Strategic Buyer – Italian speakers
Location: Cluj
Our client is a diverse, creative team of people passionate about procurement. They invest themselves in their client’s success, creating strong collaborative relationships that deliver extraordinary value year after year. Our clients include market global leaders with far-flung international operations, Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises, and leading government and public institutions. They deliver practical, effective services and software that enable procurement leaders to maximize their impact on business operations, strategy and financial performance.
Salary: up to 6 000 RON/month DOE
Benefits:
• 🌴 25 days of annual leave - Because work-life balance matters!
• 🍽️ Meal vouchers
• 🌐 Private health insurance
• 🤝 Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Life Situations Support
• 🧘♂️ Psychological counseling
• ⚖️ Legal advice
• 💰 Financial Guidance
• 🚗 Transport allowance
• 🎁 Flexible benefits
• 📚 Bookster
• 📘 LinkedIn Learning Access
• 🛍️ Discounts with partners
• 🍏🍭 Fruits and Sweets Days
• 🌟 Generous referral bonus
• 🌐 Membership in vibrant internal communities
Requirements:
• 3-5 years of expertise in strategic sourcing
• Proficiency in English and Italian (B2 at least) preferably a C1 level of Italian
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of large-scale centralized buying
• Strong analytical, reporting and presentation skills i.e. regarding creating baselines, performing market tests/analyses, summarizing the key points succinctly by email/in presentation
• Experience with leading and executing negotiations
• Ability to manage multiple procurement projects at once and assess new purchase requirements based on spending risk etc.
• Knowledge of trends, suppliers, industry specifics and terminology, and legal frameworks
• Advantage: Any tools such as TQM, Six Sigma, APEX etc.
Responsibilities:
• Supporting category managers with category strategy plans, sourcing execution, supporting category planning and strategic sourcing tasks
• Leveraging the internal network of Category Experts and tools, to deliver insights to any project/client.
• Establishing negotiation strategies, identifying and developing negotiation levers, validating them with stakeholders and leading negotiations to ensure savings, timely supply and other benefits for purchases, business analytics, savings reporting and tracking, and stakeholder interaction
• Discussing with vendors and evaluating their products and capabilities as suppliers;
• Managing all supplier selection and procurement activities (e.g. RFI, RFP, RFQ, Scorecard and Bid Analysis)
• Providing support for Supplier Management/ Procurement processes and policies.
• Identifying and communicating with a diverse range of stakeholders, such as suppliers, project sponsors, end-users and other supporting functions such as HR, Legal and Finance.
• Recruitment & mentorship of junior colleagues.