Are you ready for the next step in your career?

We are looking for a Buyer to join our team in Ovar, Portugal

As a Buyer, you will play a key part in purchasing goods and services essential for our industrial operations.

In detail, you will be responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and negotiating purchase agreements with suppliers and keeping our data updated and organized to allow us to make reliable data analysis and decisions.

Additionally, you will follow key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure we maintain high quality. Daily tasks will also include indirect operative purchasing, which requires close contact with other departments, making sure everything runs smoothly.

What you need to be successful in this role

• MSc./BSc. In Engineering (preferable), Economics, Management or related field.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and adapt well to changing circumstances, demonstrating a strong sense of responsibility and autonomy.
• Logical thinking and a practical, hands-on attitude will greatly benefit your daily work.
• Team player mindset, exceling at building relationships in a matrix, multi-cultural, international environment, and within your own team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and Portuguese.
• Experience with the SAP ERP system is a plus.
• Openness to occasional travel.

We offer

We offer you a wide onboarding period, full support from our professional team and good possibilities to learn and further develop your competences. With us, you have a standpoint and ability to influence the whole chain of operations from raw material purchasing to successful delivery to customer.

In addition, we offer you a competitive compensation package, including bonus plan and meal allowance, health and life insurances. You will find our health experts team at your disposal, including labor and curative medicine, nursing, psychology and physiotherapy services.
We encourage our people's professional and personal development with training programs, studies financing and if you want to learn a new language, you will benefit from our protocols with language schools.

Additional information

This is a fixed-term position for one year contract.
We will start to process applications as soon as those come in, so apply already today – latest by December 16.
Please note applications must be submitted through our official recruiting channel.
We conduct interviews continuously; this means we might choose a candidate before the last application day. So, don't wait with your application

Join the team

That feeling when… everything works together is what makes working at Valmet unique
Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our commitment to moving our customers' performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how – and above all, teamwork.