Sourcing Specialist

General Summary:

The Sourcing Specialist has responsibility for managing strategic and operational procurement activities for Direct & Indirect spend inclusive of maintenance of SAP pricing tables, overall supplier pricing accuracy and report writing in SAP.

Tasks include planning and allocating externally sourced direct and indirect materials, creation and follow up of purchase orders, monitoring of raw materials and intermediate stocks, inbound service levels and complaints. Identifying further improvement possibilities and supporting procurement projects.

Essential duties and Responsibilities:

The overall span of responsibilities involves:

►   Manages day to day operational purchase orders (Purchase requisition to Purchase Order until Goods Receipt for direct&indirect spend)

►   Reports and monitors Purchase Orders and Documents

►   Identify, resolve and report on supplier claims

►   SAP procurement masterdata maintenance (Info record update, purchasing price)

►   Ensure Vendor Master Data Maintenance (Vendor Code Creation/Changes)

►   Cooperate with stakeholders (Sourcing, Technology, sales, operation, SC)

►   Lead Inbound Service Level Performance and support Projects

►   Actively participates in S&OP Meetings to improve SCM Activities

►   Delivery performance to the customers globally (OTA Customer Service Level)

►   Monitor adherence to defined supplier service levels, take corrective actions, supply input to supplier performance reporting, SAP procurement masterdata maintenance

►   Contact partner for AP, in case of discrepancies between Invoice and Purchase order

►   Follow up payment with finance team

►   Communicate supply shortages, bottlenecks and major changes in price to the organization

►   Lead alternative RM searching to increase % GM development and backup plan

►   Managing landed cost of raw materials and monitor variances

►   Ensure new alternative searching process (Pricing, Availability, service, quality, sampling...)

►   Manage Coupa platform as a key user (one key user in Gebze Site) from A to B for indirect spend.

►   Monitor supplier agreement

►   RFQ, negotiation, bid comparison (Negotiate terms and conditions / setup , select best supplier)

►   Support to team as back up roles

►   Achieving & Support business unit objectives – KPIs

►   Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of the department’s systems, processes

►   Ensure implementation of Company departmental Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines

Desired Skills and Specializations

• University graduate
• Fluent in English
• Preferred locations Gebze, İstanbul(Anatolian side)
• 2-3 years in procurement(direct&indirect spend)
• Good knowledge and understanding of SAP-MRP system
• Able to negotiate with different levels in the organization
• No military obligation for male candidates
• Accurate, flexible thinking, time management skills, high analytical skills,
• Team player, hands-on, proactive, excellent communication skills, independent/self-starter, eager to learn and further develop, act with a sense of urgency