Strategic Buyer

As Senior Strategic Buyer – Local Coordinator, you will lead sourcing activities, manage supplier relationships, and act as the primary link between local teams and global procurement functions. You will identify opportunities, negotiate value‑driven agreements, and ensure that procurement processes operate efficiently and in line with company standards. Your work will directly support business continuity, cost optimization, and long‑term supplier performance.

WHAT YOU DO Process & Standard
Ensure that procurement standard is implemented, communicated and understood by AP employees
Ensure REF and P&R standards are implemented 
Ensure Process Excellence according to Group Processes and standards
Strategic Sourcing & Negotiation
Develop and execute sourcing strategies to meet company objectives, focusing on cost reduction, quality improvement, and risk mitigation. 
Manage RFP and negotiations to secure pricing, delivery, quality, SLAs and compliance to AP standard and policies.
Global Category management
Share to Global Procurement relevant demand (>250k € gross), provision of spend data and cost savings
Align with Allianz Partners Global Procurement on applicable Local Sourcing Categories and implementation of Global Category Concept.
Supplier Relationship Management
Develop Allianz Partners (AZP) network of service providers covering indirect spend (e.g. professional services, marketing, communication, IT…) and global providers (rental car, international transportation, new mobility) 
Determine, steer and control the performance of the suppliers in terms of quality and stability of deliveries.
Contract Management
Develop, review, and manage contracts with suppliers to ensure compliance with company policies and standards and Store all contracts above 250 KEUR, MSA and risk relevant contract according to TPRM standard in ARIBA S2C
Demand Management
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to forecast demand, manage provider panel, and optimize supply chain efficiency. 
Risk Management 
Support colleagues how to conduct Supplier due diligence especially reputational check and set up adequate Process control
Ensure that all risk assessment have been performed according to TPRM standard before starting negotiation
Work closely with internal departments such as Finance, Legal, Compliance, DPO, Communication, Operations to ensure compliance to company standard and policies
Manage and navigate Internal and External Audit findings   Regularly perform spent analysis and inform Allianz Partners Regional and Global Procurement about development of Procurement Key Performance Indicators, adherence to global category concepts, saving and development of local Procurement function.  Facility Access and security management; Local Facility and Maintenance services including Tracking and management of energy, water, waste consumption Implementation of the BCM annual exercise Incident (Security and Emergency Response Management)  and Crisis Management – coordination in terms of Incidents management and in case of a crisis PSM (Protective Security Management) ensure PSM framework  (personal security, event security and travel security)