Temporary Senior Buyer İş İlanı

QUALIFICATIONS AND JOB DESCRIPTION

We are seeking highly qualified, dynamic candidates willing to pursue a professional career in a rewarding and fast growing business environment as Temporary Senior Buyer (Maternity Leave Cover).

The purpose of this role is supplier management and implementation of supply solutions in the country & region level. Focus on savings, value creation and enhancing supplier performance, execution of sourcing strategies and addressing needs of the individual businesses / sites in the country and region.

Strong collaborative role: The position holder is the link to operational roles in procurement and businesses.

The role reports directly to the Head of Procurement, Group Procurement Services.

This position is a temporary role to cover the period of maternity leave.

Responsibilities

Supplier Management

• Manage Spend and Supplier
• Supplier Performance Management yearly supplier evaluations, progress, feedback & corrective actions
• Alignment on Demand Forecast for suppliers, regular reports on products
• Supplier Performance improvements and roadmap with strategic / long term suppliers
• Implementation of supplier global/regional portfolio strategies / Driver seat for supplier onboarding
• Supports projects in the area of renewable energies and energy efficiency

Need assessment (shared responsibility)

• Demand specification in collaboration with business- BU consulting
• Identification of improvement potential challenge status quo, De-specification, bundling, demand pattern etc.
• GPS representative in tactical S&OP meetings for regular exchange and ensure customer centricity
• Supply Risk Monitoring & Improvement plan

Negotiation & Contracting (shared responsibility)

• Driver of bidding & Tendering process
• Negotiation (monetary and qualitative targets) & Awarding
• Drive contract coverage incl. Sourcing list & Manage interfaces & maintenance
• Lead Sourcing projects incl. Stakeholder Management
• Master data maintenance

Continuous Improvement and Quality Management

• Drive Process improvement projects along the entire Source to Pay process, regular updates
• Collaboration with Operational Proc. & Accounts Payable - follow up and performance monitoring
• Drive Digitization project implementation
• Reduce efforts - Lean optimization
• Quality improvement projects, Sustainability Improvement projects

Collaboration role

• Stakeholder Management (BU`s, supplier, operational procurement)
• Tandem collaboration & Interaction
• # of successful implemented strategies
• Quality of strategy execution

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field. Preferably business/marketing experience, but chemical/ other engineering degrees can also be considered
• Min 5 years of Purchasing or Sourcing experience or similar commercial roles in Sales is recommended
• Operational Procurement experience is an advantage
• Technical experience or education is an advantage
• Project Management experience is an advantage
• Understanding of operational sourcing and purchasing processes
• Good knowledge of MS Office applications & SAP
• Fluent in both spoken and written English is a must
• Team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Driven and ambitious in delivery of results
• Living or willing to live in Asian side of İstanbul
• No military obligation for male candidates
• Willing to work under the fixed term contract.