Indirect Buyer

Time left to apply: End Date: April 26, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)

Job requisition ID: R10054461

VitalAire Italia S.p.A, a company of the Air Liquide Group, was founded in Italy in 1986 and is the first international company able to ensure the delivery of long-term complex therapies at the patient's home. The company's mission is "to take care and treat patients at home with expertise, ethics, and devotion", developing services increasingly closer to the patient's needs.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

We are currently seeking a highly motivated and experienced Indirect Buyer (F/M) to join our Procurement Team. As an Indirect Buyer, you will have the opportunity to ensure the deployment of category strategies and execute the sourcing process for local categories.

Your responsibilities will include:

• To apply sourcing strategy or instructions defined by the category managers if existing: You will work closely with the Category Manager in defining category strategy; analyze and challenge specifications with requesters. Prepare fact-based negotiations and define roles to be played by Air Liquide stakeholders in front of suppliers. You will drive optimization of tactical and strategic sourcing processes, lead negotiations with selected suppliers & manage contracting of globally selected suppliers.

• Contract Implementation and Management: Share and explain to Internal Local Customer Managers for deployment and appropriate execution in the system, follow up contract implementation. Contract Management (application of price escalation formulas, volume rebate collection, products and services portfolio management, progress clauses, renewal etc.), including update of procurement database (contracts, catalogs...). You will manage contractual compliance, incidents, and claims.

• Supplier Relations Management: Lead SRM activities for relevant suppliers of your category (supplier strategy, review and audit incl. financial solidity, innovation initiatives, internal promotion of supplier, supplier days) in line with SRM framework.

• Manage supplier relationships (Guarantees, Penalties, Claims, Supplier Reviews, Performance and risks management with European Procurement Directors in case of complex situations). Contribute to supplier performance evaluation. Animate the supplier qualification and audit process in collaboration with Inspection teams, HSEQ, and Technical experts. Contribute to supplier risk identification and mitigation to ensure compliance with risk mapping.

• Stakeholders management: Develop and manage relationships with internal customers. Consolidate internal customer feedback on category strategies and also on Supplier Performance. Lead working sessions with internal customers to identify TCO reduction opportunities. You will boost influence and recognition of the procurement function within the community of Business Stakeholders.

• Reporting: Consolidate and present sourcing action plan to your Management and when needed to related Category Manager.

• Continuous Improvement: Conduct periodic surveys to measure internal customer feedback for continuous improvement, Undertake corrective actions to improve performance and also contract compliance.

Are you a MATCH?

• The ideal candidate for this role will have a strong background in procurement, and proven experience in a similar role as an Indirect Buyer, ideally within the healthcare sector.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Legal Studies.

• Fluent in English (B2-C1 level).

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders and customers.

• Problem-solving mindset and solution-oriented.

• High reactivity and proactivity at the same time.

• Decision-making skills, Strategic thinking, Innovation & Flexibility, Negotiating and Persuasive skills.

Location: Assago (MI)

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders, and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively, and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success, and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

About Us

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