Indirect Buyer

ESML SD Iberia Holding S A U

Location: Madrid
Work arrangement: Hybrid
Job type: Full-time
Posted Oct 21

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Key skills in this ad

Skills and tools

Procurement
Negotiation
Legal
Facilities management
Marketing
Call centre
Human resources
SAP
Customer service
IT support
Retail
Sales

Experience

At least 3-5 years relevant experience

About this role

Verisure is seeking a talented, innovative, passionate Indirect Buyer. The role will part of a growing and talented Procurement Team and will report directly to the Indirect Procurement Manager. This is a critical role that will contribute to enhance the procurement function for indirect categories in our Spanish Headquarter.

The role will be expected to impact quickly and develop as the business grows. It is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to develop the sourcing results of existing categories, and drive business impact on new ones.

The company’s success depends on its people and it invests in them every day. Working with Verisure is being part of an industry leading world-class company that has a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

Strategic context and Value proposition

Over the past years, Verisure has experienced an exceptional and resilient financial performance with a very long track record of double-digit growth - thanks to continuous drive for Innovation, our very sophisticated Go To Market and replicable business model for expansion into new countries. Our strong and visionary Management Team is now supporting the business’ next phase of growth with a robust business plan for value creation. At a moment, when Procurement is defining its next ambition on global strategy for indirect categories.

The Buyer will be responsible for executing the indirect procurement function in the Spanish Headquarter for the assigned categories. He/she will collaborate, support and influence business leaders and stakeholders across the whole P2P process, from purchase requisition and negotiation, to purchase order.

This will include contributing to a Procurement Plan to maximize advantages for the Company, drafting the sourcing strategy for each category under his/her responsibility, leading execution of tenders (from drafting of specifications to award and contract signature), influencing stakeholders to define and standardize their requirements, while ensuring compliance with Procurement processes and policy.

Responsibilities will include:

Execution of the Procurement Plan on categories under his/her responsibility, maximizing savings in the organization
Collaborate, support and influence across the whole P2P process, from purchase requisition and negotiation, to purchase order.
Execute tenders (RFPs), negotiation with internal stakeholders and suppliers, and supplier qualification and selection
Ensure process and policy compliance
Gather specifications of products and services required by business areas
Drafting contracts, and negotiating agreements with suppliers in coordination with Legal counsel and internal stakeholders
Lead market and spend analysis
Develop solutions that meet the organization needs and results
Identify and anticipate issues in the execution of the projects, identify and implement solutions, escalate as required
Identify risks and escalate them to Manager
Follow risk mitigation actions & processes defined
Manage issues with suppliers, monitor periodically agreements and supplier evaluation, including monitor supplier performance in line with the scope of services agreed
Propose and lead improvements in the Procurement department, processes and policies
Report as needed on all areas of responsibility

Interaction with the business areas and suppliers
Lead procurement conversations with suppliers as needed
Lead conversations with business areas to communicate, influence, present and discuss the results of each of the stages of negotiation, in order to keep the business and suppliers informed of the activities and progress of each category
Advise the business of the supplier(s) to be selected and criteria
Be a communication channel between business and suppliers
Represent the business position with the suppliers to obtain the most appropriate proposals for the internal client
Communicate results and progress of the negotiations

Location

The role is based in Madrid (Spain).

Reports and organization structure

Direct reporting line to the Indirect Procurement Manager of Spain

Profile

Experiences and Qualifications

University Degree, preferably Graduate or Bachelor in Business Administration /Economics/ Law or Engineering
At least 3-5 years relevant experience sourcing indirect products and services, as part of a procurement team in a large organisation. Among other categories: Facilities Management, Utilities, Events, Communication and Brand, Online & Offline Marketing, Contact Center, Human Resources, Professional services, Uniforms, Hand tools, Merchandising and Incentives, Financial services, etc
Advanced level on Microsoft Office. In particular Excel and PowerPoint
Experience with eProcurement tools (Jaggaer, Ariba, etc), and ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, etc)
Spanish and English; with the ability to lead business conversations and influence, fluently, with stakeholders at any level.

