Buyer - German Speaker

Our Corporate Functions teams make sure everything at Grünenthal runs smoothly by bringing together people with a wide range of skills – from experts in finance, IT, HR, law and compliance through to business strategists and creative media minds. If you’re a great collaborator and a strong communicator, you’ll feel right at home here. Join our team and join forces with colleagues across our business to maximise our company’s positive impact on patients and their families.

What the job looks like:

• Execute  P2I Purchasing assigned activities such as: Quality-check on PR , Purchase Order Generation, Purchase Order Monitoring , Tracking of Goods & Services, Preferred Vendors Administration;
• Execute Vendor Creation & Maintenance activities;
• Ensure all requests are processed in adherence to Procurement Policies and standards SLAs;
• Ensure standard routines are updated for any potential legal or process changes;
• Provide Stakeholder & Key User Services such as : Service Desk, End User Training & Support;
• Provide Vendor support & training towards P2I Process & Tools 
• Participate in the monitoring of SLAs and KPIS and ensure appropriate actions/plans to correct deviations;
• Participate in continuous Improvement programs and standardization of processes;
• Participate in root cause analysis of mistakes/errors and problem solving;
• Ensure close relation and interaction with Global Procurement Organization and the GBS teams in the Downstream part of the P2P process;
• Managing specific sourcing activities for Tail Spend.

What you'll bring to the table:

• Relevant practical experience with at least 1 year in a comparable role in a state-of-the-art procurement organization;
• Strong knowledge of SAP MM regarding different order types, order automation, master data and info record creation, inventory management;
• Proven track record regarding supplier qualification and administration;
• General understanding of supply markets in typical spend areas of local business units (indirect / marketing);
• Optional: Experience in cross-functional projects
• Advance level of English & German (Required);
• Additional languages like Spanish , Italian or French are desired;
• SAP-MM experience;
• Good Analytical skills;
• Good Communication skills;
• Good Customer Service skills.
   

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Lorena Cevallos Zhegulova, the Hiring Manager