Procurement Buyer

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PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
SAP’s Global Procurement Organization (GPO) is amid ongoing transformation that will change the dynamic of how GPO engages with its stakeholders. This transformation is necessary to keep up with the fast-changing environment, develop into a digital organization, meet the Board’s ambitious growth plans, and support SAP’s strategy.

Procurement Buyer responsibilities are fully aligned with SAP’s and GPO’s vision:

• Deliver on SAP Vision: Help the world run better and improve people’s lives.
• Strive for GPO Vision: Help SAP buy better and be a Business Value Enabler to the business for all procurement related activities globally.
• GPO mission is to help our stakeholder run at their best.
• Support execution of GPO Goals.
  

ABOUT THE GPO SOURCING EXCELLENCE CHAMPIONS (SEC) TEAM

The Sourcing Excellence Champions (SEC) Team is responsible for customer success, strategy execution, sourcing, negotiation, contracting activities and supplier management across the globe. The SEC Team manages SAP’s main spend categories IT Infrastructure, Workplace Infrastructure, Professional Services, Marketing, and Travel.
The key areas related to the above mentioned spend categories are the following:
Workplace Infrastructure negotiations – Software Procurement

The IT & cloud Services includes, but not limited to, Cloud Procurement, (e.g., Datacenter Services, Networking, Server/Storage, Infrastructure Services), Client Hardware Technology, Software procurement and Facility Services with a strong focus on managed Services.
Professional Services, 3rd Party rates, Marketing & Facilities Negotiations

The Professional Services include all sourcing activities related to Professional Services, such as Financial & Legal Services, Development Services, Application Consulting & Support Services, HR Services and Customer Facing Services, 3rd party services negotiations, Marketing, and facilities activities negotiations, complementing our own development workforce. Such services include e.g., to support tickets process for services, prices negotiation, RFP’s, best practice, 3rd Party Services encompasses third party application consulting services (Rates negotiations) with interface to SAP’s customer (customer facing). Such services include third party resources used in a customer implementation of SAP products or industry solutions, product training, custom development, presales, and support services.

We are seeking a Procurement Buyer to join our team in Argentina. The ideal candidate will have already demonstrated experience in global procurement activities and the above mentioned spend categories. Furthermore, the candidate should work in close collaboration with regional team members from North America region and Latin America.

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

• Execute sourcing projects on a local, regional based in RFP’s Process and Tickets services environment.
• Prepare the sourcing and contracting and negotiations based on facts and figures as result of an analysis, tickets process.
• Analyze and seek opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with the wider sourcing team to implement and support sourcing strategies that ensure best value for SAP.
• Pro-actively support market analysis / market screening benchmarking, track market trends and manage supplier performance.
• Understand supplier capability assessments.
• Manage supplier portfolios and undertake supplier negotiations through relationship-building to maximize business benefits.
• Identify opportunities for increased competitive bidding, smarter supplier relationships and more efficient procurement processes.
• Support the development and execution of RFP’s, manage requirements including pricing negotiations.
• Negotiate agreements with suppliers and work with SAP requesters to ensure appropriate contract approvals are obtained and documented.
• Drive all procurement related activities and support other areas of the sourcing team including projects as needed.
• Ensure compliance to the SAP Global Purchasing Policy.
  

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• University degree preferably in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Understanding of end-to-end procurement and sourcing strategies and how to execute a global strategy.
• Strong customer focus, presentation skills and business acumen are good.
• Developed collaboration skills.
• Open-minded and willing to drive change.
• Initiate simplicity and challenge complexity.
• Knowledge of purchasing systems (e.g., Ariba), MS office applications and purchasing processes.
• Fluent English (spoken, written), other languages are welcome.
• Ability to work in international teams and virtual environment.
  

WORK EXPERIENCE

• At least 2-3 years’ experience in procurement negotiations preferred indirect procurement environments, ideally in a multinational environment.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and to crystalize business requirements and to translate them into actionable procurement activity.
• Ability to apply purchasing knowledge to execute sourcing projects.
• Proven experience leading successful execution and delivery of strategy.
• Global experience preferred.
• Ability to establish clear priorities and effectively manage multiple demand and time resources.

​Bring out your best

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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 401196 | Work Area: Finance | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.