Our Client - an international FMCG concern, operates in more than 60 countries. With its innovative way of managing production, distribution and sales, the Company is an unbeatable market leader in over 30 countries. Due to a permanent growth and the empowerment of Company''s marketplace, we are currently looking for a talented, committed and ambitious person to join the newly created Procurement team based in Warsaw as Global Procurement Manager for Indirect services.
You will report to the Senior Director Global Indirect Procurement based abroad and you main responsibilities will be to:
- Create a global commodity purchasing strategy in alignment with Global Purchasing Director Indirect
- Implement the strategy and execution to achieve commodity targets
- Consolidate purchasing requirements and exploiting potential synergies
- Ensure successful purchases according to budget and specifications with full responsibility for all costs for the products and services within the commodity
- Participate in monthly commodity meetings and drive/report the purchasing activities to the team
- Commodity plan ownership with cost savings and avoidance reporting
- Manage supplier relationships and negotiate commercial agreements with suppliers
- Responsible for that a specification template including targeted result is filled in by stake-holder prior to any sourcing project. Measure result and completion in time, engaging with stake-holders
- Create an efficient Tender- and RFQ process continuously working with general purchasing process improvements
- Bachelor Degree in Engineering and/or Business
- At least 5 Years experience in procurement
- Strong negotiation skills and commercial awareness with good understanding of cost drivers
- Supplier management knowledge with leadership and people management experience
- Experience in strategy creation and full filing such strategy step by step
- Adaptable to new request and requirements with the ability to cope with a high workload and deliver within tight deadlines
- Experience from an international environment where Indirect Spends Purchasing is established and business value recognized
- Engaging and goal oriented person with high drive
- Good understanding of E-sourcing tool and preferably experience of Ariba and IFS
- Fluency in English with clear and concise internal and external communication
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