Technical Buyer

📣 Join ViCentra (home of Kaleido) – Empower Bold Change in MedTech 📍 Location: Utrecht | 💼 Hybrid 🌍 Making Every Move Matter At ViCentra, home of Kaleido, we’re on a mission to redefine what’s possible in diabetes care. We combine technological innovation with human-centered design to empower people with more freedom, confidence, and life on their terms. Our values; Be Bold, Build Trust, Focus on the Customer and Deliver Excellence drive everything we create and every decision we make. We believe that when ambition meets purpose, remarkable things happen. If you thrive in a space where ideas accelerate, challenges spark growth, and making a difference is the goal, ViCentra is your next great adventure. 🚀 💻 Your Impact You are the driving force behind sourcing for new product introductions (NPI), bringing in the right suppliers at the right time and ensuring they’re fully set up for success. You proactively secure the equipment needed for both internal teams and our contract manufacturing partners, enabling smooth, fast, and high‑quality product launches. 🔧 What You’ll Take On In your role, you will: • Identify and benchmark potential suppliers for NPI. • Request and process quotation with suppliers for NPI. • Analyze and evaluate supplier proposals, taking into consideration price, quality, delivery times and other important factors during selection process. • Support selection and implementation of new suppliers in line with ViCentra product requirements. • Negotiate and manage pricing, terms and conditions with new/ potential suppliers. • Liaise with Project/ NPI team on all new products. • Develop supply chain solution for new parts/ products. • Support and collaborate in Project teams ensure timely delivery of NPI components, materials and products. • Ensure COG reduction objectives are met. • Build relationship with new suppliers and transfer suppliers to Purchasing Coordinator. • Purchase Equipment from existing or new suppliers necessary for the operation of the company. • Monitor and maintain relationships with existing equipment suppliers. • Establish Service Agreements with new or existing equipment suppliers when needed. • Ensure compliance with all regulatory, legal and Company policies and procedures. • Frequently interact and collaborate with other functional areas, engineering, operations, quality, finance.