Tactical Buyer – Domain Trainee – Italian– Hybrid Bucharest Bucharest

Tactical Buyer – Domain Trainee – Italian– Hybrid Bucharest
Bucureşti
Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Genpact (NYSE: G) is a global professional services and solutions firm delivering outcomes that shape the future. Our 125, 000+ people across 30+ countries are driven by our innate curiosity, entrepreneurial agility, and desire to create lasting value for clients. Powered by our purpose – the relentless pursuit of a world that works better for people – we serve and transform leading enterprises, including the Fortune Global 500, ` with our deep business and industry knowledge, digital operations services, and expertise in data, technology, and AI.

We are inviting applications for the role of Tactical Buyer – Domain Trainee – Italian– Hybrid Bucharest

You should have a good negotiating level to do the job right and be open about a flexible time schedule as you will be handling the New Zeeland and Australia markets. We like customer management skills as well as a keen eye for details and problem solving attitude.

 

Responsibilities:

• Manages process improvement projects and global alignment. Clarifies the in scope activities with the client 

• Ensure spend compliance by providing accurate guidelines to the purchasing team in line with Standard Operating Procedures and customer purchasing policies and ensures PR compliance for PRs

• Is responsible to negotiate the contracts, as per the procedure and for the projects to build/update the catalogues, contracts, price lists 

• Is responsible for reporting activities (regular or on the spot) 

• Participates at phone conferences / meetings with the client (regular or on the spot) 

• Handles complicate cases that cannot follow the standard procedure (due to various reasons)

• Regularly follow up on project execution, pursuing any potential challenges/issues 

• Runs regularly the status of volumes and metrics 

• Reports to the direct manager, eventual process deviation or process/ system problems

• In connection with the customer Commodity Management we need you to do

• Actively participate in regular and/or
- hoc calls/working sessions/workshops to identify and prioritize saving opportunities and project pipeline, ensure sourcing strategy alignment and present team project status on ongoing items 

• Assist commodity managers with information requirements, use team language capabilities and cascade to tactical team any action required in the execution of projects 

• Demonstrate partner relationship and communication

• Come and work from the office during client visits

• Savings reporting, delivery and pipeline tracking 

• Ensure delivery of the team annual savings target 

• Ensure timely reporting and approval of saving projects delivered by the team

• Ensure accurate and
-
- date reporting of commodity project pipeline in savings reporting tool

Qualifications we seek in you!

Minimum Qualifications / Skills

• Experience in negotiating 

• Proficient in English & French (C1)

• Open to work early or late hours

• Supply Chain and/or purchasing background 

• Excellent communication and influential skills 

Preferred Qualifications/ Skills

• Understanding of Lean Six Sigma tools

• Commodity domain expertise

• Experience with ERP systems and E-Sourcing tools (Ariba), SAP

• Project management skills and
-
- end process understanding

• Previous experience in a multinational company 

• Proficient in Excel usage 

What can we offer?  

• Attractive salary;

• Stable job offers - employment contract

• Work in a multicultural and diverse environment with employees from over 30 countries

• Genpact supports professional trainings and great career development opportunities

• Free access to our
- winning learning platform 

• Benefits such as Meal Tickets, Medical Services, Insurance, additional vacation days or partner discounts