Senior Procurement Specialist

Hybrid - Senior

Kazakhstan, Almaty · India · Kazakhstan

Become a part of our team as a Senior Procurement Specialist! Use your expertise to navigate the intricacies of the global market. Drive strategic sourcing efforts, secure contracts, and enhance operational efficiency. Engage with stakeholders to maintain smooth procurement operations.

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Responsibilities

  • Technically coordinate the purchasing activities within the organization.
  • Follow procurement and contract strategy: organize and gather market knowledge, propose advanced actions plan to benefit from market opportunities.
  • Implementing, and controlling contract and price negotiations to supply to the profitability of the company.
  • Follow procurement and contract procedures in the company and its subsidiaries.
  • Knowledge of categories such as Consulting, People Services, General Administrative, Marketing.
  • Coordinate and review Purchase Request for further approving and releasing PO.
  • KYC additional check before releasing PO.
  • Coordinate the tender and benchmarking processes to ensure that Initiators align with procurement policies and procedures.
  • Coordination of the contract with responsible departments (treasury, legal, IP, data protection, accounting, technical and other specialists).
  • Supplier search based on category and location upon request of a Stakeholder or Procurement Team Leader.
  • Leading the sourcing process for the assigned category.
  • Control of terms of contract approval with weekly provision of report to company.
  • Holding meetings and facilitation with responsible departments and contract initiators.
  • Provide consultation and management of P2P process in ERP and CLM system.
  • Organization of signing contracts, including through EDI.
  • Implementation the register of contracts: analysis, systematization and extraction of statistical data.
  • Management and control of Vendor Master Data in ERP system to proceed a payment.
  • Implementation a database of all suppliers by categories.
  • Implementation a database of all contract duration and notification of Initiators to prolong or terminate a contract.
  • Manage signing process of all type of contracts to align with signing policy.
  • Participate in negotiation process with Suppliers during proceeding a tender process by Initiator/Stakeholder.
  • Implement instruction and further updates of Vendor Master Data management.

Qualifications

  • A university degree or equivalent qualification, or substantial vocational experience with clear evidence of professional growth through increasingly responsible roles in Procurement and Finance.
  • Experience in FMCG or Big Four consulting firms is highly desirable.
  • Strong knowledge of the relevant category, including distribution channels and market dynamics.
  • Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in Global Procurement, preferably in a multinational or complex organizational environment.

Conditions & Benefits

  • Stable salary, official employment.
  • Health insurance.
  • Hybrid work mode and flexible schedule.
  • Relocation package offered for candidates from other regions.
  • Access to professional counseling services including psychological, financial, and legal support.
  • Discount club membership.
  • Diverse internal training programs.
  • Partially or fully payed additional training courses.
  • All necessary work equipment.

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