<p>Requirements:</p>

<p>- Fluency in English and German/ Russian&nbsp;(written and spoken)<br />
- Minimum 1 year professional experience in analytic role<br />
- Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in business administration or international business management or equivalent<br />
- Procurement experience can be a plus<br />
- Project management skills with the ability to manage multiple end-to-end acquisition project cycles<br />
- Experience in online sourcing platforms such as Ariba, nice to have<br />
- Ability to identify and develop efficient ways of handling data problems within critical timelines<br />
- Ability to work with large quantities of data and convert it to a comprehensible result<br />
- Focus on automation, processes and innovation<br />
- Proficiency with Excel and Power Point</p>

<p>Responsibilities:</p>

<p>- Support Sourcing Manager / Subject Matter Expert in strategic sourcing projects<br />
- Design and implement cost savings projects across multiple categories and/or sub-categories starting with defining project scope with stakeholders through to strategy and opportunity assessment, tender and supplier negotiations, stakeholder recommendation and supplier/contract enablement<br />
- Facilitate documents and forms to complete supplier evaluations and contracting<br />
- Regularly engage with customers&rsquo; stakeholders and senior stakeholders to drive and communicate progress and signoff on project milestones<br />
- Proactively eliminate critical path road blocks to help ensure successful delivery of the solution<br />
- Take steps to proactively mitigate project risk as defined/required in project plan. Ensure stakeholders clearly understand what risks will or will not be mitigated<br />
- Where appropriate, ensure project members effectively manage dependencies, budgets, and schedule<br />
- Ensure the project stakeholders&rsquo; expectations are understood and managed<br />
- Perform total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research and conduct pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements.<br />
- Work collaboratively with suppliers and customer stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost and performance improvement strategies.</p>
