Sourcing Specialist

Sourcing Specialist

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher goals collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer societys needs today and in the future.

Purpose of the Job

The end-to-end S2C process spans across understanding purchase requisition and floating the requisitions in AI enable procurement portal to relevant suppliers. In this role the Sourcing Specialist is responsible for the purchase of materials and services in a timely and efficient manner in accordance with approved strategy and per Delegation of Authority rules and other company policies and procedures.

About the job (Job Responsibilities)

• Understand the complete end to end requirements from the PR requester/user i.e. scope of work or specification of service or material respectively.
• Floating the RFQ in AI enabled FairMarkit portal (Procurement tool like Ariba) to relevant suppliers for awarding the PR within the desired TAT and delivering cost reduction and cost avoidance.
• Active communication with stakeholders and suppliers for regular updates of sourcing activities and maintain the collaborative relationships.
• Establishes and utilizes a site support network (incl. Planners and Schedulers) for timely acquisition of site managed materials and services incl. to suppliers while achieving maximum overall cost effectiveness.
• Acts as an indirect procurement contact including urgent orders for internal clients located at various sites up to agreed spend level as per DOA limits.
• Sourcing specials must have good communication skills to establish clear two-way communication with stake holders located remotely in various global sites to fully understand their requirements and scope of work requested.
• Ensures strict adherence to Procurement strategy achieving maximum overall cost effectiveness within a country or regional basis.
• Subject matter Expert for SAP procurement processes and systems, knowledgeable with Ariba
• Always strives for excellence and utmost efficiency during day-to-day work.
• Communicate with vendors and support Nouryon process compliance (PO, Invoicing, etc) for vendors.
• Facilitating alternative options for obsolete materials/vendor.
• Extension of vendors to other company codes in SAP and new vendor onboarding. Facilitating vendors for banking, tax, address, contact and PO email routing updates.
• Continuous improvement and S2C KPI tracking: Vendor Engagement, S2C TAT delay, Contract/OA utilization, etc.
• Support governance of S2C policies and procedures.

We believe you bring (Education & Experience)

• Bachelor's degree preferred (or recognized equivalent).
• 2+ years related experience required with degree: 6+years' experience in lieu of degree.
• Experience using SAP.
• ERP system (ECC and VIM) and Ariba for procurement processes.
• Advanced written and spoken English communication skills.
• Good Excel skills required.