Buyer (Lisbon, Portugal) at Grunenthal

Job Grade: PT9F 

Hiring Manager: Lorena Cevallos Zhegulova 

Internal Posting Date:  - 

​Professional  |  Permanent  |  Full-time  |  Hybrid​

Our people in Manufacturing & Global Operations share two priorities: getting things done and making things better. If you’re a dynamic person with a positive mindset, you’ll fit in well here. It’s an international team with a powerful spirit of collaboration. Together, we make sure our products meet the highest standards of quality by constantly searching for ways to improve at every stage of our value chain – from the raw materials we buy through to the logistics network that brings our medicines to patients. Join our team and help us make an even bigger contribution to Grünenthal’s future.

What the job looks like

Each day you’ll enjoy a variety of challenges, such as:

• Execute purchasing assigned activities such as: Quality-check on PR , Purchase Order Generation, Purchase Order Monitoring , Tracking of Goods & Services, Preferred Vendors Administration;
• Execute Vendor Creation & Maintenance activities;
• Ensure all requests are processed in adherence to Procurement Policies and standards SLAs;
• Provide Stakeholder & Key User Services such as: Service Desk,  End User Training & Support;
• Ensure standard routines are updated;
• Provide Vendor support & training towards Procurement Process Creation & Maintenance of info records;
• Managing specific sourcing activities for Tail Spend;
• Participate in the monitoring of SLAs and KPIS and ensure appropriate actions/plans to correct deviations;
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives , standardization & automation of processes;
• Ensure close relation and interaction with Global Procurement Organization, Finance & MD Teams & Stakeholders at global level. 
  

What you'll bring to the table

To make the most of this role and truly thrive, you should have:

• Relevant practical experience with at least 1 year in a comparable role in Procurement, Master Data or similar areas - ideally, knowledge of SAP MM PUR - Purchasing Module;
• General understanding of Procurement & Purchasing;
• Optional: Experience in cross-functional projects;
• Desired negotiation skills, general knowledge about Lean Six Sigma´s DMAIC methodology;
• Advance level of English & Portuguese (Required);
• Additional languages like German, Spanish , Italian are desired;
• SAP-MM experience;
• Critical Thinking;
• Customer orientation;
• Continuous improvement mindset;
• Teamwork.
  

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