Operational Buyer

This is LyondellBasell

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. Driven by its employees around the globe, LyondellBasell produces materials and products that are key to advancing solutions to modern challenges like enhancing food safety through lightweight and flexible packaging, protecting the purity of water supplies through stronger and more versatile pipes, improving the safety, comfort and fuel efficiency of many of the cars and trucks on the road, and ensuring the safe and effective functionality in electronics and appliances. LyondellBasell sells products into more than 100 countries and is the world's largest producer of polypropylene compounds and the largest licensor of polyolefin technologies. In 2022, LyondellBasell was named to Fortune Magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" for the fifth consecutive year.
 
We have the potential — and responsibility — to use this scale and reach to make a positive impact across our value chains. That’s why we are working to make meaningful progress to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges such as reducing plastic waste in the environment, helping to mitigate climate change and contributing to a thriving society for our employees, the communities where we operate and the people who depend on our products.

For our location at Rotterdam or Wesseling we have an opening for a Procurement Specialist / Operational buyer

The TS/TM (technical services/technical materials) procurement department is part of the global procurement and utilities organization. The TS/TM procurement department is responsible for procuring everything that is related to maintenance of production locations in Europe, espc. for our four locations in the Netherlands.

This is the role

The operational) buyer role is responsible for:

• Issuing purchase orders on a day to day basis; 
• Independent management of small and medium sourcing projects with a spend < 1 MM EUR
• Tendering and negotiation of local contracts with a spend < 1MM EUR
• Analysis of bid responses to determine the most responsive and responsible bidder
• Works closely with Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Site Services, R&D and Category Manager and/ or Procurement 
• Supports sustainability as one of the key elements of LyondellBasell´s procurement strategy through supplier relationship management to make a positive impact in the value chain and the environment
• Primarily responsible for effective and efficient operation of the purchasing process 
• Participate actively in local technical workgroups for e.g. turnarounds to assure that this work groups have sufficiently economical focus in their approach

Part of the responsibilities may also be supplier negotiations; maintaining a number of low and middle value outline agreements for e.g. our warehouses; Global Terms & Condition (GT&C) alignment with Legal; analyzing data.

This is what you bring

• Bachelor's degree 
• 3+ years related experience required with degree; 5+ years' experience in lieu of degree.
• 1-2 years of chemical /engineering or related industry experience is desirable.
• SAP, Ariba and Fairmarkit knowledge and experience
• Fluent in English and Dutch

This is what we offer

We offer an environment where we encourage personal and professional growth and where you will be rewarded for your performance and results. You will have the possibility to work with specialist on all fields to develop innovative solutions and to extend your national and international network. In addition, we offer you a competitive salary package.

The company's Global Remote Work Policy allows eligible employees the option to work up to two days a week from home.

LyondellBasell is committed to advancing diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) to ensure a positive experience for all employees.

Interested ?

Please feel free to contact the Lead Corporate Recruiter Ton Brands at Ton.Brands @ lyondellbasell.com for more details. Would you like to apply? Just send us your motivation and resume via the application button. Only applications through this application button will be taken into consideration.

The recruitment process exists of an initial phone screening and two business interviews before proceeding to a possible job offer.

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