Vacancy: Category Buyer
Urenco is an international supplier of enrichment services and fuel cycle products for the civil nuclear industry, serving utility customers worldwide who provide low carbon electricity through nuclear generation.
The Category Buyer Core Process Technology is required to take full ownership for all commercial aspects of a defined sub-category of spend, including full category planning, execution and management. Leads companywide cross functional teams to secure the supply chain, to set and meet value delivery targets, and will be expected to deliver significant amount of key senior stakeholder management influence.
Key responsibilities include:
- Responsible for the full life-cycle management and development of sub-category plans including supply market analysis, demand assimilation, strategy development, strategic sourcing and supplier management activities
- Savings delivery is a critical component of the role and Category Buyers will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of reporting and management of value outlooks in standard company reporting tools
- To be effective in the role Category Buyers will be expert in leading cross-company/cross functional teams to develop and influence a global view of strategy and deployment
- Category Buyers will collaborate with project specific stakeholders to ensure change management is efficient and effective to guarantee sustainable value delivery.
Skills and Education:
- Degree (or equivalent)
- CIPS qualification (or equivalent)
- 3~5 Years Senior Buyer equivalent experience (essential)
- Experience in sourcing, negotiation, and management of spend categories (essential)
- A proven track record of working with senior stakeholders (essential)
- Experience working across multiple sites (essential)
- Have expert skills in influencing and negotiation skills alongside key technical competencies relating to procurement transactional planning, commercial contract management and supplier relationship management (essential)
Don’t meet every single requirement? The real fit for a job is not always in your current experience or education. We are striving towards strong, diverse and complementary teams, in an inclusive and authentic workplace. So if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles and we would like to meet you!
How to Apply
Urenco are committed to Best Practice in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Black, minority ethnic and disabled candidates are currently underrepresented within the Procurement team and are particularly encouraged to apply so we have the widest pool to choose the most suitable candidate from.
Urenco is seeking for someone to fill role within its Procurement team based in one of our Urenco site locations based in Europe.
If you are interested in applying for this role, please send your CV to Head Office HR at [email protected]. The closing date for applications is 3 January 2023.