Strategic Buyer with German or French

OpusCapita is a leading European provider of electronic invoice and supply chain document exchange, invoice automation, and procurement solutions. Our cloud-based solutions help businesses manage their procurement, supply chain, accounts payable and accounts receivable processes, lowering costs while improving control and supporting growth. A pioneer in e-transactions for nearly 4 decades, OpusCapita is part of GEP, a global leader in AI-driven procurement and supply chain solutions. This acquisition empowers OpusCapita to deliver even more innovative, efficient, and effective solutions, all while maintaining the highest standards of compliance, globally. To learn more, please visit www.opuscapita.com 

We are hiring:

Strategic Buyer with German or French

hybrid - this position requires min. 3 days per week working from office in Torun

What you can expect to be responsible for as a Strategic Buyer:

• Supporting category managers with category strategy plans, sourcing execution, supporting category planning and strategic sourcing tasks

• Leveraging the GEP 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, stakeholder interaction as part of the S2C program

• 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 with respect to Supplier Management/ Procurement processes and policies.

• Demonstrating continuous effort to improve operations, manage SOP’s, decrease turnaround times and streamline work processes.

• 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.

• Participation in firm building activities.

Fitting experience for the role would be:

• 3-5 years of expertise in strategic sourcing

• Proficiency in English and GERMAN or FRENCH

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of large-scale centralized purchasing

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in order to comfortably engage with all levels of management in client organizations

• 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 spend risk etc.

• Knowledge of variety of categories would be advantageous (trends, suppliers, industry specifics and terminology, legal frameworks)

• Advantage: Any business process improvement methodology such as TQM, Six Sigma, APEX etc.

WHY JOIN US

Our vision is to build an enterprise where everyone contributes to making GEP better, more interesting, more satisfying place to be, and a better place to spend a significant part of our lives. We call it “the beautiful company”.GEP is different. It’s a place where individuality is prized, and talent respected. We recognize people who make a genuine difference by rewarding them well. We’re a learning organization, actively looking for people to help shape, grow, and continually improve us.Join us if you are one of us.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer, values the diversity of our workforce and the knowledge of our people.

www.opuscapita.com