Indirect Strategic Buyer

GEP Worldwide; Fatih; On-site; TRY 420,000 - 620,000; Full time

Job summary

GEP Worldwide in Turkey is seeking a Sourcing Lead to support category managers with strategy, sourcing execution, and strategic sourcing tasks, leveraging GEP resources to deliver insights for projects.

The role leads negotiations for savings, manages supplier selection activities, and mentors junior colleagues while collaborating with stakeholders across functions to ensure savings and timely supply.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of expertise in strategic sourcing
• Proficiency in English and Turkish
• Knowledge of large-scale centralized purchasing principles
• Strong communication skills for engaging with management
• Analytical, reporting and presentation skills
• Experience leading negotiations
• Ability to manage multiple procurement projects
• Knowledge of CAPEX or MRO is a must
• Advantage: process improvement methodologies

Responsibilities

• Support category managers with category strategy plans and sourcing execution
• Leverage GEP network to deliver insights
• Establish negotiation strategies and lead negotiations for savings
• Engage vendors and evaluate products/capabilities
• Manage supplier selection activities (RFI/RFP/RFQ/Scorecard)
• Support supplier management and procurement processes
• Improve operations, SOPs, and turnaround times
• Coordinate with stakeholders across HR, Legal, Finance
• Recruit and mentor junior colleagues
• Participate in firm-building activities

Skills

Strategic Sourcing

Negotiation

Stakeholder Mgmt

English Proficiency

Turkish Proficiency

Data Analysis

Job description

What you can expect to be responsible for as a Sourcing Lead:

• Supporting category managers with category strategy plans, sourcing execution, supporting category planning and strategic sourcing tasks
• Leveraging the GEP network of Category Experts and tools, to deliver insights to any project / client.
• Establishing negotiation strategies, identifying and developing negotiation levers, validating them with stakeholders and leading negotiations to ensure savings, timely supply and other benefits for purchases, business analytics, savings reporting and tracking, stakeholder interaction as part of the S2C program
• Discussing with vendors and evaluating their products and capabilities as suppliers;
• Managing all supplier selection and procurement activities (e.g. RFI, RFP, RFQ, Scorecard and Bid Analysis)
• Providing support with respect to Supplier Management/ Procurement processes and policies.
• Demonstrating continuous effort to improve operations, manage SOP’s, decrease turnaround times and streamline work processes.
• Identifying and communicating with a diverse range of stakeholders, such as suppliers, project sponsors, end-users and other supporting functions such as HR, Legal and Finance.
• Recruitment & mentorship of junior colleagues.
• Participation in firm-building activities

Fitting experience for the role would be:

• 3-5 years of expertise in strategic sourcing
• Proficiency in English and Turkish
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of large-scale centralized purchasing
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in order to comfortably engage with all levels of management in client organizations
• Strong analytical, reporting and presentation skills i.e. regarding creating baselines, performing market tests/analyses, summarizing the key points succinctly by email/in presentation
• Experience with leading and executing negotiations
• Ability to manage multiple procurement projects at once and assess new purchase requirements based on spend risk etc.
• Knowledge of indirect categories, especially CAPEX or MRO, is a must (trends, suppliers, industry specifics and terminology, legal frameworks)
• Advantage: Any business process improvement methodology such as TQM, Six Sigma, APEX etc.