Join us at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin): Where purpose comes to life.

You are purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!

We are currently looking for a Buyer CZ, HU and SK to join us in Wavin Czechia s.r.o., an Orbia business. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

Main purpose
As a Buyer CZ, HU and SK, you will be a key driver of procurement excellence within your designated Business Unit (BU), acting as a trusted advisor to both local and regional stakeholders. You will strategically manage BU assigned spending and contracts, ensuring alignment with company-wide objectives and Orbia policies. Your focus will be on maximizing value through cost savings, process optimization, and fostering strong, collaborative partnerships with key local suppliers. Additionally, you will lead initiatives to enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of the local supply base while providing expert procurement guidance across internal functions. By working closely with global category managers, you will leverage expertise, align with global strategies, and drive continuous improvement in procurement practices.
 

Main responsibilities

• Identify and understand local customer requirements, ensuring procurement solutions align with business needs.
• Analyze assigned BU spend to identify sourcing opportunities, collaborating with global category managers when necessary to align with category strategies.
• Develop and execute strategic sourcing projects using the 7-step methodology to drive cost savings and operational efficiency.
• Support BU spot requirements by providing competitive alternatives that ensure business continuity.
• Assist in local and region-wide category activities, focusing on benefit realization and execution of plans across all relevant sub-categories.
• Oversee and implement supplier selection strategies, ensuring effective procurement processes and supplier management.
• Evaluate and select suppliers based on quality, price, delivery, and service, ensuring they meet business and contractual requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and driving continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with Local/Regional business stakeholders, acting as a key procurement advisor.
• Manage and coordinate a network of Local/Regional representatives to support procurement activities and projects.
• Align with Local/Regional Supply Chain Teams to optimize subcontractor and third-party vendor performance.
• Lead and implement continuous improvement projects, including automation initiatives such as SAP contracts, self-service procurement, and invoice matching.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting on key procurement metrics for business stakeholders.
• Uphold compliance with global Orbia and B&I procurement policies and procedures as outlined in the Procurement Mandate.
• Support the Supply Chain team in handling claims and guarantees, escalating issues as needed.
• Manage and maintain procurement documentation and records, ensuring transparency and audit readiness.

Our requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Finance, or a related field
• Proven experience in a high-volume environment, managing procurement projects, optimizing manufacturing processes, and ensuring efficient inventory control.
• Strong understanding of Supply Chain, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Finance, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
• Previous experience in an international B2B environment, working at a strategic level to drive procurement excellence and align with global business objectives.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across all levels and functions.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team, taking initiative to drive procurement strategies forward.
• Proven ability to work effectively in global and cross-functional teams; fluency in English is required, with additional languages being an advantage.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with Strategic Sourcing initiatives, including the 7-step sourcing process, category management, and supplier negotiation strategies.
• Strong understanding of market/category/product dynamics, including supplier trends, cost drivers, and risk assessment.
• Expertise in strategic sourcing, tendering, contract negotiation, and supplier evaluation to optimize procurement outcomes.
• Ability to analyze data, develop insights, and make strategic recommendations; demonstrated skill in building persuasive business cases for procurement decisions.
• Familiarity with procurement and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Coupa) and data analysis tools for spend management and supplier performance tracking.
• Understanding of procurement risk assessment, mitigation strategies, and compliance with regulatory and company policies.

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers
 

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin)! Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organization

Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. Our key commercial brands are: Wavin, Amanco Wavin, Pavco Wavin, Plastigama Wavin, and Bow Wavin.

Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $8.2 billion in revenue in 2023.

Contact us
 

If you have questions or want to know more about the position, please contact Sumitra Bishwakarma via  sumitra.bishwakarma@orbia.com. To apply, use the ‘apply’ button or e-mail your cover letter and English CV to  sumitra.bishwakarma@orbia.com.

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