Job Summary:

The Procurement Specialist drives the execution of category strategies, vendor discovery, and cost-optimization initiatives. Working in partnership with the Procurement Manager, this role autonomously manages market trend analysis, identifies new global supplier pools, and leads the refinement of category cost structures. The specialist takes ownership of Total Landing Cost evaluation to ensure maximum profitability and represents the company at international trade fairs to secure competitive advantages.

Duties and Responsibilities
- Autonomous Sourcing & Qualification: Prospect, screen, and onboard potential global suppliers independently, ensuring they meet gategroup’s stringent quality and capacity standards.
- Market Intelligence & Trend Leadership: Proactively track general market trends, commodity shifts, and innovations, translating data into strategic recommendations for the category.
- Landing Cost Ownership: Lead the analysis and optimization of the Total Landing Cost structure,



collaborating directly with logistics and finance to eliminate hidden supply chain costs.
- Trade Fair & Vendor Vetting: Represent the company at international trade shows and supplier site audits to source new products, evaluate capabilities, and build direct business networks.
- Category Cost Fine-Tuning: Continuously analyze spend data within assigned categories to identify cost variances, executing optimization plans to maximize category margins.
- Contract & Agreement Management: Negotiate and manage framework contracts, commercial terms, and Service Level Agreements (SLAs), aligning with the Procurement Manager on final approvals.
- Supplier Performance & KPIs: Drive supplier performance reviews by monitoring key metrics (OTIF, quality, cost), independently addressing deviations and driving continuous vendor improvement.
- Regulatory Compliance & Vendor Documentation : Proactively monitor new international trade, food safety, or industry-specific regulations; en

📌 Procurement Specialist (Cataluña)
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📍 Cataluña