Procurement Sourcing Buyer (IT Category)

Job description

General Purpose:

IBM is seeking highly motivated individuals with comprehensive commercial procurement and client facing or consulting experience to join our team of procurement professionals. Specifically, we are looking for procurement professionals to join IBM's Global Procurement team in support of IBM Procurement Services business area, servicing IBM's external clients.
Strong Verbal and written English skills are required. Occasional travel to client sites may be required.

Main Responsibility Areas:
·  Manage exceptions to established category strategy
·  Support one-off sourcing projects based on client requirements
·  Provide IT category support as assigned by the Project Manager
·  Take category guidance from the Category Manager
·  Execute competitive bid events, benchmarking projects
·  Communicate and negotiate with clients and suppliers through all levels of organization
·  Analyze changing client/market conditions
·  Educate and advise clients and suppliers on strategies
·  Interface with strategic sourcing team to implement strategic contracts at the tactical level
·  Support client specific category strategy – redirect tactical spend through strategic contracts/channels as appropriate
·  Perform periodic analysis within managed commodity scope to identify savings, define efficiency opportunities and tactical initiatives that should be undertaken
·  Promote process efficiencies through focus on automated channels where applicable
·  Identify appropriate potential suppliers to fit client's business objectives
·  Negotiate and contract with exception suppliers driving additional savings and value
·  Communicate supplier recommendations to clients based on objective criteria and fit for client business
·  Track and report supplier performance and resolve any supplier performance issues in conjunction with the Category Manager
·  Identify any exception opportunities to the Category Managers and make recommendations on strategic approaches that might be taken
·  Interact with parallel organizations in other geos to assure consistent global approach
·  Support periodic key stakeholder meetings with client to review commodity strategy and activities
·  Optimize supply base opportunities across managed commodities
·  Act in compliance with all relevant IBM business conduct guidelines and client driven procurement processes
Main Contacts / Clients:

Operations Buyers, Client procurement organization, Country Sourcing buyers/Tactical buyers, Suppliers, Requesters, Accounts payable, Management (Direct), Team leaders

Scope:

Participates as individual contributor to the team. Can develop and implement recommendations, demonstrates initiative, and contributes to problem solving. Direct responsibilities for operational measurements. Carries out variety of complex activities according to plan within broader area of responsibility, analyses problems. Decision making affecting own work.

Auto req ID

293228BR
Required Education

None
Role ( Job Role )

Procurement Professional
State / Province

BUDAPEST
Primary job category

Supply Chain
Company

(0812) IBM Hungary International Shared Services Center LTD.
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
ERBP

Yes
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

No Travel
IBM Business Group

F&O
Preferred Education

None
City / Township / Village

BUDAPEST
Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Fluent English The candidate must have a working knowledge of a global procurement strategy within a large corporation and have a background in one or more of the following indirect categories:
·  IT and Business Equipment; including IT Software and IT Services
·  Apply communication skills
·  Apply leadership skills, good coordination skills
·  Apply collaboration/teaming techniques
·  Perform in matrix organization
·  Perform time management
·  Apply Knowledge of Business Organization and Processes, Work instructions
·  Apply Business Control Requirements
·  Apply customer satisfaction skills / client facing skills
·  Ability to complete staff-work to a high standard
·  IT Sourcing background

System requirement:
Lotus Notes, MS Office, Ariba, SAP, Lotus notes based tools (Teamrooms, Task IDs), etc.

Soft Skills:
100% external client facing

Country/Region

Hungary
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

None.
Secondary Job Category

Procurement
Eligibility Requirements

N/A
Position Type

Early Professional
Early Professional Track

No Track
Location Statement

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
New Collar Role

Yes
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