Category Buyer

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!

Your Role at Cabot

As a Category Buyer, you will support the development and execution of procurement strategies for assigned categories, helping to ensure the availability of goods and services while delivering value to the business. Working closely with Category Managers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders, you will contribute to sourcing, contract management, supplier performance, and continuous improvement initiatives that optimize cost, quality, service, risk, and sustainability.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Support the development and execution of category and sourcing strategies.
• Analyze spend, demand, pricing, and market trends to identify cost-saving and value-creation opportunities.
• Lead and support sourcing activities, including RFIs, RFQs/RFPs, supplier evaluation, and negotiations.
• Identify, qualify, and onboard suppliers while supporting contract implementation.
• Monitor supplier performance and work with suppliers and stakeholders to drive improvements.
• Track savings and support sustainability, innovation, and process improvement initiatives.
• Prepare reports and collaborate with business partners to align procurement activities with business needs.
• Work closely with Procurement Operations to support purchase order execution and supplier follow-up.

What You Will Bring to Cabot

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 1–3 years of experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, or Purchasing.
• Experience with sourcing activities, supplier management, and contract negotiations.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret spend, supplier, and market data.
• Good negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with ERP systems and procurement platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Coupa, or similar).
• Understanding of procurement processes, RFx activities, and supplier risk management.
• Well-organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Continuous improvement mindset and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.

Additional Information

• Working Hours: 9:00 - 17:30.
• Permanent contract.
• Salary: 1900 - 2600 EUR Gross.
• Health insurance from first day of work.
• Monthly allowance & Yearly bonus.
• Hybrid work schedule (3 days on site and 2 days’ work from home).

How We’ll Support Your Success

• Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment – We are busy, collaborative, growing, and we are doing really meaningful work.
• Hybrid Work Environment – The autonomy to both work from home 2 days a week and develop/sustain colleague relationships in the office 3 days a week.
• Benefits, Vacation, Etc. – We offer a competitive package of benefits.
• Feedback – we are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
• Support – you are part of a team and deserve to feel encouraged and supported. You will be part of a team that cares about you personally and professionally. Our success depends on your success.

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At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.