Contract Type:

Unlimited / Full-Time

Country / City:

Croatia / Zagreb

Company:

Beiersdorf d.o.o.

Job Function:

Supply Chain Management

Category Management and Strategic Sourcing:

• Responsible for end-to-end procurement activities for assigned categories, ensuring alignment with global, regional and local procurement teams
• Leading strategic sourcing initiatives, including market analysis, supplier identification, RFx processes, commercial evaluations, negotiations and contract implementation
• Developing, implementing and continuously improving category strategies to deliver sustainable value, cost optimization and risk mitigation

Stakeholder Management and Business Partnering:

• Acting as a trusted business partner for internal stakeholders by providing procurement expertise, market intelligence and sourcing recommendations
• Managing procurement requests and resolving procurement-related operational issues
• Driving savings initiatives, value engineering and demand management opportunities across assigned categories

Supplier Management and Negotiations:

• Negotiating commercial terms and conditions with local and regional suppliers, including pricing, TCO, payment terms, service levels and contractual conditions
• Managing supplier relationships and supplier performance, including regular business reviews, performance improvement initiatives and risk management

Projects, Regional/Global Initiatives and Process Improvement:

• Leading cross-functional procurement projects and supporting regional and global procurement initiatives
• Actively participating in regional and global procurement projects by providing expertise in sourcing, negotiations, supplier management and category strategy
• Supporting procurement transformation, process optimization and implementation of procurement best practices
• Providing guidance and knowledge sharing to other procurement colleagues and supporting their professional development

Governance, Compliance and Procurement Operations:

• Ensuring compliance with global procurement policies, internal controls and company governance standards
• Approving purchase requests through SRM in accordance with procurement rules
• Entering purchase requests into SAP in accordance with procurement rules where required
• Executing procurement requests in accordance with procurement rules
• Maintaining procurement-related master data and submitting requests for supplier master data creation, modification and deletion in accordance with company policies
• Collecting and analyzing procurement data, preparing procurement documentation, monitoring procurement performance and supporting reporting activities

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• University degree (Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management or related field preferred)
• Minimum 3 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing or category management
• Proven experience leading supplier negotiations and managing strategic supplier relationships
• Experience managing sourcing projects independently
• Strong commercial acumen with solid analytical and financial evaluation skills (including TCO analysis)
• English language proficiency
• Advanced computer proficiency, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience working with SAP and procurement systems (e.g. SRM, Ariba or equivalent)

Required Competencies:

• Good negotiation, influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Strong strategic thinking and business partnering capabilities
• High level of ownership, accountability and result orientation
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating within cross-functional teams
• High professional ethics and integrity
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment