Sourcing Manager at Barclays optimizing third - party spend requirements with close collaboration across teams. Developing sourcing strategies and managing compliance requirements to enhance operational efficiency.
About the role
- Procurement specialist overseeing the entire operational purchasing process within a team. Focusing on efficiency and cost-optimized procurement by collaborating with suppliers and internal departments.
Responsibilities
- You manage the entire operational purchasing process – from offer analysis through negotiation to on-time delivery
- You handle the full operational procurement of materials and services: offer analysis (price, quality, lead time, sustainability)
- Price/terms negotiations within your authorization
- Ordering, delivery tracking, dunning and complaint handling in the ERP system (proAlpha)
- Point of contact for internal departments and support with intercompany matters
- Establish and maintain long-term supplier relationships, including evaluations and audits
- Monitor market and price developments
- Optimize and digitize purchasing processes; maintain master data
- Analyze purchasing KPIs, prepare reports and contribute to savings initiatives
- Participate in contract and investment projects as well as group-wide synergy initiatives
Requirements
- Completed commercial vocational training – ideally as an Industrial Clerk (Industriekaufmann/-frau) or in Wholesale and Foreign Trade
- At least 5 years of experience in operational purchasing at a manufacturing company
- Confident user of MS Office and ERP systems – proAlpha is an advantage
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
- Analytical thinker, assertive, team- and process-oriented
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