Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.
Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.
Job DescriptionSenior Group Buyer shall perform assignments related to the direct procurement categories- negotiation and implementation of global/regional agreements.
The role will be called on to run both global and local projects, so strong negotiation and communication skills are required. Buyer coordinates purchasing activities with stakeholders requests to achieve the result in a cost effective and timely manner. Acquires and maintains understanding of purchased products, where performs cost analysis, recommends cost saving proposals with alternative sourcing and vendor evaluation criteria.
Works on issues of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of relevant factors. Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices but with a great amount of autonomy to determine appropriate action. Buyer will be a part of team working on building category strategy, so not only does analytical thinking is priority but visionary aspect is required as well. Have passion for results and looking for excellent growth? Join us.
As a Senior Group Buyer, your daily responsibilities are:
Manage category scope and build strategy with Procurement Team.Lead sourcing processes and identify new suppliers.Develop and present procurement strategies to support project goals.Negotiate commercial terms and maintain supplier agreements.Prepare RFPs, draft contracts, and provide business recommendations.Drive procurement innovation and continuous improvement.Use tools like Coupa to manage procurement systems.Achieve KPIs and support procurement projects.Qualifications
Personal skills
Proven negotiation record in global strategic procurement.Experienced in managing category scope and building strategy with Procurement Teams.Skilled in end-to-end sourcing, supplier identification, and contract drafting.Adept at developing procurement strategies to meet project goals on time and within budget.Strong background in handling multiple procurement projects under tight deadlines and changing requirements.Proficient in preparing RFPs, structuring specifications, and using tools like Coupa.Capable of managing commercial agreements and achieving KPIs.Analytical thinker with a focus on process optimization and risk mitigation.Experienced in multinational environments with independent entities.Education
Bachelor or Master of business processes (Economy, Administration, Business, Finance), Engineering.Additional InformationAnnual bonus.Private health insurance - Luxmed.Mybenefit platform.Life insurance - Unum.Hybrid work model (3 days from office).We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
We embrace diversity! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.
Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!
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Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.
The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.
In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 63,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 60 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.
In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.