Purchasing Analyst/Specialist

• Supporting all purchasing activities and Category Buyers at all CT IAM plants, related to:

• Corporate Services (Consulting, Marketing, Legal, HR, Financial, Travel and Training services categories) - together with the Global Category Head and Regional Cluster Manager

• Drive negotiations considering best commercial and operational aspects and ensure compliance with valid rules within given thresholds
• Support identification of potential synergies where and whenever possible
• Ensure full coverage of all business requirements in the received offers
• Support contractual coverage
• Support operational improvements by negotiating commercial benefits
• Keep alignment between purchasing category buyers and leads and internal customer strategy
• Complete handling of the ordering process via CTOS and SAP, including any complaints handling as well as internal and external communication within the given threshold
• Preparing and conducting tenders, offer comparisons, and contract negotiations for complex procurement projects in the defined areas, in cooperation with Global Category Head and Regional Cluster Manager
• Create and compile Sourcing Decisions Sheets if required, ensure BPBoC and NDA signatures, collect financial and commercial records, identify and develop vendors
• Ensure, that agreements are created, approved and signed and communicate to the plants inside the region
• Support and management of special projects
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities
• Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organization
• Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities
• Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
• Support on contracts negotiation, price improvement and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures during supplier negotiations and contracts award process
• Evaluation of suppliers and contribute to performance reviews to ensure contract compliance

• University Degree (Diploma/Bachelor) or correspondent degree
• At least 2 years of professional experience in procurement, preferably in technical purchasing (NPM area) with verifiable success
• Good analytic and conceptual competence
• Good communicator capable of communicating effectively within a multi-cultural and across functions as well as all levels
• Confident handling of SAP R/3 + S/4 and MS Office
• Independent and responsible way of working as well as a quick comprehension
• Basic negotiating skills, assertiveness, goal- and result-oriented work
• Fluent English - Spanish, Portuguese and/or French are desirable
• Able to manage time effectively, prioritizing tasks and achieve set targets
• Stakeholder engagement, supervising associates, conducts training/s on subject of expertise
• Able to work in local and international setting.
• Amenable to work in night shift

• Hybrid work arrangement
• HMO upon hire
• Values-based culture
• Work-life balance
• Learning Opportunities

Continental