Expectations and Tasks
- Develop, support, and implement programs/strategies to meet GPO saving goals and targets.
- Demonstrate excellent capacity for evaluating suppliers, sourcing, analyzing proposals, and negotiation.
- Work independently within a given area of responsibility and in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Execute complex sourcing projects on a local, regional, and global level. Prepare the sourcing and contracting based on facts and figures as a result of an analysis.
- Drive procurement projects with a cross-regional or cross-category focus.
- Ensure compliance with SAP’s policies and guidelines and work closely with SAP legal, audit, compliance, and data protection teams.
- Accelerate strategy execution and conduct market analysis and track market trends.
- Know and understand the SAP corporate strategy and the strategy of his/her area of procurement.
- Enhance purchasing-related processes to best-in-class procurement processes.
Education and Qualifications / Skills and Competencies
- University degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of procurement processes, analytical skills, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Collaboration and communication skills, team player, ability to work in virtual international teams.
- Project management skills and MS-Office knowledge (Word, PPT, and Excel).
- SAP system knowledge (including ARIBA, Fieldglass) is a plus.
- Fluent in English (additional languages are a plus).
Work Experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience in purchasing or tactical procurement within indirect procurement environments, ideally in a multinational environment (e.g. advanced degree in purchasing or related field).
Yearly bonuses, sick days paid and sick leaves fully refunded, flexible start/end of working hours, contributions to the pension/life insurance, meal vouchers, holidays 5 weeks, educational courses, coaching and mentoring opportunities, free massage, cafeteria plan, free fitness studio, generous shares program, etc.
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