Procurement Category Specialist

Job Identification

We are looking for a Procurement category specialist to join our Procurement team department in Tashkent for Indirect categories (Production equipment&construction&tollfill for Central Asia CCI countries)

What we expect

• Support sourcing event drafts and contracting needs for category group at the regional level and according to procurement strategies determined by corporate;
• Provide support to the Procurement Category Lead in strategy building, category analyses, market analysis, and category reporting to drive negotiations and supplier selection;
• Support the execution of sourcing events within provided spend limits as determined at corporate category group level.
• Ensure all procurement activites to align with CCI policies, audit expectations, and countries Legislation;
• Maintain good utilization for eProcurement tools made available by CCI;
• 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. 
• Utilize reporting and analytics to drive key strategies and decisions for the category group;
• Monitor industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit emerging opportunities;

Qualifications

• University degree
• 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.