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Goodyear Talent Acquisition Representative:Carina Coman
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Associate Procurement Operations Lead
Job location: France
This position is based at our head office in Warsaw and offers an opportunity to play a key role in the procurement process for the Goodyear offices in Europe East.
This position will serve as the first point of contact for SAG suppliers (Selling Administrative and General Expenses) and local Stakeholders promoting best practices and ensuring Procurement is aligned with the business strategy.
The position reports to EMEA Procurement Operations Manager and ensures there is appropriate collaborative communication between strategic sourcing and shared services transactional teams.
The Team
- The successful candidate will be part of a diverse team distributed across Europe with autonomy to work as individual contributors but also collaborating on topics with no geographicboundaries
- The SAG team supports the EMEA region focusing products and services for Marketing IT Professional Services HR Services and Retail
The Role
- Proactively engage with Projects at early stages capturing business opportunities
- Drive negotiations with Vendors based on business needs capturing best product/service and optimum value proposition
- Enhance Vendor database reducing risk and promoting Vendorconcentration
- Support Business financial objectives by driving savings on ayear to yearcostreduction
- Promote compliance and bestpractice
- Support improvement initiatives related to processsystemand Master Data
Skills Experience & Education
- CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) professional qualification
- Degree in Supply Chain EngineeringBusinessor a related field
- Demonstrated experience in a corporate setting
- Able to demonstrate significant improvements in value across previously managedcategories
- Prior experience in procurement supply chain or a related operational function preferred
- Fundamental knowledge of business processes
- Highlyorganised
- Solid work ethics
- Positive attitude
- Strong communication skills
- Good financial/statistical analysis skills
- Selfmotivating
- Problemsolving mindset
- Teamplayer
- Able to work under pressure and timemanagement
- Proficient with MS Office. Experience with SAP Tableau Blueprint (project management). Exposure to Procurement related systems is considered anasset
We offer
- Interesting job position in an international environment with English usage on a daily basis and insights into many European cultures
- Contract of fulltime employment with appealing employment conditions
- Great career development opportunities in one of the worlds largest tire companies with global footprint and recognition
Goodyear is one of the worlds largest tire companies. It employs about 72000 people and manufactures its products in 55facilities in 23countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron Ohio and ColmarBerg Luxembourg strive to develop stateoftheart products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products go to Experience:
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