Indirect Operational Buyer

GF_Group Procurement-E484

Indirect Operational Buyer - Full Time - Madrid, Spain

**Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.**

We are looking for a/an Indirect Operational Buyer to join our GF_Group Procurement team in Spain who will execute Indirect purchasing activities for Sulzer Management LTD across all indirect categories with established Purchase Order (PO) process including validating received invoices against the PO and working with stakeholders to validate that invoice is good to pay.

**Your main tasks and responsibilities**:
**Strategy Input**
- Support category manager to gather data (i.e. suppliers, spend, contracts) Stakeholder Engagement
- Manage stakeholder relationships within the Sulzer Management Ag
- Actively engage stakeholders and understand their key needs/requirements

**Contract and Supplier Management**
- Support implementation of global contracts that support the Global Category

Strategy
- Trigger agreement signature process, communicate with signatories the scope

of the agreement is question, capture agreement to contract management
database with right details (lifecycle, category..)
- Work with suppliers to get needed details to create supplier in supplier

management system.

**Project Pipeline**
- Identify process improvement opportunities, and promoting procurement best

practice at Sulzer Management Ag

**Compliance**
- Enforce PO and contract compliance
- Support implementation of standard indirect procedures, policies, processes

and systems in Sulzer Management Ag

**Procurement Process**
- Run Purchase Order process with business and working together with finance

team.
- Responsible for the timely conversion of requisitions through to purchase order

placement and ensuring invoices are good to pay based on PO.
- Coordinates with suppliers and business partners to resolve routine issues such

as past-due POs, discrepancies with contract/ invoice/PO mismatches, and
other price/invoice issues
- Securing purchase order acknowledgments for all purchase orders, where

applicable
- Understand local buying operations

**To succeed in this role, you will need**:
relevant work experience
- 1+ years work experience in a purchasing role with a focus on relevant categories
- Understanding of key sourcing processes and tools as well as contractual and

legal aspects
- Fluent in English
- Good analytical skills and mindset to be accurate when performing
- Ability to influence others and align various interests
- Proactive, target oriented and assertive personality
- Manage and adhere to timelines on assigned activities and tasks
- Able to work in a changing environment
- Able to solve problems and communicate complex issues clearly and effectively
- Can do attitude, positive mindset and ability and motivation to learn more

**What we offer you**:

- A competitive salary as well as participation in the variable remuneration system

based on personal and financial objectives.
- This position with potential for future development offers a challenging opportunity within an international environment.
- Restaurant tickets.
- Permanent contract.
- Accident insurance.

No visa or work permit support can be provided for this role

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