PROCUREMENT ASSISTANT

DESCRIPTION

P&G is the biggest company of fast-moving consumer goods and manages to be the first in the market because of her passionate, dedicated employees. We are looking for an energetic colleague, with a “can do” attitude, who enjoys team work and is interested in building his/herself a meaningful career!

YOUR ROLE

The Contracts Governance/Price Management specialist will work and interact with multiple functions within the company (Purchasing, Planning, Accounts Payable/Payments, Finance, P&G Plants, R&D) as well as P&G suppliers, to ensure proper and timely implementation of contractually agreed terms. This involves:

• Managing the requests for commercial information coming from master data teams, planners or plants for activation of new raw and pack materials, by gathering the necessary data and providing it via the proprietary tools and templates, ensuring compliance with policies and standards;
• Verify and validate periodic price changes for raw and pack materials with suppliers, and ensure timely implementation of new prices in P&G’s ERPs;
• Address any gaps/issues/mistakes in price management process and ensure correctness of prices paid through invoices to suppliers.
• Manage the verification, registration and processing of rebates/credits from suppliers, ensuring timely recovery of funds;
• Cover the supplier master data creation and maintenance/update processes, according to the existing policies and regional specifics, within the Aravo Vendor Master Data software;
• Initiate/perform regular system data cleanup with regards to commercial terms for supply chain, ensuring compliance in internal policies and specific legal requirements;
• Act as 1st point of contact for specific suppliers with regard to their invoice payment issues and payment delays;
• Provide reports and analysis of data and results to management and purchasing department;
• Own and deliver the aligned critical metrics for the supply chains in scope.
• Identify gaps in the existing business scenarios, propose improvements to streamline processes and ensure their implementation.

• A diverse career path that will build you as a versatile business person, starting with real responsibilities and expected contributions from day one;
• A ‘promote-from-within’ culture, giving you the opportunity of being the company’s “tomorrow” leadership;
• A competitive salary and attractive benefits package (meal tickets, sport plan, life and medical insurance, vacation bonuses, etc.);
• Flexible hours and the possibility to work from home;
• Continuous trainings and mentoring;

• Very good speaking and written command of the English language
• Bachelor’s degree / Master’s degree graduate
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills;
• Evidence of passion, leadership and achievements in academic and/or non-academic activities;
• Problem solving via innovation & creativity;
• Strong organizing and analytical thinking;
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a multicultural environment;
• Efficient in Time management;
• Advanced in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint);
• SAP skills are a plus;