SAP Procurement Buyer 

Argentina, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 

528392446

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

Procurement Buyer responsibilities are fully aligned with SAP’s and GPO’s vision:

• Deliver on SAP Vision: Help the world run better and improve people’s lives.
• Strive for GPO Vision: Help SAP buy better and be a Business Value Enabler to the business for all procurement related activities globally.
• GPO mission is to help our stakeholder run at their best.
• Support execution of GPO Goals.
  

The IT & cloud Services includes, but not limited to, Cloud Procurement, (e.g., Datacenter Services, Networking, Server/Storage, Infrastructure Services), Client Hardware Technology, Software procurement and Facility Services with a strong focus on managed Services.

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

• Execute sourcing projects on a local, regional based in RFP’s Process and Tickets services environment.
• Prepare the sourcing and contracting and negotiations based on facts and figures as result of an analysis, tickets process.
• Analyze and seek opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with the wider sourcing team to implement and support sourcing strategies that ensure best value for SAP.
• Pro-actively support market analysis / market screening benchmarking, track market trends and manage supplier performance.
• Understand supplier capability assessments.
• Manage supplier portfolios and undertake supplier negotiations through relationship-building to maximize business benefits.
• Identify opportunities for increased competitive bidding, smarter supplier relationships and more efficient procurement processes.
• Support the development and execution of RFP’s, manage requirements including pricing negotiations.
• Negotiate agreements with suppliers and work with SAP requesters to ensure appropriate contract approvals are obtained and documented.
• Drive all procurement related activities and support other areas of the sourcing team including projects as needed.
• Ensure compliance to the SAP Global Purchasing Policy.
  

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• University degree preferably in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Understanding of end-to-end procurement and sourcing strategies and how to execute a global strategy.
• Strong customer focus, presentation skills and business acumen are good.
• Developed collaboration skills.
• Open-minded and willing to drive change.
• Initiate simplicity and challenge complexity.
• Knowledge of purchasing systems (e.g., Ariba), MS office applications and purchasing processes.
• Fluent English (spoken, written), other languages are welcome.
• Ability to work in international teams and virtual environment.
  

WORK EXPERIENCE

• At least 2-3 years’ experience in procurement negotiations preferred indirect procurement environments, ideally in a multinational environment.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and to crystalize business requirements and to translate them into actionable procurement activity.
• Ability to apply purchasing knowledge to execute sourcing projects.
• Proven experience leading successful execution and delivery of strategy.
• Global experience preferred.
• Ability to establish clear priorities and effectively manage multiple demand and time resources.

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