Procurement Specialist

**Procurement Specialist**:
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**Your responsibilities**:

- Sourcing strategy: Support the development and implementation of sourcing strategies in close alignment with the Category leader and the requirement of the business.
- Negotiations: Negotiate agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews pricelists, terms and conditions.
- Excellence: Run benchmark studies for the category team and for specific sourcing initiatives and project/ actions to improve procurement tolls and process
- Contract Management: Create local contract amendments to frame agreements on behalf of a country and updates/maintains frame contracts.
- Supplier performance and development: On-boards new suppliers in close collaboration with the respective local buyer and runs regular supplier evaluations and provides supplier reports to Businesses and Category Managers. Support the development of the supplier leading some project and support also
- Orders management and SAP paraments: Manage parts of sourcing initiatives under a defined threshold. Initiates purchase orders (PO) in the system, according to the Purchase Requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures. Manage price list, lead time and minimum order quantity in ERP
- Business continuity: support the escalation to supplier to confirm delivery date and guarantee continuity in case of shortages or supplier risks.
- Project: be parts of project involving the reshape of supply chain, outsourcing or reallocation of production
- Communication: Fosters communication internally, externally, and between different Divisions, Business Units and Functions and supports the implementation of PL activities and initiatives in the Region/Country through this clear communication.
- Spend management: monitor spend, cost reduction and price for the supplier portfolio

**Your background**:

- A Bachelor’s degree in Management, engineering or equivalent
- Experience in Procurement (preferred)
- Experience with Excel advanced and preferred power BI
- A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach and strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Proactive approach and a strong change management attitude
- Agile approach and flexibility
- Curiosity
- Availability to travel

**More about us**: