Procurement Specialist

Position: Procurement Specialist

Location: Baghdad

Open to: Locals only

Main Responsibilities:

1. Support sourcing event drafts and contracting needs for category group at the regional level and according to procurement strategies determined by corporate.
2. Provide support to the Procurement Category Lead in strategy building, category analyses, market analysis, and category reporting to drive negotiations and supplier selection.
3. Support the execution of sourcing events within provided spend limits as determined at corporate category group level.
4. Ensure all procurement activates to align with Company policies, audit expectations, and countries Legislation.
5. Maintain good utilization for eProcurement tools made available by the company.
6. Develop and source alternatives to bring new local/global suppliers into the system, to engage in problems with suppliers such as quality, delivery, payments etc., create contingency plans. 
7. Utilize reporting and analytics to drive key strategies and decisions for the category group.
8. Monitor industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit emerging opportunities.

Candidate Education:
 

• Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering/Finance/Business Administration)
• English level upper-intermediate
• Experience min 2 years in procurement with Big companies.
• Multitasking, stress resistant, analytical skills, commodity knowledge

Capabilities:

• Multitasking, stress resistant, analytical skills, commodity knowledge
• Experience in a regional or global matrix organization.
• Experience in category management (commodity management) in the field of procurement.
• The “Procure to Pay” (P2P) process.
• Knowledge of the principles of sustainable supply (Supply Sustainability).
• Experience in working with ERP systems.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of finance and accounting.
• SAP (preferred) and other procurement programs.
• Confident use of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power BI

Note/ Females are encourged to apply.

client offers:

-Competitive Salary

-medical insurance

-Learning and development opportunties

-Allowences