Lead Buyer - Interiors

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your procurement and project management expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and dynamic teammates.

You'll ensure the proper contribution of procurement to project and sub-system stakes, while driving the achievement of procurement objectives. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (such as procurement local/central teams, project core teams, and subsystem managers), coordinate procurement activities, and ensure compliance with project-specific strategies and requirements, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of defining and implementing the Project Procurement Strategy and orchestrating contract creation and execution activities, but also lead corrective measures to address challenges and risks.

We’ll look to you for:

• Defining and implementing the Project Procurement Strategy in alignment with Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD) commitments

• Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure the strategy is understood and applied

• Coordinating and securing procurement activities, performance, and efficiency across the project

• Leading supplier contract creation and execution activities

• Managing risks and ensuring compliance with project-specific conditions

• Monitoring and reporting on QCD performance and procurement progress

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (mandatory)

• Master’s degree in Business Management or Project Management (desirable)

• Project management certification (desirable)

• 10 years of experience in Project, Procurement, Engineering, or Quality

• Interest in technical fields

• Contract management and legal awareness

• Ability to work in a matrix environment

• Strong communication skills and team spirit

• Results-oriented with a rigorous and structured approach

• International mindset

• Fluency in English

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilise our flexible and inclusive working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Progress towards leadership roles or specialized expertise

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)