Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: SABIC Procurement’s ambition is aligned with SABIC’s global strategy and focuses on growth and innovation. The global challenge for procurement within SABIC is to secure uninterrupted supply of goods, materials and services to our businesses, while creating value for the business. Value created by improving total cost of ownership, leveraging buys on local, regional and global scale and by reducing procurement costs. Reducing the Procurement costs by standardizing and optimizing the procurement working processes. Local Procurement is part of the Global Procurement Organization that is reporting into the Global Corporate Shared Services organization. As a part of the Procurement organization, the Site Procurement Team manages best in class operational processes and maximizes value for money in purchasing and managing materials & services by exploiting economies of scale and maintaining the same high performance and service level for all customers. The vacancy Operational Buyer hierarchically will report to the Manager Operational Procurement Bergen op Zoom. JOB PURPOSE The Operational Buyer will be located in Bergen op Zoom and serves as a procurement business partner. Capturing requirements, identifying opportunities, intensive co-operation with the internal customers and Procurement colleagues delivering value, in an efficient manner and fully compliant with SABIC Procurement Policy is of utmost importance. In general, the Operational Buyer role characteristic are: Ensure the availability of goods and services as required. Achieve this result at the lowest possible costs. RESPONSIBILITIES Procure local buys on time. Achieve this result at the lowest possible cost by challenging in-company demands, policies and practices and reaching optimal and commercial conditions. Ensure the availability of goods and services as required (in time, in place, according to specifications and accompanied by necessary certificates) so that manufacturing processes (production, maintenance, projects) can be executed as planned: without stress and the risk of huge losses due to interruptions and delays. (Expediting) Support and coordinate material quality inspection. Support on deviation additional work. Ensure on time payment suppliers. Continuously improve the Purchase to Pay process. Responsible for value creation. Ensure compliance to regional legislation (i.e. Reach), global standards, requirements, policies and procedures including EHS. Support on complaint handling / claim. Support on supplier evaluation. Share knowledge of procurement processes and policies with the internal organization. (stakeholders) MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

(+/- 600 characters) Senior secondary vocational education with an enhanced curriculum / higher professional education. (MBO+ / HBO) Operational purchasing experience and preferably procurement specific education in the mentioned field. (e.g. NEVI 1, CIPS) 2 years of experience in operational procurement, supply chain or technical position in a process plant. A minimum of 2 years working experience with internal customer base. Familiarity with manufacturing and materials, preferably a technical and or chemical background. Proven negotiation and analytical skills. Team player. Flexible in picking up extra works and taking the extra step if needed. Steady & robust personality, able to work successful on a Global scale within Shared Services, in a technical environment with turnaround managers, project managers and other stakeholders. Proven execution and delivering results capabilities. Proven communication & interpersonal competences resulting in best team results. Administrative affinity and knowledge SAP-MM, including accuracy. Fluent in English and Dutch, verbal and writing. ICT Knowledge: Office systems. (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) FURTHER INFORMATION Interested in this position? Please apply online by sending us your CV and motivation letter in English. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email. For additional questions you can contact: Piotr.Szczerba@sabic.com. Please be informed that a reference check, an employment verification and E-assessment are part of our recruitment process. A Certificate of Good Conduct can be requested depending on the level of the role in our organization and/or function, allowing us to request depending on local regulations. Responses from employment agencies will not be considered. ABOUT SABIC SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It manufactures on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals. SABIC supports its customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy. Production in 2022 stood at 61 million metric tons. The company has more than 31,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, SABIC has 9,948 patents and pending applications, and has significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia. In Europe, we have over 5,000 professionals running multiple world-scale production sites and 4 technology and innovation centers. We are present in almost every European country. Major locations within our broad network of innovation, production and marketing are: Teesside (UK), Cartagena (Spain), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Geleen (the Netherlands), Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) and Genk (Belgium). SABIC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and as such will not discriminate in its employment practices, including recruiting and hiring practices, based on a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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