Sr Buyer: Indirect – Professional Services Position Available In Durham, North Carolina

Position Summary & Responsibilities:

Collaborate with the Category Manager, Purchasing Manager, or Purchasing Director to define and implement bioMérieux’s procurement strategies for assigned categories. Ensure the effective deployment of these strategies across the organization, maintaining alignment with defined objectives. Provide regional operational support by managing supplier relationships, ensuring contract compliance, and overseeing supplier performance. +

Communicates and Deploys Category Strategies:

Effectively communicates the purchasing category strategies under their responsibility and ensures their implementation across the global bioMérieux organization. Demonstrates deep expertise in the assigned category, including cost modeling, benchmarking, market trends, low-cost country (LCC) sourcing options, product technical roadmaps, and target costing. +

Supports Cross-Functional Strategy Development:

Actively contributes to and supports cross-functional teams in defining and refining category strategies. +

Contract and Supplier Relationship Management:

Leads negotiations and agreements on Terms and Conditions and local contracts. Manages frame agreements and issues purchase orders. Oversees contract compliance and execution, maintains a Contract Events Register, and handles claims or disputes with suppliers. Escalates major contractual non-performance issues and manages supply changes. Defines and maintains the framework for supplier relationships. +

Leads Negotiations:

Prepares and leads negotiations with suppliers on pricing, contracts, and long-term agreements. +

Drives Supplier Panel Governance:

Supports business risk analysis of the supplier panel. Provides input for defining the supplier panel and drives its implementation, including supplier approvals in collaboration with relevant functions. Evaluates supplier performance within assigned categories and conducts regular performance reviews, including follow-up on corrective and continuous improvement plans. +

Performance and Innovation Management:

Leads annual negotiations with suppliers on performance targets. Prepares and conducts periodic management reviews covering local and global performance, strategic positioning, business outlook, and product/market developments. Oversees long-term improvement initiatives and mobilizes internal resources to capture and implement supplier-driven innovations and improvement opportunities.

Education, Skills, & Experience:

+ Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of experience in Procurement OR Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience in Procurement. Degree in Business is preferred. + Experience in professional/support functions is highly desired (Marketing, HR, Finance, Legal, IS/IT, Training, etc) + Experience in the following areas also desired: + Contracting and Contract Administration + Strategic Sourcing + Service Level Agreements + Time & Material Contractors + Previous experience working in a global environment +

Functional Expertise:

Proficient in supplier selection and qualification, product and service understanding, negotiation preparation and execution, contract management with legal awareness, target costing, and managing multicultural interfaces. +

Operational Capabilities:

Skilled in influencing and driving outcomes, managing risks, building trust, executing with discipline, and making sound decisions. +

Additional Competencies:

Strong cross-cultural communication skills. Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is essential. The ideal candidate is comfortable navigating ambiguity and dynamic environments. #LI-US