Buyer
At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.
Your Role
Location: Liege
Sector: Energy
Responsibilities:
- Actively participating in defining and deploying the company's procurement policy, in alignment with overall strategic objectives
- Developing detailed specifications in close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team including legal, technical, and commercial experts
- Conducting thorough monitoring of market mechanisms and their evolutions to identify strategic sourcing opportunities
- Methodically analyzing and evaluating supplier offers and submissions according to rigorous quality, cost, and time criteria
- Finalizing advantageous contracts through strategic negotiations with suppliers on pricing, contractual clauses, and service levels
- Developing cost optimization initiatives in partnership with internal clients and suppliers to maximize procurement value
- Ensuring complete management of the supplier contract lifecycle, from establishment to execution monitoring and renewal
- Providing expert commercial and contractual support for complex technical projects and specific or exceptional purchasing needs
Your Profile
- Master's degree or equivalent professional experience, preferably with technical background
- An experience with 10+ years in buyer roles
- Solid understanding of Belgian commercial law and procurement regulations
- Professional fluency in French and English required; Dutch language skills highly valued for our Belgian operations
- Exceptional negotiation capabilities with proven success in complex commercial discussions
- Experience with SAP
- Strong analytical mindset with talent for evaluating market conditions and supplier performance
- Collaborative approach with demonstrated ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries
What You'll Love About Working Here
- At Capgemini Belgium we offer flexibility in more than one way: next to our hybrid way of working, where we offer you can work 70% from home, we also offer our flex abroad program. With this program you can work up to 45 days abroad, this to maintain a good work-life balance.
- Our mission is your career path. Our array of career growth programs and diverse professions are crafted to support you in exploring a world of opportunities.
- OUTfront, Women@Capgemini or CapAbilityare 3 examples of employee led networks dedicated to advance diversity, equity and inclusion within workplace and society.
Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.
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