Site Buyer
Pubblicato il 08-08-2026 - Grünenthal in Origgio
Pay Range (full-time): EUR 34.000 - 40.000
Professional | Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid
Our people in Manufacturing & Global Operations share two priorities: getting things done and making things better. If you’re a dynamic person with a positive mindset, you’ll fit in well here. It’s an international team with a powerful spirit of collaboration. Together, we make sure our products meet the highest standards of quality by constantly searching for ways to improve at every stage of our value chain – from the raw materials we buy through to the logistics network that brings our medicines to patients. Join our team and help us make an even bigger contribution to Grünenthal’s future.
What the job looks like
Each day you'll enjoy a variety of challenges, such as:
- Act as a trusted key point within the site procurement team, your role purpose in a nutshell: you will execute transactional procurement activities assuring compliance, transparency and accuracy while providing a world class purchasing experience, based on a smart, lean and customer focused global process. You will support the Site Business Partner for site related procurement activities for the assigned areas.
- Provide procurement support, focusing on operational transactional procurement activities
- Manage tactical procurement activities for the assigned categories/spend areas with the support of the line manager (executes RFQs, negotiations…) incl. external and internal communication
- Ensure requirements are processed complying with global policies
- Provides Stakeholder & Key User Services mainly for site specific topics, End User Training & Support, System Testings, aligned with the Global Procurement Center
- Register prices for production materials and ESO materials (if applicable) in Sinity and include them in the Info Record and Book in SAP
- Support in general price and payment related topics, execute price inspections and follow ups, and support & participate in the Vendor Creation & Maintenance Process
- Build and maintain close relationship with the respective stakeholders, within the site and the Global Procurement organization
- Supports for operational elements of the SRM process, e.G., supplier evaluation, audit request, Risk analysis, etc. and within the Third-party due diligence & vendor onboarding process in close collaboration with our stakeholders and the Global Compliance Team.
- If required, managing and supporting on various operational activities, e.G. monitor stock levels of non-production materials, checking order confirmations, set up of reports etc, you will be the owner for the management of the new BLP order confirmation tool
- Support our efficiency projects at the local and global level.
What you’ll bring to the table
To make the most of this role and truly thrive, you should have:
- Hands-on experience with at least 2 years in a comparable role in a state-of-the-art procurement organization with a preference for candidates with experience in the pharmaceutical or medical devices industry and a solid knowledge of GMP standards
- Knowledge of SAP regarding different order types, order automation, master data and info record creation, inventory management
- Advance level of Italian and English (C1/C2)
- University Degree in Economics, Foreign Languages, Engineering or in the scientific discipline
- Proven track record regarding supplier qualification and administration, general understanding of supply markets in typical spend areas of local business units (indirect), experiences in tactical procurement and supplier management activities
- Good communication, negotiation and analytical skills, customer and business focus.