Operational Project Buyer

Procurement

Italy, Parma

June 28 2026

Full time

Permanent

Job benefits

Competitive salary and bonus scheme

Continuous personnel development (e-learnings & projects)

Free day to volunteer

About the position

Are you ready to shape the future of sustainable industries? Join GEA and become part of a global team that’s driving innovation, excellence, and impact across the food, beverage, and process sectors. GEA is one of the leading suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and for a wide range of other process industries. Around 18,000 employees in over 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success: join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams, and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.

Your responsibilities and tasks

Processes purchase orders and follows expediting process

Clarifies issues with suppliers

Communicates with suppliers regarding demand, volume and delivery times, reduction of transaction cost, etc.

Executes purchasing processes following guiding principles from category management

Supports Finance with invoice verification

Follows processes, guidelines and procurement policies

Ensures cost, availability, innovation, and quality within the sourcing plan creation and execution

Price lists management

Coordinates , manages and controls materials shipments

Suppliers management to fulfill on time delivery KPI

Analyse and proactive use of Materials Requirements Program (MRP) and other systems to determine raw materials/items needs for production/spare parts

AI implementation across procurement processes

Focus in New Project

Works closely R&D , Strategic buyers, Operational buyer and quality dept

Manages RFQs, awarding decisions in line with category strategy

Executes supplier selection along strategy, requirements, supplier base development, and identification of new suppliers

Monitors and communicates planning of procurement activities related to projects

Commit to meeting the project cost targets

Bill of Material costing

Sourcing

Responsible for project sourcing activities

Responsible for operative sourcing to support production and/or service

Run scouting process in line with the projects target and according to Strategic Buyers Strategies

Purchase Requisition, Purchasing & Order processing

Responsible for processing purchase requisitions, purchase orders & following-up on order confirmations (with expediting if needed)

Clarifies issues with requestors and suppliers

Provides feedback to Strategic buyer/Category manager when spotting requisitions going outside of suitable framework agreements

Acts as 1st point of contact with vendors for daily operations

Invoice Processing & manage Master data

Support solving invoice mismatches that couldn‘t be processed by Finance/Accenture

May maintain local raw material or vendor master data

Project related interactions

For projects this person supports, acts as 1st Procurement point of contact for stakeholders in project management, engineering, project planning, controlling (and other project relevant roles)

Ensures that qualitative and quantitative inputs from the Project team are captured in the different stages of the project

Requests sourcing support for the relevant scope of supply from Strategic Buyers and/or Category managers (direct & indirect)

Is early involved in project Sales phase discussions, and recurrently involved in later phases

Based on involvement, is responsible for sharing progress information from Procurement view (weekly project call, monthly steerCo, stage gate reviews…)

If needed partners with Logistics representative support the project (e.g. Transport manager) to track risks, costs and lead times related to transport/import/export/receipt of goods

Key knowledge area:

Several competences from ERP system & P2P processes, to sourcing, to project mgt

Your profile and qualifications

Experience in operational procurement roles

Essential ability to work in team, even in a stressful environment

Good knowledge of ERP system (SAP preferred)

Work experience in complex organizations (welcome)

Cost and data analysis

AI tools implementation (welcome)

Exposure to manufacturing/service operations

Fluent English and Italian

Financial and Business understanding

Analytical skills

Ability to work in matrix organization

Problem solving skills

Takes ownership of the work, successes and failures

Good interpersonal and communication skills

MS Office good knowledge

Knowledge of shipping , customs clearance and logistic process (welcome)

Availability to short business trip

The position falls under the Italian National Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL) for the Metalworking Industry, with job classification and level to be defined based on the candidate’s experience and skills.

The indicative gross annual salary range for this role is between €30,000 and €38,000, depending on experience, technical expertise, level of autonomy, and market alignment.

The overall compensation package may also include variable components and additional company benefits, which will be discussed during the selection process.

GEA is proudly certified as a Top Employer, confirming our commitment to employee well-being, development, and empowerment.

Ready to engineer a better world with us? Apply today and let’s build something extraordinary together.

About GEA

GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.

Why join GEA