Pleased to meet you, we are Galapagos, a dynamic fast growing Biotech
company with offices in Europe and the US.
We’re in the business of changing lives. In our quest to discover and
develop life-improving medicines we go where no one has ever gone
before. In every challenge we face, we see new opportunities. We pioneer
for patients. We need thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs
in spirit and status quo-fighters. Collaborative innovators and
perseverant idealists. We need the best-in-class. In other words, we
need you: The ‘make-it-happener’.
We are looking for a Buyer - Direct Procurement - Mechelen, BE or Leiden, NL
Core Purpose of Job:
The
Procurement Team has embarked onto a transformational journey aimed to operate
transversally and in an agile manner – breaking down silos and operating with flexibility
to deliver strategic solutions that not only optimize our supply chains but
also enhance operational efficiency and build strategic partnerships with our
suppliers.
We are
looking for a highly motivated and dynamic Buyer. In this role, you’ll lead the
sourcing and tendering process and support the Category Manager in the
deployment of the category strategies across different activities such as raw
material, lab consumables & supplies, CAPEX equipment or services. The ideal
candidate must possess strong analytical skills, excellent communication
abilities and meticulous attention to detail.
Your role
You like to work in an environment where you can:
- Work cross-functionally with internal teams to manage projects and ensure their successful deployment across the organization.
- Cultivate strong relationships based on trust with your colleagues, business stakeholders and the suppliers in your portfolio.
- Influence how Procurement creates impact at GLPG through your business partnering skills.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the procurement function, including process enhancements, technology adoption, and cost reduction efforts.
- Focus yourself on added values activities to maximize your impact, drive innovation and contribute to the success and growth of the organization.
You will contribute by:
- Supporting the category manager in category strategies development and deployment: updating spend map and supplier categorization.
- Supporting the category manager on operational tasks
- Ensuring proactively the follow-up and monitoring of the on-going projects: monitoring change requests and supporting Business on resolving critical commercial issues.
- Leading proactively procurement activities and projects with the internal stakeholders and managing the sourcing/tendering process (RFx): from needs identification, through tendering strategy, negotiations, and vendor selection.
- Leading the negotiation of the business and commercial terms of the contracts and demonstrating value for money.
- Proactively engaging with relevant stakeholders and build strong relationships.
- Supporting Supplier Relationship Management at operational level with key stakeholders and strategic suppliers.
- Understanding the existing market industry and analysing the market’s competitive trends, dynamics and disruptors
- Supporting implementation of new/improved procurement process/way of working/approach, taking into account the environment and different stakeholders.
