Indirect Buyer

Verisure is seeking a talented, innovative, passionate Indirect Buyer. The role will part of a growing and talented Procurement Team and will report directly to the Indirect Procurement Manager. This is a critical role that will contribute to enhance the procurement function for indirect categories in our Spanish Headquarter.

The role will be expected to impact quickly and develop as the business grows. It is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to develop the sourcing results of existing categories, and drive business impact on new ones.

The company's success depends on its people and it invests in them every day. Working with Verisure is being part of an industry leading world-class company that has a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

Strategic context and Value proposition

Over the past years, Verisure has experienced an exceptional and resilient financial performance with a very long track record of double-digit growth - thanks to continuous drive for Innovation, our very sophisticated Go To Market and replicable business model for expansion into new countries. Our strong and visionary Management Team is now supporting the business' next phase of growth with a robust business plan for value creation. At a moment, when Procurement is defining its next ambition on global strategy for indirect categories.

The Buyer will be responsible for executing the indirect procurement function in the Spanish Headquarter for the assigned categories. He/she will collaborate, support and influence business leaders and stakeholders across the whole P2P process, from purchase requisition and negotiation, to purchase order.

This will include contributing to a Procurement Plan to maximize advantages for the Company, drafting the sourcing strategy for each category under his/her responsibility, leading execution of tenders (from drafting of specifications to award and contract signature), influencing stakeholders to define and standardize their requirements, while ensuring compliance with Procurement processes and policy.

Responsibilities will include

• Execution of the Procurement Plan on categories under his/her responsibility, maximizing savings in the organization
  • Collaborate, support and influence across the whole P2P process, from purchase requisition and negotiation, to purchase order.
  • Execute tenders (RFPs), negotiation with internal stakeholders and suppliers, and supplier qualification and selection
  • Ensure process and policy compliance
  • Gather specifications of products and services required by business areas
  • Drafting contracts, and negotiating agreements with suppliers in coordination with Legal counsel and internal stakeholders
  • Lead market and spend analysis
  • Develop solutions that meet the organization needs and results
  • Identify and anticipate issues in the execution of the projects, identify and implement solutions, escalate as required
  • Identify risks and escalate them to Manager
  • Follow risk mitigation actions & processes defined
  • Manage issues with suppliers, monitor periodically agreements and supplier evaluation, including monitor supplier performance in line with the scope of services agreed
  • Propose and lead improvements in the Procurement department, processes and policies
  • Report as needed on all areas of responsibility

• Interaction with the business areas and suppliers
  • Lead procurement conversations with suppliers as needed
  • Lead conversations with business areas to communicate, influence, present and discuss the results of each of the stages of negotiation, in order to keep the business and suppliers informed of the activities and progress of each category
  • Advise the business of the supplier(s) to be selected and criteria
  • Be a communication channel between business and suppliers
  • Represent the business position with the suppliers to obtain the most appropriate proposals for the internal client
  • Communicate results and progress of the negotiations

Location

The role is based in Madrid (Spain).

Reports and organization structure

Direct reporting line to the Indirect Procurement Manager of Spain

Profile

Experiences and Qualifications

• University Degree, preferably Graduate or Bachelor in Business Administration /Economics/ Law or Engineering
• At least 3-5 years relevant experience sourcing indirect products and services, as part of a procurement team in a large organisation. Among other categories: Facilities Management, Utilities, Events, Communication and Brand, Online & Offline Marketing, Contact Center, Human Resources, Professional services, Uniforms, Hand tools, Merchandising and Incentives, Financial services, etc
• Advanced level on Microsoft Office. In particular Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with eProcurement tools (Jaggaer, Ariba, etc), and ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, etc)
• Spanish and English; with the ability to lead business conversations and influence, fluently, with stakeholders at any level.

Competencies

• Leading and execution of indirect procurement categories/function
• High level of negotiation skills
• Organization and coordination skills
• Capacity to analyse and prioritise complex tasks under pressure
• Autonomy managing categories under his/her supervision
• Used to work on a very busy and dynamic environment
• Customer and people oriented
• Excellent levels of spoken and written communication
• Social skills to build and maintain internal and external relationships
• Common sense, flexibility and ability to adapt to new environments
• Teamwork
• Results oriented
• Knowledge of commercial law

Strong fit with our Company DNA

• Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly.

• Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline.

• Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it's a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are risk takers and we learn continuously.

• Winning as a Team: Our people know that by leveraging one another's strengths, investing in and developing our team's capability and by collaborating well, we will win.

• With Trust & Responsibility: Operating with integrity is core to our success. We are humble, honest and value deep mastery and expertise. We do the right thing, always.

The Company

We Are People Who Protect People

We are the leading provider of professionally monitored alarms for residential households and small businesses in Europe.

Peace of mind for families and small businesses

We believe it is a human right to feel safe and secure. We now protect more than 3.4 million families and small businesses. Our service includes 24/7 monitoring, expert verification and response, customer care, service and maintenance services, and professional technical support. As well as protecting against intrusion, we protect against fire, attack, theft, life-threatening emergencies and other hazards. Verisure people are dedicated and committed and provide what we believe is the best customer service in the industry.

Leading across a broad footprint

We are the leading provider of residential and small business monitored alarms in Europe. We operate in 16 countries across Europe and Latin America. Our business is driven by organic growth, based on our differentiated business model. We attract high quality customers. We work hard to ensure that our customers are happy. This contributes to an industry leading level of attrition and a long customer lifetime.

A technology-enabled human services company

Our 18,000 team-mates are the foundation of our company. Our business model combines technology and human expertise to protect people. We are a human services company. More than 80% of our colleagues interact with customers every day. This connection provides the insight that inspires our innovation. These insights are a source of advantage. We leverage these insights with the significant investment we make into product and service innovation. The close customer contact also fuels the pride which drives engagement.

30 years of experience - and many more to come

We have been protecting what matters most since 1988. Over that time, we have expanded beyond our roots in the Nordics and Spain. We now serve most of Europe and have also established a strong presence in Latin America. In 2017, to evolve our operating model, strategic innovation, operational excellence and access to talent, we opened our new Group headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2019, we formed a strategic partnership with Arlo, a world leader in connected cameras. Verisure acquired all rights to Arlo's European business. This allows us to offer connected camera services in Europe as a complement to our professionally monitored security service. It also allows us to access new go-to-market opportunities in retail and e-commerce.