Operational Buyer with German

Requirements:

• University degree or at least accomplished 3rd year of studies in any disciplines
• Min. 1 year of professional experience in the area of procurement/logistics/supply chain
• Good English and German skills (min. B2)
• Working knowledge of MS Office (in particular Excel and PowerPoint)
• Good command of Procurement related tools will be an asset
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Solution orientation
• Great attention to detail and strong organizational skills

What do we offer?

Responsibilities:

As a Operational Buyer you will be responsible for providing administrative support in one or more specialized functions of Procurement such as Requisition-2-Procure (R2P), Operational Procurement, Purchase requisitioning & GR posting, IT Webshop requisitioning, Catalogue & PSG marketplace Administration/Management, Contract Administration/Management.

The scope of the duties includes:

• Performing standard procurement activities and clarifying operational issues
• Handling daily contact with customers, conducting error analyses and providing comprehensive solution to the end customer
• Maintaining very good level of service provided to the customer and taking responsibility for building positive image of GBS towards customers
• Timely and accurately process procurement transactions
• Selecting proper buying channel
• Completing, releasing, monitoring and following-up purchase orders
• Searching independently for information to reduce knowledge gaps and proposes own solutions to the existing problems
• Developing and updating internal procedures; acting as Subject Matter
• Supporting Team Leader and senior employees in operational tasks (calls, statistics, reports, workshops etc.)
• Providing training for new associates
• Participating in additional projects