Recruiter: Réka Vajna

 

 

Key responsibilities:

 

• Support the development and execution of the in-country procurement of local add-ons and providing solutions for customer bids / contracts, while maintaining customer lifecycle and procurement expertise of local strategy, supplier knowledge and product life cycles
• Build and maintain customer lifecycle and procurement expertise including around local strategy and guidelines, customer contracts, local supplier knowledge and product life cycles
• Assisting in the development of customer bid / contracts, procurement approach and plans, leveraging best practice procurement approaches and commercial levers
• Apply best practices around customer lifecycle procurement, including bid support, sourcing approach, commercial models and Total Cost of Ownership, project delivery and transitions
• Deliver sourcing for non-category specific add-ons for local offices, Maintain in-country add-ons expertise around new technology, market dynamics, supplier strategies, commercial models, product life cycles and partner programmes
• Maintain partnership with internal and external stakeholders, deliver bid / contracts in a quality, cost and time effective way
• Work with the B2B & Customer Solutions Manager in the respective local office to define scope and assist with the delivery of the procurement plan
• Deliver customer bid / contract, the optimum commercial models and procurement / sourcing plan, ensure the flowing down of customer terms to 3rd parties and time-critical buying schedules meeting project provisions Assist in the execution of sourcing plans for bids and contracts in a quality, cost effective and timely manner, maximising commercial advantage Maintain relationships with customers /CUs/CFUs/Industry vertical, capture and align requirements, negotiate commercial and contractual arrangements, ensure solution delivery

 

Qualifications

Soft skills:

• Ability to meet the customers’ needs in line with the business requirements
• Communicating effectively and efficiently while adapting to your audience and getting the message through as intended
• Taking the responsibility and taking care of the consequences of making a decision
• Focusing on all aspects and details of a task and delivering your output with a high level of accuracy
• Effective relationship management skills & ability with stakeholders within a matrixed environment
• Demonstrates effective continuous improvement skills that exceeds customer expectations

 

Professional skills:

 

• 1-5 years' experience within the procurement or related (eg. supply chain, customer relationship management or purchase to pay) function, with operational, strategic or tactical procurement skills, and the ability to deliver value and results for BT
• Solid business acumen to customer solutions, portfolio purchasing and in-country add-ons, particularly around customer requirements, supplier capabilities, commercial models, product lifecycles and partner programmes required to deliver portfolio and customer requirements
• Experience in in-country purchasing or supply chain management, with fluent language proficiency
• Demonstrates a track record of decision making capability and deliver against key metrics
• Ability to manage complex commercial requirements between BT and Suppliers, deliver projects and results on time and in full

 

Language skills:

 

• English AND Italian  on a fluent level

 

 

Additional information: This role will be in charge of in-country purchasing, facilitating the procurement of add-ons for projects that require in-country presence. The In-Country Buyer is responsible for driving and delivering customer lifecycle and pr