Procurement Transactional Buyer

SUMMARY:
iProc (Oracle) Coordination

POSITION INFO:

Procurement Transactional Buyer

Woodmead

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 97,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

Primary Responsibilities

• iProc (Oracle) Coordination
• Indirect purchases (non-catalogue) allocation
• Open orders status report and follow-up
• Procurement Analytics

Specific Responsibilities

• iProc (Oracle) Coordination
  • Coordinate all procurement related iProc transactions (requisitions, amendments, etc…)
  • Convert purchase requisitions in to purchase orders
    • Approving requisitions
    • Challenge non-compliant requisitions
    • Point of contact for administrators on existing transactions

• Indirect purchases (non-catalogue) allocation
  • Allocate indirect purchase requests to Procurement Specialists
  • Communicate on status of requests and send negotiated quotations to requesters
  • Open orders status report and follow-up
    • Communicate with administrators on long standing open orders
    • Send weekly reports on open purchase orders
    • Report justifications and statuses

• Closing purchase orders
  • Finding resolution to problematic transactions with Business and Finance

Specific Authorities

• iProc – PR to PO conversion rights

Required Skills

Education

• Tertiary Qualification (preferred)

Experience

• Procurement
• Finance (P2P)
• ERP
• Transactional Administration

IT Competencies

• Oracle
• Proficient on MS Office applications, especially Excel and Word

Competencies

• Attention to detail
• Very organized
• Initiative and proactivity
• Analytics proficiency
• Innovation
• Able to professionally collaborate across all boundaries.
• Self confidence

Skills

• Excellent Communication and people skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Attention to detail (accuracy)
• Willing to learn and bring new ideas forward for improvement.

Attributes

• Ability to take decisions based on sound reasoning
• Ability to work under pressure
• Accuracy
• Adaptability
• Analytical thinking
• Attention to detail
• Commitment
• Continuous improvement
• Honesty and integrity
• Independent
• Initiative
• Logical thinking
• Self disciplined and organized
• Team player

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