Atlas NextWave
Senior Operational Buyer
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Overview
Day to day involvement in all the Procurement activity within the business to ensure efficient management of the procurement and business targets.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee a diverse supplier portfolio, drive initial part sourcing activities, negotiate price adjustment requests, and resolve invoicing and payment discrepancies.
- Manage a workqueue and secure that POs are issued in due time.
- Ensure a close cooperation with Internal Customers (MRPCs, requisitioners) to ensure customer care and early involvement.
- Contribute to implementation and ensure usage of globally defined methods, processes, and systems to ensure high process efficiency and process compliance (e.g. compliant Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process, Procurement guidelines, IT systems).
- Support Supplier Management processes (e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation, development, classification).
- Update supplier evaluation systems to obtain and develop the best suppliers and ensure transparency and high procurement quality.
- Maintain records of all documentation, adherence of online purchasing, and contract management systems.
- Support and/or lead Procurement Business Plan activities.
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Skills, Knowledge & Experience
What You Bring
- Strong SAP transactional experience (PS1 ATLAS module, production environment).
- Outstanding Excel skills.
- 5+ years of experience in Direct Procurement.
- Team player with the ability to also work independently to meet fixed deadlines, goals, and objectives.
- Ability to work in a complex, fast-changing global organizational environment.
- Bachelor's degree.
- English - Advanced/Fluent level.
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Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree.
- Advanced/Fluent English language proficiency.
Experience
- Proven experience in direct procurement.
- Strong SAP transactional experience (PS1 ATLAS module, production environment).
- Experience working within a complex, fast-changing global organizational environment.
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