Lead Associate - Procurement with German & English

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a global Business Process Management (BPM) leader. WNS offers business value to 400+global clients by combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key industry verticals, including Banking and Financial Services, Consulting and Professional Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Telecommunications, Travel and Utilities.


WNS Romania is a leading provider of end-to-end BPM solutions in Europe. We are strategic partner to our clients for delivering a full range of basic to complex business processes.
We understand European business while maintaining a global context. We have stood by this statement since our inception in 2008.

Our core capabilities are around German, Italian, Spanish, French, English languages across F&A, Procurement and Customer Service Interaction Services. We have over 11 clients and more than 450 employees across multiple industries like: Insurance, Travel & Leisure, Manufacturing, Market Intelligence, Music & Entertainment and Specialty Minerals.

We are most admired for our people, partnership approach, performance and domain expertise.

Bachelor degree in any stream. Certification in Procurement (Desirable)
3 to 6 years work Experience in Service desk Management and Transactional Sourcing and Procurement
Experience with any of the industrial standard Procurement ERP ex: Ariba, Oracle i-proc.
Proficient is Microsoft office application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
Excellent communication (written & spoken) and interpersonal skills
Good German & English levels
Open to travel to client location for knowledge transfer and then pass of the information to other team members

Duties & Responsibilities for Procurement:

Procurement and Desk operations understanding
PR to PO process in accordance with operating guidelines
Contents sanitation for PR, PO, Invoice and any relevant document under P2P Operations
Review and clarify requirements from internal stakeholders on requisition
Able to use the organization’s Purchase to Pay (P2P) system and deal effectively with any queries raised by stakeholders to improve the sourcing and procurement process
Updating and reviewing PR as per compliance
Having knowledge of Contract Administration task
Root cause analysis for delayed PRs. Finding innovative method of reducing PR to PO cycle time
Efficiently manage negotiation with suppliers and generating saving opportunities
Undertake expediting of order as per urgency of the requirement and ensuring the timely deliveries of goods/ services from supplier
Deliver customer service and stakeholder satisfaction for overall procurement and finding ways of improvements

Duties & Responsibilities for Coordination role:
Responsible for achieving own and team SLA’s (Service Levels Agreement)
Manages daily work allocation
Monitors and ensures delivery of Agreed Service Levels through team performance
Process documentation is kept up to date
Daily processing of transactions ensuring no back logs
Ensures daily reporting for productivity
Coordinates team schedule and leave planning

You will enjoy:
A great office, a friendly atmosphere and a multinational environment
Bonuses for your results
Wide range of development and training options (including soft skills and language courses)
Career path perspective and personal development plan
Great work-life balance culture