Amcor
Buyer, Category Procurement Films, EMEA
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Buyer, Category Procurement Films, EMEA
Location:
Prague, CZ
Lodz, PL
Bristol, GB
Department: Procurement
Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time
Job Type: Employee
Shift: On site
Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.
At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.
Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an ever-changing world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.
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About The Role
Within AFEMEA, the Category Buyer will lead the strategic sourcing activities for key categories and projects, as assigned. Key categories include: Purchased Films including BOPET, BOPP and BOPA.
This role will be essential for driving procurement excellence across the assigned categories. This role is responsible for the development of category sourcing strategies across the region, as well as being directly responsible for the execution of key procurement projects, including day-to-day interaction with internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure an uninterrupted supply of quality goods and services at optimum cost.
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Key Job Accountabilities
- Lead and support Category Managers in strategic sourcing activities for assigned categories, executing procurement initiatives aligned to regional and global strategies
- Manage procurement projects from initiation through execution, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and value targets are met
- Drive savings through effective sourcing, leveraging purchasing volume and negotiating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) contracts
- Collaborate cross-functionally to implement TCO improvement opportunities within the category
- Support the procurement function through reporting of key metrics, project tracking, and performance monitoring
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships to position Amcor as a preferred customer
- Ensure continuity of supply by working closely with site teams and suppliers
- Deliver sustainable business value including cost, quality, service, supply assurance, and innovation
- Collaborate with peers across Amcor to leverage global scale and best practices
Qualifications/Requirements
- Relevant educational background in economy, Bachelors level degree preferred
- Around 2 years of relevant work experience in procurement / strategic sourcing of similar categories
- Experience in market and benchmark analysis at a broad level
- Innovation process experience considered advantageous
- Excellent negotiation skills, problem-solving ability, and strategic thinking ability.
- Demonstrated category expertise and sourcing/procurement experience
- Appropriate application of market analysis tools – industry analysis (Porter model) and supplier analysis – and a demonstrated understanding of the cost drivers in their markets
- Experience in the selection, preparation, and execution of commercial agreements
- Effective leadership / participation in multi-functional projects and teams in an international environment
- Working knowledge of information and data systems used by Procurement
- Create and drive a commodity-specific strategy
- Develop strong relationships with preferred suppliers
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About Amcor
Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty, and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons, and closures that are more sustainable, functional, and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives, and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.
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