Vacancy
Strategic Purchaser (E&A)

As Strategic Purchaser, you will be responsible for:

• Develop professional relationships in the marketplace to understand industry changes which may impact the company’s business.
• Monitor and report on cost trends for key commodities.
• Ensure all supplier contracts are complete, properly executed and have considered all cost variables.
• Research, qualify and evaluate on a project basis (Int.) national suppliers & sub-contractors.
• Initiate market research and enhance supplier development to build up, maintain and ensure a suitable (strategic) supply base.
• Drive improvement processes with (strategic) subcontractors and/or suppliers based upon supplier qualification and/or evaluation.
• Ensure supply contingency plans are in place in case key suppliers are unable to perform as required.
• Develop, initiate & maintain project related terms & conditions.
• Responsible for creating unambiguous processes, procedures, preconditions for the acquisition process (project-based and non-project-based).
• Leading a category team, define category strategies, implement and execute strategy (with relation to both strategic and non-strategic suppliers).
• Define procurement budgets for the Products and Proposals department.
• Provide reliable information for budget and cost price calculations.
• Developing and maintaining quotation evaluations and key figures.
• Purchase products and materials and outsource activities (specifying, selecting, evaluating, contracting, contract management and aftercare).
• Set up proposals for standardization, develop framework contracts and monitor and maintain them.

As Strategic Purchaser you need to have:

• Bachelor and/or Master degree preferably in a technical direction and Nevi-1, Nevi-2 and preferably Nevi-3.
• Minimum of ten years experience in a technical environment.
• Experience with complex projects and project management.
• Substantive knowledge of or experience with strategic sourcing principles.
• Strong negotiation skills and assertiveness in combination with an independent, well structured, and hands-on mentality.
• Good command of the English and Dutch language (written and verbal) is essential; 
• Ability to incidentally travel long distances and work abroad.
• Excellent antecedents as a pre-employment security screening and investigation are a part of the recruitment procedure (given the military nature of our projects).
• EU citizenship or valid EU work visa is required to be considered as a viable candidate