Senior Purchasing Specialist

Company Description

TexCycle is an ecosystem of textile recovery companies, that provide sustainable textile solutions to the fashion industry and local communities. It has started as a brand in 2018 through which the well-established company Eurotex - with over 20 years of solid experience in textiles recovery and second-hand clothes sorting and trading, completes its environmental strategy.

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Currently we are a multinational group of companies with operations on 3 continents and more than 500+ employees worldwide. Among our brands and trusted partners are TexCycle Collection, TexCycle Recycling, Eurotex, Textales, Shano Stores and Eco Cleaning Wipes Bulgaria. Together we cover a wide range of circular textile solutions like collection, sorting and preparation for re-use, repairs, trading, recycling, and other forms of textile processing and recovery.

Role Description

Supports the company's overall quality raw material sourcing process, its administration and synchronization with the rest of Eurotex's supply chain, including data analysis, reporting and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Leading sourcing, contracting and supply management activities with complex sourcing, contracting, and supply management activities for assigned categories
• Reviewing, processing and administering information about suppliers, orders and accompanying documentation, maintaining registers with suppliers and completed deliveries, performing an analysis of their effectiveness based on accumulated historical data. Evaluating the performance of suppliers based on different criteria's and keeping records. Track-out and analyze vendor performance, pricing and delivery cycles.
• Gathering complex data, drawing insights, and executing data analysis for sourcing initiatives
• Conducting category-specific market research, using insights to provide supplier market intelligence, and realize identified savings opportunities
• Ensuring efficient and accurate processing and documentation of sourcing transactions (purchase orders) while adhering to financial policies and compliance requirements
• Leading reporting and analytics for inventory management on assigned categories
• Building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships
• Moving current approved requisitions with established suppliers after approval
• Coordinating ongoing correspondence with suppliers for already requested supplies and following up on their successful completion
• Monitoring costs, balance, suppliers and their performance
• Preparing various reports, registers and analysis related to the overall purchasing process and supply management, costs, inventory, discrepancies
• Participate in negotiation processes and arrange the most favorable business terms
• Establish, develop and keep good business relations with suppliers

Requirements

• University Degree in Business Administration/Economics/Relevant
• Related purchasing/buying/sourcing/backoffice industry experience
• Problem-solving and analytical skills with comfort using standard analysis methods and tools
• Proactive, inquisitive, self-motivated, and service-oriented
• Has a sense of urgency, managing milestones with capacity to prioritize/align conflicting demands in a high pace environment
• Ability to function in ambiguous and/or time-sensitive situations
• Strong interpersonal skills and can communicate effectively to multiple levels with proficiency in English
• Proactive and team player mindset
• Excellent communication, negotiations, project management and analytical skills
• Proficiency in MS Office, extraordinary skills in Excel and ERP Software
• Attention to detail
• Willingness to travel as needed for suppliers audits, quality checks and negotiation

Benefits

• Stable job and career development opportunities
• Interesting and challenging work in a fast-growing company
• Аttractive and competitive salary
• Opportunities to develop and improve your professional competencies
• Home Office policy
• Food vouchers
• Multisport card at a discounted price
• Excellent working conditions and professional work environment

Eurotex's operations, partners and team interweave a wide variety of people, cultures and professional experience. We strive to attract wonderful people with a wide range of knowledge, skills and expertise, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and enthusiasm for diversity in the workplace, the right company for you

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In case you want to become part of our team, please send us your current CV. Approved candidates will be invited for an interview.