Global Strategic Buyer Marketing - Calgary Canada

**LOCATION** Calgary, AB, CAN, T2C 5P9 **COMPANY** BASF Agricultural Solutions Canada Inc **JOB FIELD** Marketing & Sales **JOB TYPE** Permanent **JOB ID** 146503 **FLEXIBLE WORK OPTIONS** Hybrid **Now hiring! Global Strategic Buyer Marketing - Calgary Canada** ----------------------------------------------------------------- **Calgary, Canada** We are looking for a Global Strategic Buyer for Marketing to join our Procurement team within Agricultural Solutions in Canada, supporting procurement activities across our businesses in Canada. **Welcome to BASF** ------------------- We are BASF in Agriculture and everything we do, we do for the love of farming, and the biggest job on Earth. We are an internationally successful company of the BASF Group. Our solutions are purpose-designed for different crop systems. Connecting seeds and traits, crop protection products, digital tools and sustainability approaches, to help deliver the best possible outcomes for farmers, growers and our other stakeholders along the value chain. With teams in the lab, field, office and in production, we do everything in our power to build a sustainable future for agriculture. #ForTheLoveOfFarming #TheBiggestJobOnEarth #AgEmployerOfChoice Here you can gain more insight into our Vision at BASF Agricultural Solutions! **As a Global Strategic Buyer Marketing - Calgary Canada, you create chemistry by...** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Independently driving the implementation of global sourcing strategies for assigned categories across regions and countries. * Leading sourcing projects from requirements definition through tendering, negotiations and implementation, establishing framework agreements and preferred supplier setups. * Consolidating demand and working closely with Marketing, Communications and the global procurement team to challenge specifications, advise on business requirements and develop alternative supplier or service solutions, capturing scale benefits. * Managing supplier performance and risk actions in coordination with sites and category managers. * Demonstrate strong stakeholder influencing and structured project management skills, take ownership and drive projects independently, and constructively challenge the status quo. **If you have...** ------------------ * Hold a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Procurement, or a similar field; an MBA is preferred. * Have a minimum of 8 years of experience in sourcing, marketing, communications or sales. * Demonstrate strong RFx/negotiation and contracting ability (framework agreements, indexation, risk clauses). * Have market intelligence and cost driver understanding, with a TCO/should-cost mindset. * Demonstrate high stakeholder influence across geographies and structured project/program management skills and are ready to challenge the status quo. * Have worked with external partners in supplier manage