Strategic Buyer with German

2 weeks ago

ClujNapoca, Cluj, Romania Sales Consulting Full time €45,000 - €60,000 per year

Our partner provide practical and effective services and software that enable procurement leaders to maximize their impact on business operations, strategy and financial performance. These are just a few of the things our partner does in their quest to build a beautiful company.

What you can expect to be responsible for as a Strategic Buyer:

  • Supporting category managers with category strategy plans, sourcing execution, supporting category planning and strategic sourcing tasks
  • Leveraging the network of Category Experts and tools, to deliver insights to any project / client.
  • Establishing negotiation strategies, identifying and developing negotiation levers, validating them with stakeholders and leading negotiations to ensure savings, timely supply and other benefits for purchases, business analytics, savings reporting and tracking, stakeholder interaction as part of the S2C program
  • Discussing with vendors and evaluating their products and capabilities as suppliers;
  • Managing all supplier selection and procurement activities (e.g. RFI, RFP, RFQ, Scorecard and Bid Analysis)
  • Providing support with respect to Supplier Management/ Procurement processes and policies.
  • Demonstrating continuous effort to improve operations, manage SOP's, decrease turnaround times and streamline work processes.
  • Identifying and communicating with a diverse range of stakeholders, such as suppliers, project sponsors, end-users and other supporting functions such as HR, Legal and Finance.
  • Recruitment & mentorship of junior colleagues.
  • Participation in firm building activities.

Fitting experience for the role would be:

  • 3-5 years of expertise in strategic sourcing
  • Proficiency in English and German
  • Knowledge of the principles and practices of large-scale centralized purchasing
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills in order to comfortably engage with all levels of management in client organizations
  • Strong analytical, reporting and presentation skills i.e. regarding creating baselines, performing market tests/analyses, summarizing the key points succinctly by email/in presentation
  • Experience with leading and executing negotiations
  • Ability to manage multiple procurement projects at once and assess new purchase requirements based on spend risk etc.
  • Knowledge of variety of categories would be advantageous (trends, suppliers, industry specifics and terminology, legal frameworks)
  • Advantage: Any business process improvement methodology such as TQM, Six Sigma, APEX etc.

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