Competencies

Leading and execution of indirect procurement categories/function
High level of negotiation skills
Organization and coordination skills
Capacity to analyse and prioritise complex tasks under pressure
Autonomy managing categories under his/her supervision
Used to work on a very busy and dynamic environment
Customer and people oriented
Excellent levels of spoken and written communication
Social skills to build and maintain internal and external relationships
Common sense, flexibility and ability to adapt to new environments
Teamwork
Results oriented
Knowledge of commercial law

Strong fit with our Company DNA

Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly.

Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline.

Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it’s a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are risk takers and we learn continuously.

Winning as a Team: Our people know that by leveraging one another’s strengths, investing in and developing our team’s capability and by collaborating well, we will win.

With Trust & Responsibility: Operating with integrity is core to our success. We are humble, honest and value deep mastery and expertise. We do the right thing, always.

The Company

We Are People Who Protect People

We are the leading provider of professionally monitored alarms for residential households and small businesses in Europe.

Peace of mind for families and small businesses

We believe it is a human right to feel safe and secure. We now protect more than 3.4 million families and small businesses. Our service includes 24/7 monitoring, expert verification and response, customer care, service and maintenance services, and professional technical support. As well as protecting against intrusion, we protect against fire, attack, theft, life-threatening emergencies and other hazards. Verisure people are dedicated and committed and provide what we believe is the best customer service in the industry.

Leading across a broad footprint

We are the leading provider of residential and small business monitored alarms in Europe. We operate in 16 countries across Europe and Latin America. Our business is driven by organic growth, based on our differentiated business model. We attract high quality customers. We work hard to ensure that our customers are happy. This contributes to an industry leading level of attrition and a long customer lifetime.

A technology-enabled human services company

Our 18,000 team-mates are the foundation of our company. Our business model combines technology and human expertise to protect people. We are a human services company. More than 80% of our colleagues interact with customers every day. This connection provides the insight that inspires our innovation. These insights are a source of advantage. We leverage these insights with the significant investment we make into product and service innovation. The close customer contact also fuels the pride which drives engagement.

30 years of experience – and many more to come

We have been protecting what matters most since 1988. Over that time, we have expanded beyond our roots in the Nordics and Spain. We now serve most of Europe and have also established a strong presence in Latin America. In 2017, to evolve our operating model, strategic innovation, operational excellence and access to talent, we opened our new Group headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2019, we formed a strategic partnership with Arlo, a world leader in connected cameras. Verisure acquired all rights to Arlo’s European business. This allows us to offer connected camera services in Europe as a complement to our professionally monitored security service. It also allows us to access new go-to-market opportunities in retail and e-commerce.

We are Verisure – and we are Proud to Protect

Verisure is the leading provider of professionally-monitored smart alarms for residential households

and small businesses in Europe, and we are growing in Latin America. We trade as Verisure in most of the countries where we operate, and as Securitas Direct in Spain and Portugal.

We protect more than three million customers in 16 countries. Our business model integrates product development, design and sales with installation, outstanding service and a 24/7 professional monitoring solution. We protect people from intrusion, fire and flood - and we save lives.

We believe it is a human right to feel safe and secure.

It takes passionate people to protect

Protecting what matters most for our customers takes innovative technology and, above all, passionate people. People who are driven by our purpose. Every one of our 17,000 colleagues takes this responsibility to protect seriously. Every day, they demonstrate our DNA – the unique imprint we look for, nurture and unleash in every member of our Verisure family.

Our people strategy is clear: to create the best, winning team. We do this by finding and attracting the very best talent; by growing and nurturing the talent we already have; and by engaging our people around our vision, our strategy and our DNA.

And with more than 80% of our colleagues interacting with our customers every day, they personally deliver our customer promise: to protect what matters most.

Do you have what it takes to be Proud to Protect? Would you like to be part of the next phase of our successful growth story? We are looking forward to receive your application.

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