Senior Procurement Officer

Job Title: Senior Procurement Officer

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: 31/12/2025

Location: Antwerp region

Responsibilities:

• Lead source-to-contract projects from a vendor management perspective in collaboration with procurement.
• Execute strategic and tactical vendor and contract lifecycle management.
• Support and guide junior and medior colleagues.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks such as DORA, SRB, and outsourcing.
• Address cybersecurity risks.
• Maintain and improve relationships with internal stakeholders and vendors.

Key Responsibilities as Account Manager:

• Lead intake processes.
• Oversee vendor portfolios for assigned IT divisions.
• Support local vendor managers in reporting and improving vendor/contract health and compliance.

Key Responsibilities as Central Vendor Manager:

• Lead strategic vendor management projects for critical vendors.
• Support procurement negotiations.
• Execute lifecycle management and improvement actions.

Additional Contributions:

• Act as key contact for local vendor management.
• Transfer knowledge to junior and medior colleagues.
• Recommend best practices and help develop policies.
• Ensure vendor governance, compliance, and security.
• Support supplier selection, tender evaluation, and contract monitoring.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Senior capacity to manage complex and high-impact vendor and contract management tasks.
• Expertise in interacting with senior internal stakeholders, procurement, legal, risk, and external vendors.
• Proficient in Dutch and English.
• IT Skills: M365, SAP, SAP-ARIBA.