Procurement Specialist

Company description
DB Schenker Global Business Services Bucharest is the partner for accounting excellence and support activities for international logistics. Together we aim to become the global reference in business services. We can ship your passion and skills to a promising future. We partner with our customers to design best in class finance and accounting services, sales and business services and operations support from across the group. Together as ONE TEAM, we are HERE TO MOVE.

Your tasks
Supporting the Procurement manager in implementing efficient sourcing strategies;
Actively cooperating with internal clients / tech specifier (i.e. IT, HR, Facility, etc.) to ensure clarity and completeness of the specifications, according to expectations for the requested material /product/service; 
Based on requirements from internal clients/departments, determining probable sources, request offers from suppliers and evaluates the proposals for a variety of products and services, including corporate events; 
Participating at negotiations with external vendors to secure advantageous terms;
Ensuring that all procurement and contracting guidelines and ethics are applied; 
Ensuring that all PR raised are correct and complete; 
Performing contract management for contracts within the scope of authority (i.e. administrative contracts). Ensures that the contractual terms are met, including service level respect, schedules contract renewal etc.;
Performing continuous market research in various supplies of goods, materials and services, in order to identify most suitable suppliers;
Assessing current and potential suppliers in terms of geographic footprint, product range, scope of services, market position, competitive pricing, terms and conditions, service level agreements etc.; 
Ensuring alignment with DB Schenker group practices;
Performing other duties as assigned by direct superior and managers.

Your profile
Proven working experience as a procurement specialist, facility /administrative/support services specialist;
Good knowledge of supplier or third-party management software;
Talent in negotiations and networking;
Attention to details, strong analytical and problem solving skills;
Ability to plan and prioritize tasks;
Efficient orientation to both result and clients and ability to work with tight deadline;
High ethical person with well-developed ability to build trust-based relationship;
BSc degree (Economics would be an advantage);
Technical skills include Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
Strong proficiency in spoken and written Romanian and English, along with confident and selfdriven