IT Junior Group Buyer

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.Job DescriptionThe IT Junior Group Buyer supports global and local procurement projects for IT goods and services, ensuring cost-effective and timely purchasing activities. This role requires strong communication, basic negotiation skills, and intermediate analytical capabilities. The position contributes to category strategy implementation and continuous improvement initiatives within the procurement organization.Key ResponsibilitiesExecute tactical purchasing activities and assist in sourcing processes.Identify and evaluate new supplier options.Participate in negotiations under guidance from senior team members.Collaborate with stakeholders and procurement teams on RFP preparation.Support implementation of category strategies.Maintain procurement systems and tools (e.g., Coupa).Perform cost analysis and recommend savings opportunities.QualificationsBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or related field.Minimum 1 year of procurement or negotiation experience in a multinational environment.Strong English communication skills (written and spoken).Intermediate Excel proficiency.Ability to work under tight deadlines and adapt to changing business needs.Customer-oriented mindset with problem-solving skills.Cultural awareness and proactive attitude.Project management experience is an asset.Additional Information Hybrid work - 2 days in week working from home on a daily basisAnnual bonus Private health care - LuxmedLife insurance - UnumPension scheme (PPK)MyBenefit system (Multisport, vouchers)Internal referral program Professional development and career growth within a global organization.Collaborative and innovative team culture.We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.We embrace diversity!  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 60 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.