Junior Procurement Specialist

Procurement Specialist

Experis IT Switzerland is looking for a Procurement Specialist to join one of their clients based in Zurich for a temporary 7 months engagement.

Project goals:

• supporting the regional and global procurement organizations;
• the contact to translate requirements of business requestor to Procurement activities;
• monitoring progress of requests and provide regular scheduled updates to business requestors;
• delivering analytics of Acquisition initiatives.
• providing appropriate challenges to demand or specification where relevant;

Main responsibilities:

• Support procurement business team
• Support and initiate improvements the current processes and systems/technologies under guidance of procurement lead
• Oversee procurement activities (sourcing events, commercial negotiations, review of proposals, rate comparison/benchmarking)
• Admin support, consolidating data and management of specific projects
• Understanding end user requirements as received directly or via procurement partners
• Collaborate on a day-to-day basis with transactional, regional and global procurement teams, with global category managers and with end users

Your profile:

• Bachelor degree in business
• Minimum 2 years operational procurement experience in particular with basic contracting, eSourcing and spot buying
• Good understanding of procurement processes and systems (e.g. Ariba)
• You bring strong communication skills and demonstrated understanding of how to translate business requirements into Procurement operations or specifications with best value and customer service in mind
• Excellent people skills (emphatic, calm, listening, interacting, proactive)
• Experience or understanding in supporting cost reduction and value improvement programs
• Proficiency in basic MS Office© software, especially in Excel and preferably PowerBI
• A level of Project Management skills is an advantage.
• Fluency in English, German is a strong advantage

Location: Zurich
Duration: 7 months contract (renewable)

Apply today to secure your chances in this interesting opportunity for a Swiss fast-growing company.