Senior Buyer

The Opportunity

We have a vision beyond the ocean: integrating container logistics, connecting, and simplifying our customers' supply chains. And we rely on our people to make it happen!

Join us as we embark on a digital transformation that will revolutionize the logistics business: you will play a vital role in our success by managing customer experience and building a successful track in your career.

What do we offer?

We are on a revolutionary journey to simplify global trade, which will give us the chance to make a significant impact on the world economy and on your career. With significant personal responsibility, you will enhance your industry knowledge and build highly valued business and communication skills in customer-facing roles – quite possibly at a pace that will surprise you.

Energizing and pioneering, this is also an environment that keeps you motivated. You will join a genuinely diverse and talented team that is passionate about focusing on customers and colleagues.

And thanks to our global scale, you will be well-positioned to explore opportunities at Maersk around the world. The many other highlights include the most modern talent development initiatives and competitive benefits.

Our Opportunity

TEMPORARY ROLE: The Senior Buyer is responsible to develop and execute the Area procurement pipeline in strategic alignment with the area business plans. Be a business partner to site managers, product, commercial and Regional Category teams in delivering optimized costs through cost effective, compliant and quality procurement solutions.

Category Responsible in an Area for Warehouse and Depot services, external workforce and EST at Chile. Responsible for aligning strategies and vendor relationships in close alignment with Area Product Team.

Main Responsibilities:

• Overall responsible for optimizing the procurement spend across the Warehouse and depots, covering all brands of Maersk Group.

• Enable sustainable and profitable growth through best-in-class sourcing, optimizing operational behaviors and supplier innovation.

• Work close to product, commercial & regional category departments to develop smart solutions and support business growth through a thorough understanding of the commercial opportunities.

• Drive and support the development and implementation of digital solutions to optimize the procurement process and contract value handovers etc.

• Ensure compliance is managed to the expectations of the Maersk internal policies and procurement guidelines processes.

• Manage vendor relationships including performance management on strategic and tactical level in line with portfolio scope.

• Lead and perform supplier market/category/supply risk analysis and develop Total Value Ownership model in collaboration with all internal customers.

• Ensure compliance with global and local Maersk´s Business Principles, policies and standards and provide guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement principles and processes.

• Contracts drafting in Spanish and English (In conjunction with MPRO and Area Legal experts)

• Manage the performance and build capabilities of the category team and individual team members contributing to their development.

Who We Are Looking For

If you meet the requirements below, this is your chance to join a high-performing team and be part of this great moment in our organization!

• Education: Bachelor or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics; Engineering; Business Administration, International Trade or similar.

• Experience: Procurement and industry experience (3 to 5 years as minimum). Outstanding Negotiation, partnering and influencing skills. Influence different levels of stakeholders internally and externally. Out of box thinking when looking for new solutions & initiatives.

• Language: Spanish Advanced, English intermediate-advanced.

• IT: High proficiency working with Microsoft Office Products including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Power BI and ERP.

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