Industrial Buyer

About the Job

At Excelya, we believe in Audacity, Care, and Energy in everything we do. As a Buyer, you will play a crucial role in our procurement team, ensuring that we acquire the best quality products and services while managing costs effectively. Your expertise will contribute to our mission to deliver excellence in clinical research and development.

Within the Industrial and Quality Department and reporting to the Purchasing Manager, you will be responsible for purchasing goods necessary for the company and will manage supplier relationships. You will ensure that performance objectives are met in terms of cost, quality, and delivery times.

Main Responsibilities:

• Define and implement purchasing strategies for your assigned purchasing categories, in line with the company's overall strategy and subject to approval by your line manager.

• Gather the company's purchasing requirements and communicate them to suppliers and service providers.

• Participate in achieving project deliverables related to purchasing-related topics.

• Issue calls for tenders and select suppliers.

• Negotiate the most favorable commercial terms and formalize agreements.

• Manage the supplier panel for your assigned purchasing categories:

- Integrate suppliers early in the product/service development cycles.

- Conduct supplier performance reviews.

- Analyze and manage supplier risks and propose action plans.

- Conduct competitive and technological monitoring.

- Monitor and promote the CSR performance of your supplier panels.

• Make data available to user departments and the information system. Purchasing

• Ensure the proper implementation of negotiated contractual terms and arbitrate any disputes.

• Guarantee that selected suppliers deliver information and products in accordance with the objectives of the company's projects and user services.

• Ensure the supplier panel remains aligned with the evolving needs of the company and the markets.

Requirements

About You

We are seeking a proactive Buyer with a strong background in procurement and a keen understanding of the clinical research landscape.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Purchasing or a related field.
• Experience in a buying role, preferably within the industrial sector, managing diverse portfolios.
• You demonstrate the ability to develop strategies for different purchasing categories.
• You are proficient in contractual tools and risk analysis.
• Fluency in both French and English

Benefits

Why Join Us?

At Excelya, we combine passion for science with enthusiasm for teamwork to redefine excellence in healthcare.

Here's what makes us unique—

We are a young, ambitious health company representing 900 Excelyates, driven to become Europe's leading mid-size CRO with the best employee experience. Our one-stop provider service model—offering full-service, functional service provider, and consulting—enables you to evolve through diverse projects. Working alongside preeminent experts, you will help improve scientific, operational, and human knowledge to enhance the patient's journey.

Excelling with care means benefiting from an environment that values your natural talents, pushes boundaries with audacity, and nurtures your potential, allowing you to contribute fully to our shared mission.