Procurement Account Manager

Join Canon Production Printing as a Procurement Account Manager

Company: Canon Production Printing

Do you have a background in procurement or business administration, or want to develop in that direction, and are you strong in stakeholder management and networking? Are you looking for a position with global responsibility in which you have the opportunity to develop your purchasing skills, supported by a solid global development program?

Questions about this job?
Bram Frings, Recruitment, +316 – 296 931 68/ bram.frings@cpp.canon

Procurement Account Manager Professional Services
40 hours per week, hybrid in Venlo (NL)

What You’ll Do

As Procurement Account Manager Professional Services you act as global category buyer for Professional Services (External hires, Outsourcing and Consultancy) on global level, mainly for our procurement teams in Germany and the Netherlands. Your main responsibilities are:

• Interact with your stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements and connect them with the right suppliers
• Development of a balanced supply base and the building of relationships with suppliers
• Translate market insights towards a global category plan (procurement view)
• Be the escalation partner for our management in conflicts with suppliers
• Continuously optimize processes and improve overall TCO for our key stakeholders
• Negotiate terms and conditions, establish contracts together with Legal

The location of this position is Venlo. You are expected to travel to the other site approximately once per month for 2-3 days.

What You Bring

We are looking for an analytic and conceptual thinker with a commercial driven, goal-oriented attitude. You are an enthusiastic networker with the ability of maintaining your internal and external network. Furthermore, you meet the following requirements:

• Bachelor or Masters degree in logistics, business administration, economics or comparable
• Preferably 3 years of experience in in a similar procurement position
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to collaborate with others and convince internal and external stakeholders with sound arguments
• Excellent level in English, speaking and writing
• Preferably an excellent level in Dutch and/or German
• Available for 36-40 hours per week

What You’ll Get From Us

We offer a challenging position in an international procurement team with scope for personal and professional development. Besides that, you will receive an interesting package of employment conditions:

• A competitive salary (range €4.280- €6.100 gross per month)
• 38 vacation days
• Extra 13th month pay (8.6%), holiday allowance (8%) and commuting allowance
• Hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• A huge range of training and professional development opportunities
• A laptop and smartphone
• An interesting lease (e-)bike plan

What do we stand for?

We develop and manufacture high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. With around 3,300 employees across three continents and our headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands, we innovate to create high-quality solutions that add color to the world. Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei—living and working together for the common good—our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.

With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.