Strategic Buyer (Advanced) - Procurement Category

Client of Advansys ESC

The Strategic Buyer is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies to ensure cost competitiveness, quality, supply continuity, and supplier performance across assigned commodity groups. The role supports customer operational and project requirements by managing supplier relationships, driving procurement optimization initiatives, and collaborating closely with Engineering, Operations, Project Management, and Global Procurement teams.

The position requires strong analytical, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills within an international and fast-paced industrial environment.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Strategic Sourcing & Category Building: Develop and implement commodity sourcing strategies for mechanical, electrical, and automation, MHE, spare parts, or project-related materials categories while providing expert sourcing activities for the Engineering Projects Procurement Category.

• Bid Leadership & Contracting: Lead the end-to-end RFQ/RFP process, including Client Bid support, supplier evaluations, commercial negotiations, and contract finalization, Contract and framework agreement management

• Supplier Partnership & Performance: Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships, ensuring delivery alignment and driving continuous improvement through rigorous performance audits and KPIs.

• Cost Optimization & Value Creation: Execute cost-reduction initiatives through TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) analysis, value engineering, and market benchmarking to identify innovation opportunities.

• Global Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Logistics, as well as global teams in Finance, Legal, GDPR, and IT to ensure project success.

• Compliance & Governance: Drive the adoption of procurement policies and ethical sourcing practices while maintaining accurate records and performance dashboards in our ERP system.

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 1 2 years of experience in strategic sourcing or procurement within industrial, automation, manufacturing, or material handling industries.
• Fluent in English, French, Italian, German language skills are considered an advantage.
• Experience working with international suppliers and global procurement environments.
• Interest in the Engineering supply market and developments
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills.
• Knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP and P2P process understanding
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Good knowledge of MS Office package, including MS Excel

Preferred Experience

• An engineer's degree or technical background is considered an additional asset but not required
• Experience in Material Handling Equipment (MHE), automation systems, intralogistics, or industrial manufacturing.
• Familiarity with project procurement and spare parts sourcing.
• Exposure to international supply chain operations.
• Knowledge of Lean, cost engineering, or supplier development methodologies