Vie Project Buyer - Florence Firenze

Vie Project Buyer - Florence
Firenze
Toscana, Firenze

Company description:

A family-owned company, bioMérieux has grown to become a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics. For more than 60 years and across the world, we have imagined and developed innovative diagnostics solutions to improve public health. Today, our teams are spread across 45 countries and serve 160 countries with the support of a large distribution network.

Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture.

Job description:

Attached to the "Product Development & Projects Sourcing EMEA" Director, you will be based at the Florence (Italy) site and work with 2 Project Buyers to support the R&D team during the design phase of new instruments to strengthen bioMérieux's offering.

You will be responsible for implementing Project Purchasing actions under the coordination of the local representative of the Project Purchasing team and applying the process from prototype realization to the industrialization phase:

Actively represent the Purchasing function in bioMérieux's new instrument development projects, especially during the design phase: participate in project meetings, gather the needs and requirements of the development teams. Analyze, compare, and challenge the solutions proposed by R&D and development teams as needed, to propose alternative solutions to improve margin and reduce Purchasing risks (project and commodities). Participate in and formalize approaches related to value analysis, design-to-cost, TCO analysis, and lifecycle management of components/raw materials. Contribute to supplier selection following the Project Purchasing process, conduct Make or/and Buy analyses, identify and implement actions to minimize supplier and purchasing risks. Contribute to the performance/quality/cost/service objectives of projects while respecting purchasing strategies: Corporate Purchasing and commodity Purchasing. Monitor the supply of components for prototypes: collect R&D needs, manage quote requests, negotiate, implement contracts, manage the relationship with selected suppliers and partners until component delivery. Collect and analyze purchasing information to update the Project Purchasing Dashboard to control the manufacturing cost of the new instrument. Contribute to the Corporate Social Responsibility approach in product development projects: Eco design, sustainable sourcing, local/green sourcing, CO2 impact, green software by collecting and calculating CSR data for the new instrument, creating dashboards. Collaborate with all departments that can contribute to the development of new products: Purchasing, R&D, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal.

Profile description:

Who are you? Engineering/Master's degree (Generalist / Biomedical Engineering) or business school, and/or supplemented by a 3rd cycle in Purchasing. First experience in Purchasing with real ease on technical subjects in an international environment. Strong responsiveness, customer service orientation, prioritization skills, technical curiosity. Ease in relationships in your project interfaces and internal collaboration. Operational level in Italian and English to interact with teams and suppliers, French is a plus. Proficiency in tools: PowerPoint, Excel (pivot tables, knowledge of SAP is a plus). Occasional travel required.

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