Corporate SAP Buyer-Employment, career opportunity in Uk

Job Title:   Corporate SAP Buyer
Job Type:    Permanent
Location:    City of London
Start Date:    ASAP
Salary:    £45k - £50k pa + Car Allowance-£5660, 20% bonus
Ref No:    278431-19031802BB_187050
Date Posted:    27th Sept 2013



A completion bonus of up to 20% (pro-rated for the length of the contact). maximum they will receive is subject to their performance.

25 days annual leave plus the 8 bank holidays

Gym membership

Free breakfast and lunch

Life insurance

Access to Occ. Health services

The Corporate SAP Buyer is responsible for providing purchasing support to the Corporate Business Unit end users, in the form of on-site, group and one to one training, and electronic communications both internal and external. The role will also require to conducting competitive tendering (under £150k), developing and using e-catalogues and placing purchase orders in SAP as a Super- User.

Procurement:
- Daily buying (ad hoc) of goods and services not covered by strategic category contracts where competition enables better contracts or additional value.
- To effectively control the onsite buying office and execute all non-contract purchasing and on site procurement.
- To effectively integrate the Supply Chain with business users by ensuring excellent customer relationship and sound group interaction with the whole of the London Corporate Office with a wide range of internal customers (CEO to PA's)
- Provide effective and efficient administration and reporting to functions and direct manager.
- Works with the Category Manager and Category Specialists to develop a fact-based strategy and plan for a small spend categories or sub-categories which takes into consideration both demand and supply-side considerations.
- Engage and leads with internal stakeholders, Finance, IM and Global Share Services to generate ideas and opportunities.

Change Management:

- Apply a structured change management approach and methodology to manage change resulting from deployment of SAP Procurement (Materials Management) in Corporate Offices.
- Create a target-centric communications system that ensures timely & accurate project information dissemination to stakeholders, key customers, company employees, and the project team by leveraging common tools and processes
- Ensure that a variety of communication vehicles and messages are designed and delivered

- Qualifications

Bachelor degree level, appropriate to the job and/or business administration or equivalents. Alternatively, a relevant combination of formal (procurement-related) qualifications and additional specialised studies.

-Essential Experience

Extensive Experience of using Materials Management module of SAP.

Experience in training end users

Professional experience (minimum 3 years) in Purchasing, Finance, Engineering, Data Intelligence or Marketing & Sales.

Experience of using eProcurement and eSourcing applications.

Our client is a FTSE 100 multinational commodities company with operations in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Euroe, North America and South America.

Apply below or to find out more about the Corporate SAP Buyer job contact Saimon Mills on Saimon.Mills@robertwalters.com or call +44(0) 161214 7418 quoting the reference 1903180.

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