Social network you want to login/join with: Senior Strategic Buyer Hybrid, Basel Stadt Job Description: Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, theres no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And thats the kind of work we want to be part of. The Senior Strategic Buyer will periodically report to the office and should be based within reasonable commuting distance from our offices in either Portsmouth NH, Visp, Manchester, Porrino, or San Jose. The Senior Strategic Buyer will be asked to collaborate effectively with the Central procurement team to deliver value to site stakeholders and partner with key stakeholders across sites to ensure business continuity and Procurement meet site business needs. They will need to manage supplier relationships and performance at the site level while providing purchasing expertise in tendering, negotiation, contracting and purchasing systems. Key Responsibilities: Support Central Category manager with category strategy development (e.g. provide site current and future business needs) Support implementation and execution of category strategies at site level Support the execution of sourcing initiatives for delegated spend across assigned sites. Provide purchasing expertise in tendering, negotiation tactics, planning and contracting Support global & regional sourcing efforts Support the roll out of new procurement policies/procedures and tools Support the optimization of transactional costs & efficiency of procurement activities (e.g. automation rates) Share best practice sharing and synergies across sites Support standardization of specifications across sites and regions Track country savings performance and identify potential savings, risks & opportunities Drive utilization of on line catalogues, E Auctions and other leading edge sourcing tools Ensure business continuity and meet site business needs: Ensure business continuity and supply/availability of indirect materials for production Partner with site stakeholders to understand and support the delivery of current and future business needs Work with site controllers to provide spend and savings forecasts to management Manage supplier changes and transitions Manage supplier relationship and performance at site level: Maintain and drive professional partnership/collaboration with suppliers Manage portfolio of suppliers and ensure compliance with requirements/policies Support comprehensive supply risk assessment across existing supplier portfolio (incl. single source, capacity constraints, financial risks, quality risks, etc.) Develop and implement mitigation solutions for key business risks identified Be aware of the supply market dynamics and changes to ensure competitiven