Operational Buyer

With a passion for life

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers. 

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

Main responsibilities:

• Performing tasks related to the Purchase-to-Pay process, demonstrating sufficient knowledge in this area (processing purchase request, order confirmations, handling price and quantity differences, releasing invoices for payment, supplier creation, catalogue management)
• Negotiating prices, payment terms
• Supporting the strategic supplier management (search for new suppliers, qualification, monitoring, and evaluation)
• Identifying issues and improvement opportunities
• Handling suppliers’ and requesters inquiries
• Resolving complex cases with suppliers and managing complaints
• Active cooperation with other teams (finance, local business)
• Preparing daily and ad-hoc reporting within agreed SLAs
• Contribution to creation and maintenance of process documentation
• Participation in local and global projects (e. g. implementation of new purchasing tools).
• Participation in cross-functional teams to standardize current processes and solve problems related to the Purchase-to-Pay process

Requirements:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree
• At least 1 year of experience in Purchasing, Customer Service or Accounts Payable area
• Excellent communication (written and oral) in German is a must
• English knowledge (B2)
• Understanding of the purchasing processes and tools or overall Purchase-to-Pay process
• Basic understanding of strategic and tactical sourcing and category management
• Experience in building good relations with internal and external stakeholders
• Knowledge of SAP / SAP Ariba / Service Now tools would be a strong benefit
• MS Office skills
• Attention to details, ability to work under pressure and keep deadlines
• Proactive approach and motivation, good verbal/written communication, interpersonal and organization skills
• Time management and ability to make independent decisions
• Ability to build good relations with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively as an individual and as a part of a team in a global organization

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About us 

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.

Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.