Strategic Facilities Procurement Manager - Amsterdam, Netherlands
In this tactical-strategic role of Procurement Manager you are part of the central purchasing team, which is responsible for the strategic implementation and quality of the total Supply Chain in the Netherlands. In addition to this common goal, you have the specific responsibility for delivering the right added value with the Supply Chain within the division with national or international customer accounts.
Do you have ambition and do you want to grow with an organisation that is growing and developing itself? Then read on quickly!
What are you going to do?
As a Procurement Manager you ensure that the Supply Chain optimally meets the needs of our organisation and its customers in terms of price, quality and risk management and thus contributes to growth and profitability in the long term. In addition to selecting, managing and developing (strategic) supplier relationships, you support the organisation by training, instructing and advising colleagues in the field of purchasing and you build a network of people, both internally and externally, who contribute to the optimisation of the purchasing function. It is therefore important that you have broad knowledge of the purchasing process, that you can transfer this knowledge effectively and that you are experienced in stakeholder and supplier management.
Main tasks and responsibilities in this role are:
- Supplier identification, selection and contracting
- Analysing and assessing the current supplier spend within the different divisions/accounts and identifying opportunities that will improve the overall price/quality ratio
- Market research in existing and new sectors to identify new suppliers, innovations and opportunities that will continuously meet the needs of our organisation and our customers
- Conclude and improve master agreements with preferred suppliers
- (Continued) development of the preferred supplier base with which the Supply Chain can deliver added value, cost savings and service level improvements.
- Increasing the use of preferred suppliers through active promotion in the organisation and instructing contract and project managers in supplier selection
Supplier and relationship management:
- Promote performance management, innovations and continuous improvement of existing suppliers and ongoing contracts
- Conduct regular audits and periodic analysis/performance reviews to maintain effective relationships and identify opportunities for improvement
- Ensuring that suppliers operate safely, sustainably and are fully accredited and embedding appropriate risk management and performance improvement mechanisms
- Expand with suppliers that deliver the best performance for our organisation and our customers in terms of quality, innovation and commercialisation
- Actively benchmark suppliers on price and quality and adjust contractual agreements if necessary
- Develop and maintain top-level relationships within the preferred supplier organisations
- Develop and implement SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) strategies for key suppliers that add value to our organisation beyond the norm
- Possibly organising customer-supplier events
Category and Supply Chain Development:
- Leading role in (re)developing and implementing category strategies and initiatives across services, industries and/or geographies that result in achieving the financial and growth objectives of our organisations and clients
- Identify and deliver savings and qualitative benefits. Responsible for cost reduction and performance of Supply Chain in the division
- Identify and realise supplier consolidation opportunities and grow high-performing suppliers within our organisation
Educate, advise, coach and instruct:
- Actively transferring operational/tactical purchasing expertise to our employees by advising, supporting and offering internal and external training so that every purchasing decision in the organisation is a good one
- Building up, training and managing a specific group of people who represent the purchasing policy in the accounts as an extension of the central department
- Advise and support on purchasing issues and participate in discussions between suppliers and colleagues on customer accounts
- Develop and implement our procurement tools & technology and promote their use
Collaboration and stakeholder management:
- Collaborate effectively with QHSE, Finance and Business Development
- Support in winning and mobilising new customer contracts and setting up the account-specific purchasing function
- Actively collaborate with central and decentralised procurement (teams) to develop and share best practices and expertise.
- Build relationships with key customers to enhance our procurement capacity
