Operational Buyer

About the job

In this role you will drive efficient and compliant daily purchasing and lowvalue sourcing activities to ensure the timely and costeffective delivery of goods and services all while maintaining highquality master data and delivering an exceptional stakeholder experience.

What you will be doing

• Manage the full purchasing cycle by converting PRs to compliant POs issuing orders securing confirmations and tracking deliveries while handling changes returns cancellations and GR/IR alignment
• Resolve invoice discrepancies by collaborating with AP and suppliers ensuring clean financial records and supporting auditready documentation across all procurement activities
• Perform lowvalue sourcing by analyzing quotes (price lead time quality TCO) ensuring adherence to bidding policies delegation of authority and conflictofinterest rules
• Oversee contract and supplier lifecycle tasks including contract renewal steps catalog and agreement updates commercial data maintenance and supplier onboarding with duediligence requirements
• Coordinate with requesters Category Teams and stakeholders to manage expectations address escalations resolve delivery or quality issues and leverage existing contracts for optimal outcomes
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying savings proposing automation (catalog enablement guided buying) contributing to SOPs training KPI dashboards and reducing procurement cycle times

What we offer you

• Working at the worlds only fully integrated aluminum and leading renewable energy company
• Diverse global teams
• Flexible work environment/home office
• We provide you the freedom to be creative and to learn from experts
• Possibility to grow with the company gain new certificates

What will make you successful

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors in Business Administration Economy
• 24 years experience in operational procurement/buying or supply chain operations
• ERP purchasing experience (e.g. SAP MM/S4HANA Oracle D365); e-sourcing tools (e.g. SAP Ariba Ariba Guided Buying Coupa Jaggaer) is a plus
• Fluent English language knowledge
• Working knowledge of Incoterms payment terms SLAs NDAs and basic contract clauses with category exposure across MRO Facilities IT Logistics and Professional Services
• Experience using catalogs and punchouts supplier portals and einvoicing platforms to support efficient procurement operations

Personal skills:

• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables basic data analysis)
• Customer service mindset urgency and ownership
• Analytical detailoriented accurate data handling
• Clear communication negotiation for lowvalue buys
• Integrity compliance focus and discretion
• Strong conflict handling and negotiation skills