Procurement Specialist

About the role

Ensure that material resources are consistent with production schedules. The Procurement Specialist’s responsibilities are to order MRO and Packaging against material specifications, creating and maintaining delivery schedules, coordinating with plant teams and managing external supplier’s relations. Providing site consolidated forecast to the packaging category managers. Execute the Group procurement policies. Regional responsibility of managing transactional procurement tasks and activities in the Procure to Pay(P2P) process area for indirect. Performing transactional procurement activities Ensuring activities are performed according to agreed controls and processes. Recognize unusual events or consistent problems and work with team members to resolve issues.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that material resources are consistent with production schedules.
• Order MRO and Packaging against material specifications.
• Create and maintain delivery schedules.
• Coordinate with plant teams.
• Manage external supplier relations.
• Provide site consolidated forecast to the packaging category managers.
• Execute the Group procurement policies.
• Manage transactional procurement tasks and activities in the Procure to Pay (P2P) process area for indirect (regional responsibility).
• Perform transactional procurement activities.
• Ensure activities are performed according to agreed controls and processes.
• Recognize unusual events or consistent problems and work with team members to resolve issues.

Qualifications

Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience executing Procure-to-Pay (P2P) transactions and processes within SAP, with a solid understanding of purchasing, requisition management, purchase order processing, goods receipt, and invoice resolution in compliance with established policies and procedures. Minimum formal education: Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred).

Skills

• Ownership mindset with strong working ethics and ability to comply with policies and processes.
• Customer service focus and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Hands‑on person.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet critical deadlines.
• Collaborative and a true team player, supporting initiatives in a proactive manner to improve own and teamwork practices.
• Willingness and ability to challenge own and others’ beliefs and thinking in a constructive manner.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, INDEX‑MATCH, and complex formulas.
• Data analysis and reporting capabilities.
• Ability to create and maintain dashboards and KPI tracking tools.
• Fluent in English and local language.

Schedule

This role requires on‑site presence for the full workweek.