Overseas Strategic Purchasing Senior Specialist

Gizli; Fatih; On-site; TRY 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Gizli is seeking an Overseas Strategic Purchasing Senior Specialist to join our Head Office in Turkey. The role focuses on developing and executing overseas purchasing strategies, coordinating with branches, and driving KPI-based improvements across global supplier networks.

You will lead negotiations, manage contracts, and monitor performance metrics while collaborating with import/export and warehouse teams to ensure timely and efficient procurement operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Economics, International Trade, or related discipline; Master's degree preferred
• Minimum 5-6 years of experience in purchasing/procurement
• Food & Beverages experience is a must; hospitality, FMCG or production experience preferred
• Experience in ERP systems integration (e.g., SAP, Oracle)
• Experience in process development projects is preferred
• Strong reporting and presentation skills
• Advanced level in English (written and spoken)
• Advanced level in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Responsibilities

• Develop purchasing processes, organization and systems based on branch needs
• Develop strategies for key purchasing categories and execute them
• Track KPIs for Overseas Purchasing performance and drive improvements
• Oversee overseas purchasing processes in branches and guide efficient system use
• Prepare benchmarks and share best practices across teams
• Manage overseas contracts and coordinate terminations and transitions
• Conduct overseas market research to identify suitable suppliers at good prices
• Coordinate import orders, sourcing, negotiations, delivery sequencing and payments
• Collaborate with import/export and Warehouse for efficient export processes
• Prepare regular reports on purchasing activities
• Support new branch openings with setup, research, sourcing and process integration
• Bring new and better ideas for continuous improvement
• Act as business partner for all branches and support value generation
• Follow new trends and technologies and provide improvement ideas
• Stay agile to changing conditions and respond to procurement questions across branches

Skills

Procurement experience

KPI reporting

Sourcing negotiations

Cross-branch collaboration

English proficiency

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

As one of the leading global companies within its sector in the Food & Beverage Services field, we are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and quality-oriented colleagues to join our innovative, dynamic team for the position of "Overseas Strategic Purchasing Senior Specialist" located in our Head Office.

General Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Food are preferred), Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Economics, International Trade, or a related discipline; Master's degree is preferred
• Minimum 5-6 years of experience in purchasing/procurement
• Food & Beverages experience is a must. Experience in hospitality, FMCG or production is preferred
• Experience in ERP Systems integration and development (ex: SAP, Oracle)
• Experience in process development projects is preferred
• Strong reporting and presentation skills
• Advanced level in both written and spoken English
• Advanced level in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Job Description:

• Supports the development of purchasing processes, organization and Systems based on individual branchs' needs.
• Supports the development of strategies for key purchasing categories and personally takes role in the execution process.
• Tracks and reports KPIs for the development of Overseas Purchasing performance. Specifies actions for improvement and takes role in selected activities to reach the target.
• Follows the overseas purchasing processes in branches, oversees the execution and guides the teams for efficient processing of the system.
• Prepares benchmarks and shares best/good practices with teams to help maximize contributions.
• Closely follows up overseas contracts, supports healthy Management of contracts by coordinating their termination and transition.
• Conducts overseas market research in order to purchase suitable overseas suppliers at affordable prices.
• Collects import orders from branches, coordinated the sourcing process including negotiations with suppliers, delivery sequencing and payment.
• Closely collaborates with the import & export department and Warehouse for efficient and flawless execution of the export process.
• Prepares regular reports.
• Takes active role during new branch opening, supports his/her manager during set-up, research, negotiation, sourcing, organizational development, process and system integration.
• Brings new and better ideas for continuous improvement.
• Acts as a business partner for all branches.
• Takes active role and Supports value generation activities within his/her area of responsibility.
• Follows up new trends and Technologies, provides input to the team and generates improvement ideas.
• Takes all actions with a result-oriented perspective while taking into consideration the time restrictions and the timelines of all steps of the procurement processes.
• Be agile to changing conditions and act fast to adopt the new environment(s) and become a natural to go person once there are questions of Procurement teams of all overseas branches.