Buyer Opex Services in Mechelen, Belgium

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill’s global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 157 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Buyer will support BENE region and multiple business sourcing activities with a strong focus on OPEX services (Facility, Maintenance, Technical services). In this role, you will execute complex procurement tasks to provide inputs to the global OPEX services category team.

Location – BENELUX is desirable, all other EMEA countries – to consider

Key Accountabilities

• Execute medium and highly complex sourcing events.

• Drive the implementation of regional sourcing decisions and provide support with the implementation of global sourcing decisions.

• Provide inputs to the global category team for category strategy development and execution.

• Provide comprehensive understanding of regional stakeholder and procurement landscape.

• Monitor continuous regional supplier and stakeholder relationships.

• Follow established procedures to select suppliers for procurement of noncontracted materials, goods, services and supplies.

• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience

• Minimum of two years of related work experience

• <2 years of experience in buying organization or procurement experience preferably in services, but not limited

• Excellent English language

• Ariba knowledge or similar

Preferred Qualifications

• Have an understanding of the categories under responsibility (services)

• Experience working with SAP and/or Maximo

• Advanced Excel skills

• Understanding of Procurement contracts and processes

• Second European language is a plus (Dutch)

• International working environment and industry experience

Our Offer

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:

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