**Project Buyer**:
GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success - come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company. Why join GEA
- Your responsibilities and tasks:
Sourcing
- Responsible for tactical sourcing activities related to the project supported, and for which the thresholds have been agreed with strategic buyers and/or category managers.
- Based on the entity setup, can be responsible for low-spend contracting with vendors limited to general T&C; or simplified agreements within scope of category strategy
- Responsible to steer the project in adherence with applicable category strategies & the use of preferred suppliers Purchase Requisition, Purchasing & Order processing
- Responsible for processing purchase requisitions, purchase orders & following-up on order confirmations (with expediting if needed)
- Clarifies issues with requestors and suppliers
- Provides feedback to Strategic buyer/Category manager when spotting requisitions going outside of suitable framework agreements
- Acts as 1st point of contact with vendors for daily operations Project related interactions
- For projects this person supports, acts as 1st Procurement point of contact for stakeholders in project management, engineering, project planning, controlling (and other project relevant roles)
- Ensures that qualitative and quantitative inputs from the Project team are captured in the different stages of the project




- Requests sourcing support for the relevant scope of supply from Strategic Buyers and/or Category managers (direct & indirect)
- Is early involved in project Sales phase discussions, and recurrently involved in later phases
- Based on involvement, is responsible for sharing progress information from Procurement view (weekly project call, monthly steerCo, stage gate reviews )
- Partners with Logistics representative support the project (e.g. Transport manager) to track risks, costs and lead times related to transport/import/export/receipt of goods Your profile and qualifications:
Educational Background
- Business education in combination with experience in project
- procurement
- University, bachelor’s degree in economics with experience in project
- procurement Professional Knowledge and Experiences
- 5+ years of experience in procurement
- ERP (SAP) / Procurement key user experiences / knowledge
- Know-how of international contract management
- Cultural Awareness
- Contract management experience is essential
- Experience with implementation of corporate procurement
- Work experience in complex organizations
- Negotiation experience
- Cost analysis and management
- Project Management Skills Other Skills & Competencies
- English (fluent)
- Financial and Business understanding
- Ability to network across sites and build relationships
- Good analytical capabilities, problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically & tactically
- Takes ownership of the work, successes and mistakes
- Ability to work in matrix organization
- Intercultural sensitivity
- Takes ownership of the work, successes and mistakes
- Very good communication skills

📌 Project Buyer (Torrebelvicino)
🏢 Gea Group
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