Senior Buyer - IT, Procurement, Bank, Brussels

Senior Buyer - IT, Procurement, Bank, Brussels

Background:
You will join the bank's Procurement Department. The objective is to manage contracts within IT and Services areas. We are looking for a buyer with 4-5 years' experience in IT and Services areas.

Tasks: Manage contracts and sourcing in various spend categories through a network of suppliers in order to ensure that business objectives are met. The ability to be flexible, work in different categories as required and be polyvalent is key.
Support the category managers and your peers in the selection of suppliers, the tendering process, the correspondence and the supplier administration.
Maintain good relations with internal customers (within Procurement and within the Bank) and suppliers.
Contribute actively in building a high performing professional procurement department that really acts as a team across all categories and disciplines.
Collaborate with other category customers and the entire procurement team to create an integrated procurement process and organization interface.
Initiate ideas to improve overall working of category and procurement processes.

Skills:
4-5 years' experience in Purchasing/IT (hardware, software, etc.) and Services (IT Consulting, professional services) areas or similar domains;
Strong negotiation skills;
Understanding of contract and basic legal terminology.

Language: English (essential) plus French or Dutch (not essential but nice to have);