Analyst, Procurement (Female/Male)

Purpose Summary

Responsibilities

Principal Responsibilities

• Contract and license management
• Create purchase requisitions and purchase orders
• Provide pricing quotes for items and preparing orders with suppliers
• Vendor and distributor relationship management
• Obtain and review competitive bids, quotes, and proposals from vendors and contractors; discuss evaluations and review with requesters and subject matter experts
• Negotiate with vendors for the best price over contracted services and purchases.
• Manage Finance department and IT Management relationship
• Responsible for product support and warranties, leasing, maintenance, and software contracts, as well as hardware purchases, and license information
• Works with IT Support to maintain repository of enterprise software licenses/keys 
• Assist helpdesk in updating and maintaining inventories for all IT equipment and supplies including location, asset tag number serial number make and model of equipment.
• Research products and equipment; prepare product/equipment specifications
• Research websites/contact vendors to gather technical information and prices on supplies and equipment .
• Recommend the most effective procurement strategy
• Assist with drafting, revising, and circulating purchase and procurement guidance
• Budget execution validation, involved in the yearly process for budget creation

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Experience

• Bachelor of Science with a minimum of two to three years of significant work experience working in a high volume fast paced office environment with high degree of responsibility. 
• Experience with software licensing and volume purchasing agreements for the major enterprise system software suppliers (e.g., Dell, Microsoft, Atlassian...)
• Experience in presenting technology recommendations from a business perspective. 
• Experience in planning and carrying out software license audits & reconcilements.
• Certification in Software License Management as an advantage. 
• Communicative German language.
• Communicative English language.

Competencies

• You will be articulate, with excellent communication skills, able to listen and provide answers
• You will be a passionate individual who has the ability to change others way of thinking
• You will have excellent attention to detail and data management skills