Tactical Buyer (Dutch Speaker)
Miejsce pracy: Kraków
This role manages the Ongoing/Tactical Buying Process for Clients. A Tactical Buyer also supports the Category Teams in developing & implementing Strategic Sourcing plans.
Scope of duties:
- Manage exceptions to established category strategy
- Support one-off tactical sourcing of client requirements
- Provide multi-category support
- Align with Category teams as required
- Execute tactical sourcing events
- Communicate and negotiate with clients and suppliers through all levels of organization
- Analyze changing client/market conditions
- Educate and advise clients and suppliers on strategies
- Interface with strategic sourcing team to implement strategic contracts at the tactical level
- Support client specific category strategy – redirect tactical spend through strategic contracts/channels as appropriate
- Perform periodic analysis within managed commodity scope to identify savings, define efficiency opportunities and tactical initiatives that should be undertaken
- Promote process efficiencies through focus on automated channels where applicable
- Identify appropriate potential suppliers to fit clients business objectives
- Negotiate and contract with exception suppliers driving additional savings and value
- Communicate supplier recommendations to clients based on objective criteria and fit for client business
- Track and report supplier performance and resolve any supplier performance issues in conjunction with the Category team
- Identify any exception opportunities to the Category team and make recommendations on strategic approaches that might be taken
- Interact with parallel organizations in other geos to assure consistent global approach
- Support periodic key stakeholder meetings with client to review commodity strategy and activities
- Optimize supply base opportunities across managed commodities
- Act in compliance with all relevant IBM business conduct guidelines and client driven procurement processes
Skills and abilities:
- 2+ years of experience in sourcing
- Fluent Dutch and English
- Strong negotiation / communication skills
- Strong general sourcing knowledge / procurement background
- Applied Project Management skills
- Experience with supporting various categories