Purchasing Manager

Our client

One of the leading information technology companies worldwide, our client possesses a high level of brand awareness as well as widely accepted technologies.

Its success world-wide is based on technology leadership due to a high level of research and development investment, strong marketing and branding efforts and intense direct business generation effort.

Our client has a global presence, with more than 60 offices worldwide and employs more than 25 000 people. In Central and Eastern Europe, the company has been present since 1990.

We are searching for Purchasing Manager for the Prague office.

Role

Purchasing Representative within the Area organization (first point of contact for all purchasing activities, across all spend categories and closely connected to local stakeholders with high proximity to business needs)
Interaction with Global Category Management (share of information on area activities within the categories, utilization of standardized tools, templates, execution of global category strategies)
Sourcing Projects (planning, co-ordination and realization of sourcing projects, supplier pre-selection, creation of RFx documents together with business units, co-ordination of sourcing decision and contracting)
Supplier Management (review, re-tendering, re-negotiation of existing contracts, supplier relationship and evaluations, handling of escalations and change requests)
Permanent Improvement (development and implementation of permanent improvement programs, provision of cost analytics and benchmarks to the business)
Processes and Compliance (implementation of purchasing processes within the area, safeguarding compliance and purchasing ethics)
Purchasing Targets / Reporting (realization of agreed purchasing budgets, reporting and monitoring of external spend improvements and other KPIs.).

Profile

Several years of experience in a purchasing function in an international company
Positive, winning and motivating character
Analytical and creative mindset with professional competencies in strategic thinking
Developed capabilities in project management and organization
Strong negotiation, communication and moderation skills
Explicit contractual know-how, distinct commercial and business orientation
Fluent English.

Contacts

OMEGA Recruitment
Na Příkopě 22
110 00 Praha 1
info@omegarecruitment.cz
www.omegarecruitment.cz

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