Global Procurement Associate Analyst

Responsibilities Analyze item list with catalogue data provided to generate new catalogues Act as point person for supplier on technical catalogue-related queries Provide guidance to procurement managers/buyers on catalogue strategies Analyze transaction list with reporting analyst to generate new catalogues Assure the maintenance of e-catalogues for assigned categories of products/ services Assure the analysis of the item list with catalogue data provided by the supplier Assure the catalogue-friendly guide is updated Accomplish catalogue SLAs (e.g. response to users within agreed business days) Catalogue management team is responsible for updating electronic buying portal, i.e. uploading new catalogues into P2P system as approved and validate completeness/correctness of the upload Coordinates with GP, vendors, IT on the implementation of punch-out catalogues Supports Catalog usage improvement activities Assure unique, strategic and global suppliers list are reflected properly in Category Cards Maintain category cards for assigned categories of products/services Assure the user´s searching guide tool is updated Control suppliers enabled on the system and Category Cards are aligned with SLAs Accomplish Category Cards SLA: e.g. response to users within agreed business days Identify / Validate requested Category card updates and provide all required information to the owner/approver of the Category card for approval Provide quality check of Category Card ticket update requests and transfer/process into Category Card Enablement Tool Make sure to keep on date the owners of our different processes and be aware in case a new process should be created/ modified Qualifications Bachelor´s Degree in a related major 1-3 years of experience in Procurement field Excellent interpersonal skills (needs to be able to build relationships over the phone without meeting suppliers/customers on a regular basis) Ability to analyze data and understand the processes Good IT procurement skills. PC (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Procurement or Finance/analytical background is preferred English Language Proficiency (Very good written and spoken) ERP (SAP / ARIBA) experience is required