POSITION OVERVIEW: The Senior Buyer strategically manages all procurement activities, ensuring a continuous supply of quality goods, materials, and services at optimal cost. This includes cultivating strong supplier relationships, negotiating favorable terms, and driving cost-saving initiatives to meet the company's operational needs. Responsibilities may encompass project-specific purchasing or broader portfolio management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets;
• Ensure continuous supply and proactively communicate potential supply risks or impacts on business operations;
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and supplier landscape;
• Research and evaluate cost-saving opportunities and implement effective cost reduction strategies;
• Deliver briefs, updates and reports as and when required;
• Develop creative and innovative procurement processes;
• Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement;
• Negotiate contracts, improved prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings, using negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods;
• Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities;
• Explore alternate sources for goods and materials;
• Assess tenders and quotations from potential suppliers;
• Prepare purchase orders in line with final negotiations with selected suppliers and in line with organizational targets and requirements;
• Undertake research on and evaluate existing and new suppliers;
• Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues;
• Develop and execute procurement strategies;
• Work collaboratively and negotiate and engage with stakeholders and suppliers regarding new projects, supplies and initiatives and advise of impact of change on purchasing and production activities;
• Manage procurement budgets and ensure compliance.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Highly skilled at building and maintaining effective and productive relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers;
• At least 3 years of experience in same or similar position;
• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or related field;
• Strong negotiation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills;
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong proven problem solving abilities;
• Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines;
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy;
• Proficient in procurement tools and Microsoft Office;
• Experience in SAP will be considered as a plus.

TO APPLY: Please send us your CV and a copy of your university diploma by 28.02.2025 and if you meet our criteria, we will contact you to invite you to an interview. CONTACT: Konstantina Petrova (HR Specialist) - mobile: +359 885 70 08 66. NOTE: Only candidates who have submitted the full set of required documents will be eligible to continue in the selection process. Collected documents will be processed in full confidentiality in accordance with the requirements of GDPR.