Introduction

　　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 skills required.

　　Your Role and Responsibilities

　　Roles Responsibility Areas

　　Execute competitive bid events, benchmarking projects

　　Analyze changing client/market conditions

　　Support sourcing projects based on client requirements

　　Communicate and negotiate with clients and suppliers through all levels of organization

　　Perform periodic analysis within managed commodity scope to identify savings, define efficiency opportunities and initiatives that should be undertaken

　　Optimize supply base opportunities across managed commodities

　　Take category guidance from the Category Manager

　　Support client specific category strategy - redirect spend through strategic contracts/channels as appropriate

　　Educate and advise clients and suppliers on strategies

　　Interface with strategic sourcing team to implement strategic contracts

　　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

　　Track savings in the appropriate tool and store evidence for audit purposes

　　Communicate sourcing instructions to the operations buyers

　　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

　　Act in compliance with all relevant IBM business conduct guidelines and client driven procurement processes

　　Scope

　　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.

　　Required Technical and Professional Expertise

　　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: Professional services, Facilities, MRO, Marketing, Engineering, Information Technology, Software, Sales, Human Resources

　　5-6 years in Procurement and Sourcing.

　　Apply analytical skills, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem-solving abilities

　　Apply communication skills, able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers

　　Apply collaboration/teaming techniques

　　Perform in matrix organization

　　Perform time management, priorities tasks and achieve set targets

　　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

　　Keen attention to detail and accuracy

　　Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

　　ERP : Ariba, SAP, Oracle, Coupa

　　MS Office

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　　This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

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