Would you like to take on category management on a strategic level where your main responsibilities will be strategic purchasing of IT?
You will join 200 colleagues in a Procurement team spread across Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, UK, Poland and Hong Kong. On behalf of our global organisation, we manage procurement activities of an annual spend of ~3.5 billion EUR. You will work out of Gdansk and report to Head of IT Procurement, Stig B. Mikkelsen based in Denmark.
Procurement Category Buyer
Miejsce pracy: Gdańsk, Wrzeszcz (Neptune Office)
About the job
You will be a part of a smaller team focused on IT procurement within the Procurement Business Service team consisting of 14 colleagues dedicated to a wide array of indirect procurement categories.
The IT procurement team handles global procurement of Software, IT consultancy services, Communication, Site automation, Production IT, Hardware, IT operations, IT services etc. With responsibility for driving and optimising IT procurement for your categories, you will:
- Support Category Managers developing, launching and driving RFPs to select suppliers in targeted categories in cooperation with stakeholders.
- Negotiate and extend contracts to ensure they meet agreed standards, time frames and prices.
- Drive compliance agenda in Arla within IT categories on especially PO and spend compliance, by onboarding suppliers and stakeholders to the Arla processes.
- Manage negotiation projects, involving and efficiently coordinating between stakeholders and suppliers.
You will be part of our dynamic team at Arla Foods and contribute to our organization's success by leveraging your expertise in IT procurement. You will enjoy a vibrant work environment where we have fun and often socialize in a more informal context. We have a strong focus on your individual development and work-life balance.
With an already well-established supplier portfolio, a strong IT procurement team and Legal support at your back, you will truly be able to hit the ground running. You can focus your time on smarter procurement that can move at the pace of the ever-changing IT industry.
Joining us, you will also be able to test your skills within a wide array of facets, from challenging processes and strategies to coordinating negotiation meetings within functions including IT and many other stakeholders from around Arla globally.
Procurement Experience
The optimum candidate will have experience with IT and have a minimum of 1 year procurement experience.
You have a commercial mindset and thrive in working with negotiations, building relationships, running projects and optimizing processes.
Furthermore you:
- Hold a Master degree or similar and preferably experience from a similar position which means you have some procurement knowledge including negotiations – both commercial and legal.
- Have experience with purchasing of IT or have gained knowledge of IT in other ways.
- Have a project management mindset ready to support and lead stakeholders from start to end in a procurement process.
- Are resilient and willing to take lead.
- Thrive in building positive relationships and can manage stakeholders on all levels of the organisation.
- Are structured and analytic.
- MS office knowledge at an advance level.
- Lastly, you are fluent in written and spoken English.
What do we offer?
- International operating environment.
- Medical care & life insurance.
- Additional benefits like gym card, vouchers, travel points or cinema tickets, etc.
- Scandinavian working style & no dress code.
- Trainings with experts & professional induction in a new position.
- Development programs (function additions, coordinator programme).
- Financial support of your education.
- Relocation package.
- Referral program for employees.
- Employee Assistance Program (legal, psychological, health, financial consulting, etc.).
- Flexible working time (start your day of work between 7-9) and home office work possibility.
…while in the office you can also use some of below:
- Modern office space with beautiful view and high standard furniture (i.e. adjustable desks).
- Spacious canteen, delicious coffee and tea available on every floor in special designed spots.
- Chill-out rooms with X-box, pool table, board games, football table and swing.
Poznaj
Arla Global Shared Services
Moooo. We are Arla GSS and we deal with business the Scandinavian way.
You most likely associate us with brands like Arla Apetina, Lurpak or Castello. We are part of the global Arla Foods group employing over 20,000 people worldwide and delivering 25 trillion glasses of milk a year. That being said… At our office in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz we do not produce butter or cheese, nor do we conduct milk quality assessment.
We are a Global Shared Services Center and we deliver tens of projects in: Finance, IT, Global and Local HR, Risk Controls and Compliance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Customer Service, Member Service and Operations, European Transport Control Center, Supplier Quality Assurance.