Responsibilities:

• Leading interdepartmental alignment meetings and interviews for need assessment
• Creating tender and evaluation documentations (RfP, RfI, etc.)
• Conducting market research on and identifying potential providers
• Handling queries and questions of providers
• Engaging in extensive negotiations with providers
• Project managing multiple procurement projects in parallel at different size and complexity
• Compiling financial calculation and building Excel models for proposal evaluation
• Preparing end product and deliverable (presentation, executive summary materials, etc.) for senior management decision making
• Leading the service contracting process in cooperation with other departments
• Securing the compliance with internal approval procedures 
• Handling executed contracts and ensuring the Company’s contract inventory being up-to-date
• Supporting the creation and change of internal procedures and automation tools

Requirements:

• 3-5+ years overall working experience, 2+ years of experience in a similar position
• Strategic procurement, project management or management consulting background is an advantage
• Experience in negotiations tactics and business deal structuring is an advantage
• Analytical skills for proposal evaluation and Total-Cost-of-Ownership calculation and modelling
• Good MS Office knowledge (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook) is a must
• Knowledge and experience with SAP Ariba is an advantage 
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• Fluent English (both spoken and written)
• Strong communication skills for negotiation, presentation, interviewing and any written information exchange
• Strong interpersonal skill to be able to efficiently communicate, built relationships and cooperation and this way drive the projects forward
• Structured, critical and practical thinking in order to break down or build processes and think “outside of the box”
• Team player with ‘can do’ and ‘hungry for learning’ attitude
• Attention to details at deliverables, daily routines and complex task management
• Ability to work on multiple priorities and under time pressure with accuracy and efficiency
• Flexibility in adapting to changes in the environment, expectations and priorities