SENIOR BUYER
Bydgoszcz, POLAND Sales
Job description
Eviden is an Atos Group business with an annual revenue of circa € 5 billion and a global leader in data-driven, trusted and sustainable digital transformation. As a next generation digital business with worldwide leading positions in digital, cloud, data, advanced computing and security, it brings deep expertise for all industries in more than 47 countries. By uniting unique high-end technologies across the full digital continuum with 55,000 world-class talents, Eviden expands the possibilities of data and technology, now and for generations to come.
Role and Responsibilities:
The Senior Buyer role is important to the successful delivery of required cost base, requiring strong collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders located in different geographies of an RBU, across all Practices, Major Accounts and Verticals. This includes, but is not limited to the following areas of activity:
· Working with the internal stakeholders to develop and implement strategic sourcing initiatives for the respective category
· Driving RBU savings initiatives in close cooperation with stakeholders
· Leading internal process changes or improvements being part of the action plan or necessary for the optimization of the segment (e.g. demand management, bid management)
· Development of synergies bundling the volumes of different countries being a part of the respective RBU
· Analyzing the internal and external fact base and understanding the needs of internal customers, develop the category strategy and build an action plan for the category
· Negotiating and reviewing contracts (analyze the offers, review and challenge the performance) to bring P&L savings
· Executing the RFx process, Negotiation and Contracting steps
· Contributing to rationalize supplier base
· Managing its own categories/b-codes
Required Skills and Experience:
· International mindset
· Previous experience of managing stakeholders
· Results oriented with proven negotiation skills driving significant savings and strong supplier partnerships
· Commercial awareness & financial modeling capability
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to ensure credibility and effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders from numerous of geographies
· Clear focus on delivery to client and demonstrable understanding of requirement to flex business models to meet customer demand
· Ability to analyze and resolve complex problems quickly to drive performance improvement
· Proven experience in cross-country negotiation and savings delivery in category specialty
· Ability to manage and mitigate risk through effective strategic planning activity
· Able to plan and manage own workload effectively
· Demonstrates leadership skills
· High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
· Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
· Organization and strong attention to detail
· Demonstrates good analytical skills
· Very good written and verbal communication skills
· Excellent customer service skills
· Able to progress issues and queries, escalating when necessary
· Knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Word and Excel
Our Offering:
· You will improve your qualifications by: individual development plans, budget for development activities, internal and external trainings, the opportunity to participate in conferences and gain international certification
· Wellbeing programs & work-life balance - integration and passion sharing events
· Private medical and dental care
· Do you need new glasses? We will give you 600 PLN reimbursement for buying one,
· You will receive a guaranteed pool of points to be used for shopping, concert tickets or fulfilling other dreams,
· Co-funding of sport activities, e.g. Multisport & OK system cards, b-active program
· Courses and certifications e.g. Google Cloud, AWS, ITIL
· Conferences and Expert Communities
· Gift packages for special occasions: Easter, Christmas, Children’s Day
· You will have an extra vacation for significant moments,
· Appreciation for seniority: additional days off, Atos Jubilee gifts
· Remote working or commuting allowance
· Charity and eco initiatives
· Flexible working hours
*Your benefits could vary depending on employment contract type
What happens next?
· Quick conversation with HR
· Interview with a Manager/IT expert/project representative
· Work like you want-remotely, in hybrid mode or at our office
We take care of your personal data privacy. More information about processing your data within recruitment process you can find on our website: https://eviden.com/privacy-policy/
If you have any questions, please contact our recruiter: Piotr Weclawik
Let’s grow together.