Tactical Buyer Team Lead

Location:

(60-166) Poland

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

Search Purchasing & Supply Chain Jobs

Advertiser:

W. R. Grace & Co.

Job ID:

132118032

Posted On:

26 July 2025

Job Description
We are seeking a motivated and experienced Team Lead Tactical Buyer to join our Procurement Operations team in Poznan. In this role, you will lease and support a team of tactical buyers, ensuring efficient procurement processes and alignment with organizational goals. Strong German language skills are essential, as you will be collaborating with German-speaking stakeholders and suppliers. If you are a proactive leader with a background in tactical purchasing and a passion for team development, we encourage you .

Responsibilities
-Be compliant with all internal and external safety guidelines regarding environmental protection, occupational and traffic safety in accordance with the Grace EHS System.
-Work closely with category managers and business units to establish and deliver procurement requirements, strategic benefits and compliance to existing procurement contracts.
-Manage transactional buying activities and support wider strategic category management, including converting compliant and approved purchase requisitions to purchase orders within SAP Ariba and SAP ECC platforms.
-Monitor and challenge non-compliant buying activities.
-Maintain sound professional relationships with suppliers. Resolve issues (e.g. pricing, quality, timing, claims, contract disputes, etc.) associated with terms and conditions of service agreements.
-Manage supplier quality expectations and process minor complaints. Manage suppliers to recover on delivery, material, or service expectations.
-Maintain system data integrity and measure performance on related key indicators (examples: past due purchase orders, open PO acknowledgements, PO expedites, non-conforming material return, and supplier invoice resolution).
-Participate in project work to identify and document process and cost improvement initiatives as needed.

Required Qualifications
-Bachelor’s degree and two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
-Functional Procurement experience supporting tactical and strategic activities for direct and indirect categories within a manufacturing organization.
-Ability to operate effectively in different cultures and across geographies, including managing stakeholders and colleagues remotely (across distance and time zones) desirable.
-Effective interpersonal skills and ability to champion the vision of the Procurement organization.
-Strong communication, time-management, and problem-solving skills.
-Ability to balance total cost of ownership (TCO), strategic and tactical delivery desirable.
-Good professional command of German and English language. Other languages are a plus (Spanish, Swedish).
-Structured yet flexible. Comfortable with/able to thrive in conditions of change and complexity desirable.
-Ability to drive behavioral change desirable.
-Willingness to continuously learn and develop, including trainings in SAP systems and category management principles.
-Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
-Proficient in SAP ECC and SAP Ariba
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Benefits
-Annual bonus
-Premium Medical Insurance (Medicover)
-Life Insurance (for employee & family members)
-Reimbursement for glasses for computer work
-Sports Card (goFIT)
-Language Courses

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