Indirect Procurement Officer (Medior level)

Dear freelancer, The Indirect Procurement Officer is to support the Indirect Procurement Manager (responsible for qualifying, negotiating and managing contracts, in addition to aggregating and negotiating volume buys for indirect spend categories). Responsibilities: o Assist in developing and implementing multi-year indirect procurement strategies to integrate and leverage spend o Conduct competitive analysis of existing and future service providers in indirect spend categories o Support to finalise contracts, terms and service level agreements (as applicable) with providers of indirect spend and services o Support cost down initiatives (also cross-border) o Follow up on existing suppliers and agreed terms & conditions o Check compliance to Purchase policy throughout the business Qualifications: o Knowledge: good understanding of the Purchase to Pay process, strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, indirect spend o Understand the importance of the link and the collaboration between procurement and accounting. Able to contribute in the optimization of this collaboration (P2P, Master Database, Vendor Requests, ...) o Experience: working with SAP preferred or ready to learn o Bilingual: Dutch + English o Purchasing Skills (or ready to learn), i.e. inquiry, negotiation, benchmark, leverage, Industry Analysis, sourcing strategy, business recommendation, supplier management, contract, etc. o Effective communicator o Self-starter with ability to work independently and react quickly to changing priorities o Quick learner o Able to lead small procurement projects independently Person Profile and Key Skills: o Demonstrate effective relationship building and communication skills o Eager to learn o Have a positive and common sense approach o Wiling to learn to understand the best in class Procurement techniques and to demonstrate the ability to apply these to real situations o Be educated to Bachelor degree level as a minimum Interested? Respond!