspects (buying channels, purchasing process, suppliers, forms, templates, minimum requirements, etc.)
• Based on strong category insights, conceives and executes adequate sourcing plans and approaches for assigned sourcings & requisitions, in alignment with requisitioners and (Senior) Sourcing Leads. Seeks adequate collaboration
• Prioritizes and advances sourcings and procurement steps appropriately. Monitors them frequently, ensuring full status transparency until successful closure
• Solicits, assesses and negotiates suitable commercial frameworks, associated pricings, KPIs and SLAs based on operational guidelines + business objectives
• Validates and negotiates contract legal terms & conditions for adequate risk mitigation and compliance
• Independently executes bidding/ sourcing, contracting and procurement process within parameters pre-agreed with applicable (Senior) Sourcing Lead
• Enables and delivers major supply cost reductions
• Conducts advanced spend analysis, and reports cost savings and avoidance
• Informs (Senior) Sourcing Lead and line manager of relevant procure-to-pay issues, policy and/ or sourcing process violations
• Liaises with requestors, (Senior) Sourcing Leads, SMEs, line manager, suppliers to resolve operational plus more complex procure-to-pay related queries and issues
• Communicates and shares procurement-relevant information with team members

• Informs (Senior) Sourcing Lead and Line Manager of systemic supplier performance issues, supply contract/ other supplier violations, and proposes solutions
• Identifies, pre-qualifies, and collaboratively finalizes suitable sources of supply
• Gathers, analyzes, feeds back and incorporates supplier and market pricing trends
• Fosters effective supplier relationships. Keeps abreast of market conditions

• Conducts analysis of contracts, prior sourcings and procurements to identify possible re-sourcing priorities, and presents cases to (Senior) Sourcing Lead
• Ensures up-to-date, clear documentations, data confidentiality and integrity
• Publishes monthly and ad-hoc analyses + reports, incl. activity tracking & reports
• Collaborates with…