Buyer (Medior Level) (Procurement)

Location: Hybrid role based onsite at a client in the Brussels region, Belgium, with partial home working; occasional travel to Berlin required.

Company

hirify.global is an international engineering, architecture, project and construction management firm delivering complex capital projects across life sciences, food and beverages, mission-critical and ICT, advanced manufacturing, energy, and environmental sectors.

What you will do

• Define purchasing strategies and manage procurement activities through contract signature.
• Work with technical and asset management departments to identify long-term requirements.
• Analyze global markets and potential suppliers for strategic electrical equipment.
• Develop medium- to long-term procurement plans and coordinate their implementation with internal stakeholders.
• Organize EU procurement procedures from selection criteria through negotiation and contract award.
• Support sustainable procurement policies, process optimization, and best-practice sharing across the client and 50Hertz entities.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in technical or engineering studies, or an economics background with a strong technical focus.
• French, Dutch, and English are required; one language must be at mother-tongue level and the other two at C1 level.
• Preferably 2–5 years of experience in a technical, public procurement, or project management environment.
• Strong organizational, analytical, independent-working, initiative, problem-solving, and stress-resilience skills.
• Affinity with legal terminology and contract negotiation; proficiency in common Microsoft Office applications.
• Willingness to travel to Berlin a few times per year and work partially from the Brussels office.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Ariba.
• Knowledge of German.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangement combining home working and office presence.
• International cooperation with departments in Brussels and Berlin and suppliers worldwide.
• Opportunity to contribute to sustainable procurement policies.
• Autonomous responsibility for asset families with a global supplier scope, depending on experience.