Procurement Officer

Think about Procurement differently and make a real impact

Your professional experience is valued here

A welcoming and supportive setting where you can develop and make a real difference in the world thats what youll find at COFRA. Were a family business geared to creating lasting value and united by an ambition to change industries and society for the better. Aspiration and entrepreneurism are encouraged and rewarded with opportunity. Teams are diverse yet close-knit. Relationships matter. People matter.

What we can achieve together
One of our greatest strengths is our people: talented dedicated professionals who are true experts in their field committed to the pursuit of excellence and open to new opportunities and ways of capturing them. As part of our drive to become a strategic holding we are redefining COFRAs cross-functional business processes to bring more simplicity speed and agility to the organization.
Reporting to the Head of Facilities & Quality Assurance you will ensure high client satisfaction develop the mind-set of one Support team introduce Continuous Improvement (detect inefficiencies and improve) and align globally where applicable maintain excellent service levels through active engagement and coordination on projects with peers in the Netherlands and other countries.
Also you will be a role-model for embracing and implementing change and digitization working cross-functionally to uncover pain points to initiate a problem-solving process.

Specifically you will:
Act as business partner towards our internal clients to identify purchase needs
Advice our internal clients on existing procedures policies and processes related to Procurement
Create and prepare purchase specifications RFI RFP
Able to perform market research and sourcing and if necessary work with external partners to achieve optimized results
Negotiate terms with suppliers such as price quality. Liaise with external partners if required.
Cooperate with the Legal department on contracting of suppliers. Perform credit checks process MSA SOW DPA
Set up PO process in cooperation with suppliers (e-ordering)
Monitor procure to pay processes and liaise with Accounts Payable department to ensure proper administration and supplier onboarding
Review existing contracts and service delivery. Set up QBR in alignment with internal clients to monitor the suppliers quality
Manage and update the Contract Management System
Manage a spend of 52 mln for Amsterdam and Zug for COFRA Holding and its subsidiaries
Manage several purchasing categories such as Facilities Real Estate IT Consultancy Travel
Manage the external Agency who assist in negotiating if required
Manage the targeted financial savings goals setting
Manage the Procurement Policy
Manage and nurture relationships with vendors
Manage Risk & Compliance in the Procurement Process

What you will need
Experience in managing a diverse portfolio of spend categories
Business acumen and seasoned buying skills
Proven negotiations skills and influencing skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills capable of building strong professional networks as well with external market as internal teams
Highly service-oriented team player with strong organizational skills who supports demanding clients in a professional manner
Team-player able to co-create and redesign the future office in order to accommodate the new way of working and the different needs of teams / entities
Client-centricity aspiring to become a first-class services provider and willing to go the extra-mile
Resilience being able to work under high stress-situations and perform under pressure with tight deadlines
Open-minded flexible pro-active independent being able to multi-task
Trustworthy discreet respectful with cultural awareness etiquette and diplomacy as shown by experience handling discrete matters and figures
Excellent MS Office (O365) user
Fluent in English and Dutch (Written and spoken) with excellent negotiation and communication skills in both languages (German highly preferred any other languages are an asset)

What we offer you in return
The opportunity itself is a great way to have a direct impact on the Group and realize potential across a multitude of areas.
COFRA offers notable benefits including a competitive pension plan. Also training and development is provided to all COFRA employees.

If you fit the profile and are interested in doing good while doing business we would love to hear from you

COFRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age race colour sex sexual orientation gender identity religion national origin or disability. None of this gets in the way of hiring and retaining the best people.

*Background screening is a part of the recruitment process.