Job Description
Responsibilities / Tasks
Job Description
Strategy
- As part of category communities, can be consulted on the category strategy definition by providing business feedback and visions from the entities/BUs/Functions that the role is supporting.
Sourcing
- Responsible for tactical sourcing activities related to the project supported, andfor which the thresholds have been agreed with strategic buyers and/or category managers.
- Responsible for low-spend contracting with vendors limited to general T&C or simplified agreements within scope of category strategy
- Responsible to steer the project in adherence with applicable category strategies & the use of preferred suppliers
Purchase Requisition, Purchasing & Order processing
- Responsible for processing purchase requisitions, purchase orders & following-up on order confirmations with expediting in case 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
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…)
- 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 ACCOUNTABILITIES
Impact on Business
Predominantly delivers - follows defined standards.
- Follows set processes and performs repeating tasks
- Delivers within given procurement strategies
Innovation and Change
Predominantly proposes minor changes in existing processes or products.
- Provides suggestions for improvement within scope of work
- Provides lessons learned from projects to categories
Your Profile / Qualifications
Educational Background
- Business education in combination with experience in project- procurement
- University, bachelor’s degree in economics with experience in project- procurement
Professional Knowledge and Experiences
5+ years of experience in procurement
- ERP (SAP) / Procurement key user experiences / knowledge
- Know-how of international contract management
- Cultural Awareness
- Contract management experience is essential
- Experience with implementation of corporate procurement
- Work experience in complex organizations
- Negotiation experience
- Cost analysis and management
- Project Management Skills
Other Skills & Competencies
Project buyer:
- English (fluent)
- Financial and Business understanding
- Ability to network across sites and build relationships
- Good analytical capabilities, problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically & tactically
- Takes ownership of the work, successes and mistakes
- Ability to work in matrix organization
- Intercultural sensitivity
- Takes ownership of the work, successes and mistakes
- Very good communication skills
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Job Details
- Job Location
- Türkiye
- Company Industry
- Other Business Support Services
- Company Type
- Unspecified
- Employment Type
- Unspecified
- Monthly Salary Range
- Unspecified
- Number of Vacancies
- Unspecified