About the Job

• Act as the focal contact person at R&D Belgium towards key vendor (e.g. Thermofisher) and other vendors (for lab consumables, supplies & equipment) – internal & external coordination.
  

• Provide advice and support in case of complaints, issues, delivery delays, invoices, etc. with a focus on the external contacts (operational)
  

• Maintain a strong relationship with one or more key vendors (as assigned) in particular with the preferred vendor for lab consumables, supplies & equipment (e.g. Thermo Fisher) or LAMM vendor.
  

• Build up an excellent relationship with key stakeholders within the R&D Departments such as Decentral Requisitioners and Business Users:
  

• Interact with BPCs (or equivalent) in R&D Global Operations, Workplace experience, Procurement, P2P and other Global Sanofi Functions on an as-needed basis and for specific identified projects
  

• Act as a local e BUY expert (Purchasing system) and train newcomers as appropriate (hands-on) in particular on specific Sanofi tools (Purchasing, Invoicing, contracting)
  

• Identify opportunities & best practices across business processes and technology solutions to improve processes and minimize excess workload and non-value adding activities.
  

• Identify trends in business needs (at the site) to help determine the need for additional automation of the Purchasing process (e.g. catalogs, price lists)
  

• Apply process excellence and lean principles where applicable
  

• Act as backup for other BPC roles at site level as appropriate
  

About You

• BSc in business or economic studies or equivalent by experience
  

• Minimum 2 years work experience in equivalent role
  

• Experience with purchasing system (e.g. e BUY) as a plus
  

• Strong ability to train and teach/coach others, good communication & interpersonal skills
  

• Administrative consciousness and correctness, accuracy
  

• Work autonomously for the daily operational tasks
  

• Analytical, process-oriented with a keen interest to drive continuous improvements. A can-do attitude
  

• Solution oriented
  

• Well equipped with digital tools
  

• Fluent in English and Dutch