Introduction
We're seeking a Japanese speaking Strategic Sourcing Professional to join our team and to help take procurement strategies to new heights!
The Procurement Sourcing Professional will be focusing on sourcing processes while driving the success of IBM's procurement services.
Your role and responsibilities
Role Overview: As our Strategic Sourcing Professional, you will be playing a critical role in optimizing our procurement processes, forging robust supplier relationships, and ensuring top-notch quality and value for our organization.
Your mission: To strategically source materials and services essential to IBM's growth while championing efficiency, innovation, and sustainability.
Required education
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Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Japanese language capability. N1 Level.
- Supplier Partnerships: Cultivate and nurture strategic partnerships with suppliers, negotiating contracts and agreements that optimize value, quality, and reliability. You'll be the bridge between us and our suppliers, fostering collaboration and innovation.
- Cost Optimization: Drive cost-saving initiatives without compromising quality or service. Your analytical prowess will identify opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency enhancement across the sourcing process.
- Innovation Catalyst: Champion innovation within our supply chain, seeking out new technologies, processes, and suppliers that offer competitive advantages. Your creative thinking will fuel our quest for continuous improvement.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with stakeholders across departments, including finance, operations, and marketing, to align sourcing strategies with business objectives. Your ability to navigate diverse perspectives will drive synergy and alignment.
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Data analyzing skills
- AI, Automation skills
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
The IBM Finance organization is responsible for driving enterprise performance and transformation. We are the financial stewards of IBM, delivering IBM's financial strategy, developing new business models, and mitigating enterprise risk. Do you have a passion for creating business value? Join our team in accounting, financial planning, pricing, business controls, tax, treasury, business development (acquisitions & divestitures), and global financing.
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
ABOUT IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.
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