Senior Buyer / Procurement Coordinator

Build the future of procurement in healthcare. Are you an experienced buyer who wants to make an impact with more than just contracts and savings? At Ipse de Bruggen, you will get the opportunity to help build a professional procurement organization that is fully in development. You will combine complex procurement issues with a coordinating role within the team and contribute to sustainable choices, strong supplier relationships, and good care for thousands of clients.

In this position, you are active both substantively and in a coordinating capacity. You will work on complex procurement issues, support colleagues in their daily activities, and think along about the further development of the procurement function within Ipse de Bruggen.
One day you might guide a strategic procurement process or conduct a complex contract negotiation. The next day, you might advise a manager on a tender, discuss with suppliers how cooperation can be further strengthened, or work together with colleagues on sustainable and socially responsible solutions.

Your responsibilities include, among other things:

• Guiding complex tactical and strategic procurement processes within real estate, facilities, ICT, HR services, and healthcare-related categories such as food, aids, and medication;
• Conducting contract negotiations and further strengthening contract and supplier management;
• Developing procurement strategies per product group and realizing sustainable and socially responsible procurement solutions;
• Advising management, project leaders, and the board on procurement issues, opportunities, risks, and market developments;
• Optimizing operational ordering processes and the procure-to-pay process, including the use of ordering systems;
• Monitoring annual plans, coordinating daily activities within the team, and supporting colleagues with complex issues;
• Further positioning and professionalizing procurement within the organization and contributing to the development of a more coordinated procurement organization.

You report to the Manager Services, of which the Procurement department is a part.

You are an experienced procurement professional who switches easily between strategy and execution. You know how to bring interests together, maintain an overview, and gain energy from collaborating, improving, and innovating.

In addition, you bring:

• HBO or WO working and thinking level, supplemented with a relevant education in business administration, economics, or procurement, such as NEVI or similar;
• Multiple years of experience with tactical procurement within a larger organization and preferably experience with strategic procurement issues;
• Experience with contract management, supplier management, and complex negotiations;
• Affinity with categories such as real estate, facilities, ICT, HR services, or similar fields;
• Experience with coordinating activities within a team or demonstrable leadership experience, in which you know how to motivate and engage colleagues;
• Strong analytical skills, organizational sensitivity, and persuasiveness, in which you effectively employ different communication styles;
• Interest in sustainability, innovation, and social impact, combined with the ability to maintain an overview, set priorities, and organize activities well.