Mission

You are responsible to manage and optimize the purchasing applications (e.g. online supplier platforms, spend analysis tools, etc.) used in the purchasing department. You develop digital solutions to automate and support the purchasing team considering the Purchase to Pay aspects. You support the development of a full product lifecycle management system across entities. In this role, you will contribute to the successful deployment of master data management and the migration to SAP globally.

Responsibility

• You develop your digital purchasing strategy in line with the divisional targets and contribute to realizing the digital transformation of our supply chain processes
• You guide the purchasing team in the transformation to SAP
• You support the development of a product lifecycle management system
• You lead automatization projects to simplify the Purchase to Pay procedures
• You work closely with purchasing team as ‘users’ on digital improvements
• You actively participate in IT projects for purchasing applications to meet project budgets and timings
• You evaluate modifications in the different applications to safeguard performance for the buyers
• You manage system security and train internal stakeholders
• You align on data management by analyzing data flows and procedures to contribute to master data governance

Experience and technical requirements

• Bachelor degree, or an equivalent combination through IT projects experience.
• Strong inter-personal, influencing in English, with a proven ability to communicate in a clear and structured manner through a variety of media.
• Be passionate about technology, data management and IT solutions
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Office 365 (including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint), knowledge of AS400, SAP or SQL is a plus

Personality requirements  

• You are dynamic and like to be challenged within a digital environment
• You are result driven and can work towards project deadlines
• You are well-organized and possess strong analytical capabilities
• You are committed, pro-active and would like to work in an international environment
• You are eager to maintain relationships with internal counterparts and external stakeholders
• Good planning and executing capability, could work under pressure, systematic thinking.