Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling- To build, To design, To engage, To consult, To think along with clients and stay proactive and To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems with those amazing Procurement skills? If so, let's talk.
Your role and responsibilities
- Receive requests from Customer personnel for Third Party Supplier engagements.
- Identify, review, and clarify requests from Customer personnel for Third Party Supplier engagements as necessary and commence processing subject to Customer's processes, policies and the Procedures Manual.
- Process and complete tactical buys for purchase requests in accordance with Customer's processes, policies and the Procedures Manual
- Identify requests above the established spend thresholds and engage the appropriate sourcing agent.
- Review and provide feedback on tactical buy specifications, as appropriate, to the Customer personnel requesting procurement action developing the specifications.
- Provide suggested Third Party Supplier list for approval.
- Execute Sourcing Event in accordance with Customer's processes, policies and the Procedures Manual
- Assess Third Party Suppliers, score assessment and recommend Third Party Supplier(s) in accordance with the Category Cards and the Procedures Manual.
- Negotiate pricing and key business terms with recommended Third Party Suppliers(s), as appropriate.
- Recommend final Third Party Supplier for purchase.
- Savings capture and tracking - Capture and track savings associated with Buy Desk activities including Third Party Suppliers selected through any RFx process.
- Propose continuous improvement initiatives specific to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the buy desk.
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives in accordance with approvals, as applicable.
- Where applicable, update strategic sourcing plan in accordance with each annual planning cycle per Customer's direction, as required.
- Prepare and maintain within Customer tools / systems, a strategic sourcing project schedule that identifies key sourcing projects for the categories, savings, and key milestones. Provide periodic updates to the relevant Customer stakeholders and procurement leadership according to a mutually agreed format and content.
- Review business requirements and collect scope inputs including but not limited to Category Cards, Category Plans, Category Management insights, historic spend, market insights, business insights etc.
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Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Procurement Knowledge: Knowledge of Procurement methods, technologies and processes
and ability to quickly learn and adopt new tools, and systems. - Ability to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with colleagues, Stakeholders within a matrix organization.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively liaise with internal
teams, external stakeholders and vendors. - Accuracy and attention to detail: understand the necessity and value of accuracy and
attention to detail; ability to process information with high levels of accuracy. - Strong data and analytical skills. Ability to utilize procurement data to identify insights.
- Ability to accurately follow work instructions/ procedures.
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Ensuring compliance with procurement policies and regulations.
- Ability to manage and analyze large datasets.
- High level of integrity and professionalism.
- Experience in performing duties as Operations Buyer for Global Organizations
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- Extract spend data and create savings tracking reports on monthly basis
- Good presentation skills & Excel Basics
- Ability to multi task, Client facing skills, strong organization 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
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