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Mid-Level
Buyer, Italy
Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
ION Group
Milan
On-site
Posted December 15, 2025
Job Description
About us:
We are a community of visionary innovators, dedicated to providing pioneering software and consultancy services to financial institutions, trading firms, central banks, governments, and corporations around the world. We strive to simplify the way people work. We do that by providing workflow and process automation software, as well as providing real-time data and business intelligence to help people make better decisions. We are 13,000+ employees, we operate globally with 80+ global offices, and we serve over 4,800+ customers worldwide.
We are looking for an experienced Buyer with a focus on IT procurement. This role will play a critical part in consolidating our supplier base and optimizing renewals and commitments across software, services, cloud, and other IT categories, whilst ensuring alignment with ION Group procurement standards.
Your role:
Your key duties and responsibilities
· Proactively manage supply contract procurement, working closely with Purchasing Areas and the Legal Department;
· Identify opportunities to achieve business savings using negotiation and procurement best practices, tools, and methods;
· Independently manage tenders and bid evaluations;
· Monitor market trends and suppliers, and conduct price benchmarking to identify cost-saving opportunities;
· Perform analysis on new and existing costs, and review cost reduction and cost avoidance activities;
· Ensure compliance with ION Group procurement objectives, policies, and procedures during supplier negotiations and contract award processes.
Your skills, experience, and qualifications required
· Master’s degree (Economics, Law, or Engineering);
· Solid knowledge of modern procurement methods, procedures, best practices, and supporting tools;
· Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a similar role within the IT industry;
· Strong analytical capabilities and data-driven, solution-oriented mindset;
· Excellent negotiation, communication, and teamwork skills;
· Flexibility, proactivity, and willingness to continuously learn and improve;
· High level of commitment and ownership;
· Excellent knowledge of the English language;
· Excellent knowledge of MS Office tools (in particular Excel) and ERP/procurement systems (SAP, Jaggaer, etc.).
What we offer:
Permanent employment contract.
Location:
Milan.
Important notes:
According to the Italian Law (L.68/99) please note that candidates from the disability list will be given priority.
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