Category Management

About the role

The Regional Procurement Buyer (RPB) works with sites to identify priorities, needs, issues, areas of improvement, smart alternatives, and cost‑effective innovation opportunities. The RPB provides solutions that leverage the Procurement organization, sources, negotiates, and manages local and regional contracts within scope in coordination with Category Leads (CL) when applicable. The RPB is accountable for total spend and saving targets, implements and monitors compliance according to global/regional category strategies, medium and small Capex procurement plans (per DOA), and policies, processes, and procedures. The RPB collaborates closely with CLs to ensure open dialogue and consultation to maximize Procurement agility, serves as the key business partner and point of contact for the site(s) in scope — understanding and representing site needs, opportunities, and challenges — and may sit on the Site Leadership Team where relevant. The role fosters transversality within the region and across regions; some RPBs are nominated specialists on specific topics within the team.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze sites’ procurement demands and needs; provide related inputs to Category Leads as applicable
• Participate in defining new Category strategies when applicable
• Implement procurement strategies and action plans at site/site‑network level based on global procurement guidance principles
• Source and negotiate contracts according to identified needs and global/regional procurement strategy for Opex & Capex per DOAG and Governance
• Manage contracts and activities within own perimeter
• Orchestrate and support Spend Review Challenges (SRCs) within sites
• Ensure correct application of processes and policies, including appropriate buying channels, by all stakeholders within perimeter; sensitize end‑users to key process principles, spot inconsistencies, and collaborate with RPM and PSL to develop action plans
• Improve procurement performance by frequently assessing requester/client satisfaction, incorporating feedback, and identifying/leading productivity actions with site management
• Identify main pain points in day‑to‑day end‑to‑end procurement activities and opportunities to contribute to sustainable development goals at local level (quantitative analysis, inefficiency identification, soliciting feedback from requesters and suppliers)
• Escalate issues that cannot be handled at own level; ensure timely and effective resolution via RPM, CLs, and site managers
• Maintain supplier relationships: open communication and resolution of recurrent operational issues (excl. transactional) such as late delivery, quality problems, cost overruns, contract disagreements, or compliance issues

Benefits

U.S. base salary range: $90,000 – $110,000 annually (actual compensation may vary based on candidate‑specific factors; total compensation includes bonus and/or other incentives).

• 16 or more weeks of maternity/paternity and co‑parenting leave, per local regulations
• Training platform for all employees
• Free language courses (24 languages available)
• Free well‑being sessions (physical and psychological)

About Us

Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel, and play. Inspired by the scientific councils Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates. Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, and health‑care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity. At Syensqo, we seek to promote unity and not uniformity; we value the diversity individuals bring and invite you to consider a future with us regardless of background, age, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability, or identity.