Senior Procurement Specialist – Public Procurement & Utilities · Aria Partner

Utilities – Senior Public Procurement Buyer Brussels Permanent/Freelance

Type of collaboration: Permanent or Freelance
Work mode: hybrid
Level: Senior (5-10+ years)
Sectors: Utilities

Aria Partner is recruiting an experienced Public Procurement Buyer Consultant, focused on purchasing and operational performance, with a good understanding of legal aspects, to support its clients in the Utilities sector.

By joining our firm, you will be involved in strategic public procurement projects in the utilities and infrastructure sectors, with a direct impact on essential services.

🤝 Type of collaboration: Permanent or freelance
🏡 Work mode: hybrid
🎓 Level: Senior / Expert Consultant (5-10+ years)
⚡ Sectors: Utilities, public infrastructure, energy and energy renovation
📍 Location: Brussels

Your role

You will be involved in purchasing projects in essential sectors such as utilities. You will play a key role in the complete management of contracts, while coordinating relationships with suppliers and internal teams.

You will contribute to service continuity, purchasing optimization and innovation in operational and strategic projects. You will apply your knowledge of public procurement when necessary, while ensuring compliance and efficiency of procedures.

Your main missions

• Monitor contracts and supplier performance.
• Develop and maintain lasting relationships with suppliers, fostering innovation and quality.
• Participate in the continuous improvement of purchasing processes and tools (e-procurement, SAP, 3P…).
• Draft specifications and administrative documents.
• Ensure the legal compliance of procedures with public procurement legislation in special sectors.
• Manage award procedures (publication, receipt and analysis of offers).
• Participate in the administrative, technical and legal analysis of offers.
• Draft analysis reports and award decisions.
• Ensure contractual monitoring of contracts and supplier relationship management.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of public purchasing practices.

Your profile

• Minimum 5-10 years of experience in public procurement, ideally in the utilities, infrastructure or energy renovation sectors.
• Good knowledge of public procurement legislation and procedures.
• Proven experience in managing complex projects and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent analytical, structuring and writing skills.
• Good knowledge of French and Dutch; English is a plus.
• Personal qualities: autonomy, pragmatism, initiative, results-oriented, rigor and integrity.

Tools

• Experience with SAP, 3P, e-Procurement.
• Good command of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SharePoint.

Your skills

🎯 Results-Driven & Collaborative
🧠 Transversal vision and analytical skills
⚖️ Strong Legal & Compliance Mindset
✍️ Excellent writing skills
🤝 Ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders 💡 Autonomy, pragmatism and initiative