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Date: Jun 10, 2025

Location: Bishkek, KG

Company: Coca Cola İçecek

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We are looking for Procurement Category Specialist to join our team in Kyrgyzstan.

What we expect:

Implement procurement activities at Central Asia HUB procurement for Indirect categories (MRO, Spare Parts, Chemicals and Lab for CA CCI countries) to ensure lowest cost with highest quality and on time supply to support sustainable profitable growth in line with CCI Vision.

1. Support sourcing event drafts and contracting needs for category group at the regional level and according to procurement strategies determined by corporate;

2. Provide support to the Procurement Category Lead in strategy building, category analyses, market analysis, and category reporting to drive negotiations and supplier selection;

3. Support the execution of sourcing events within provided spend limits as determined at corporate category group level.

4. Ensure all procurement activites to align with CCI policies, audit expectations, and countries Legislation;

5. Maintain good utilization for eProcurement tools made available by CCI;

6. Develop and source alternatives to bring new local/global suppliers into the system, to engage in problems with suppliers such as quality, delivery, payments etc.,  create contingency plans. 

7. Utilize reporting and analytics to drive key strategies and decisions for the category group;

8. Monitor industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit emerging opportunities

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree (Engineering/Finance/Business Administration)
  • Experience in procurement min 2 years
  • Multitasking, stress resistant, analytical skills, commodity knowledge
  • Interview/qualification check in the company.
  • Experience in a regional or global matrix organization.
  • Experience in category management (commodity management) in the field of procurement.
  • The "Procure to Pay" (P2P) process.
  • Knowledge of the principles of sustainable supply (Supply Sustainability).
  • Experience in working with ERP systems.
  • Basic knowledge and understanding of finance and accounting.
  • Russian and English – Upper-Intermediate and above.
  • SAP (preferred) and other procurement programs.
  • Confident use of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power BI.

 

What We Embrace: 

  • “People Centered” Focus
  • Equal Salary Advocate
  • A Globally Diverse/An International Workplace
  • Inclusive Team-Building Activities
  • Digital Learning Opportunities
  • Leadership Exposure With Organizational Events
  • Inclusive Language And Culture
  • Social Clubs/Networks
  • Inclusive/Family-Friendly Policies

 

Who We Are
 

CCI is a multinational beverage company which operates in Türkiye, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Syria. CCI produces, distributes and sells sparkling and still beverages. CCI employs more than 10,000 people, has a total of 33 bottling plants, and 3 fruit processing plants in 12 countries, offering a wide range of beverages to a population base of 600 million people.

Our purpose at CCI is to create value for our employees, customers, consumers, and community. In line with our vision to become the best FMCG company, we put people at the core of everything we do. We achieve successful results with our people who come together as One Team, committing to live by our shared values of passion, integrity, accountability, and teamwork. Our ambition is to become a great place to work, which is inclusive, diverse, and inspiring, with its key organizational and leadership capabilities.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our commitment at CCI, that's why we nurture it in everything we do. We are proud to become the fourth company to obtain the EQUAL-SALARY global certification and proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, covering in all our countries.

We take responsibility for the future with our Sustainability Commitments for 2030.

Focusing our roadmap on six main areas, including packaging, water, and climate on environmental issues; human rights, diversity & inclusion, and community investments on social issues, we pledged 9 commitments to continuously improve our efforts. To ensure that by the year 2030, 35% of newly hired individuals, 40% of managerial positions, and 50% of executive committee members are comprised of women.

 

  We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, sex, color, national or      social origin, ethnicity, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, or political opinion.

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