Category Buyer, IT & Digital Services
- Shanghai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- As buyer responsible for sourcing & purchasing and expediting of services in assigned categories according to category strategy
- Identify and pursue cost saving opportunities utilizing excellent negotiation skills, analyzing of market trends and selecting appropriate suppliers with category manager
- Follow up and perform operational procurement tasks within source to contract as well as purchase to pay including PO creation in SAP
Sourcing for indirect procurement:
- Handle open PRs of assigned categories with defined thresholds, to do sourcing activity
- Initiate bidding process via electronic bidding tool, negotiate with supplier on all commercial items such as competitive price, payment term, etc…
- Focus on negotiation performance in all sourcing activities according to set negotiation targets and targeting to reduce cost and source at best possible prices for our iBPs
- Process handling for Down-payment, Paper contracts & Outline agreements (OA)
- Look for synergy capture and for optimization of buying channel usage together with category buyer and the iBP to increase purchasing efficiency
- Perform P2P activities for purchase orders in respective categories
- Monitor open PR list
- Generate PO in SAP for POs without value limits
- Generate and maintain OA in SAP
- Create reports for open PR and PR to PO conversion in respective categories
- To implement the company's EHS standard, Business Partner Due Dilligence, and Responsible Care scheme during day-to-day work with external service providers.
- Solid negotiation skills
- Solid Knowledge of supplier, market environment, products/services and technologies within respective area
- Solid Knowledge on purchasing strategies, processes and guidelines is required.
- Good Knowledge on contract terms and conditions and deviation handling is required.
- Deep knowledge on SAP and other operational procurement tools to manage source to contract as well as purchase to pay process
- Efficient and dilligent in the operational procurement process
- Solid communication skills for internal business partner account management
- Quick learner and passion with procurement.
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