Category buyer indirect lead

Description

Responsibilities:

The Category Buyer (CB) supports one or several procurement categories. 
The CB works in close relation with the relevant Global Category Managers (GCM), the Categories Team leader (CTL), the Category Manager (CM) and the Tactical Buyer (TB). 
All actions have to be in line with the strategy defined by the Global Category Manager and the CM. The CB's prime role is the management of the RFI or/and RFP's until PVet 4 stage (up to PVet 5 based on some Regions) in order to provide the completeness to the business. 

In addition to this their main tasks are:

 Operational Support:
• Ensure the BAs receive all required information to raise the Procurement Orders. 

Procurement Competitiveness Capture:
• Monitor the markets for defined categories including key players, newcomers, economic evolutions, market or regulation constraints, innovations and technology in order to support the development...