Senior Procurement Manager

Permanent contract
Brussel
No remote work
Salary: < €60K
Starting date: March 31, 2026
Experience: > 3 years
Education: BAC+3

Cohabs
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Job description

  • Procurement & Category Management: Manage procurement activities for assigned strategic and operational categories, ensuring cost efficiency and quality standards. Contribute to roadmaps and action plans, support optimization initiatives, and execute sourcing strategies defined at group level.

  • Business Support & Supplier Management: Support business units on complex or high-priority procurement topics and act as a point of escalation for issues. Manage supplier relationships, monitor contracts and invoices, and ensure suppliers comply with agreed terms and service levels.

  • Policies, Processes & Compliance: Apply and enforce procurement policies across regions and departments. Contribute to the evolution of guidelines, approval workflows, and best practices, ensuring purchasing and invoice processes comply with internal governance and financial controls. Identify risks and ensure all procurement activities meet legal, contractual, and company requirements.

  • Spend, Reporting & Cross-functional Collaboration: Track and analyze spend at HQ and regional levels, contribute to cost-control initiatives, and support reporting on KPIs. Collaborate closely with Finance, Operations, Legal, and regional teams, and support ERP/procurement tool adoption and training for regional teams.


Preferred experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Procurement, or related field.

  • 3 - 5 years as Senior Procurement Manager.

  • Strong analytical and organizational skills.

  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

  • Proficient in procurement tools, ERP systems, and Google Suite.

  • Fluent in English and French (written and spoken).

  • Hands-on, pragmatic, and solution-oriented.

  • Able to work independently while collaborating with cross-functional and regional teams.

  • Continuous improvement mindset and ability to challenge processes constructively.


Recruitment process

1st Call with Laurent, Talent Acquisition Manager
1st Interview with François Samyn, CSO
2nd Interview with an other C-level

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