Procurement Sourcing Specialist

British American Tobacco is a leading tobacco group, with brands sold in more than 200 markets. We employ more than 57,000 people and, with over 200 brands in our portfolio, we make the cigarette chosen by one in eight of the world’s one billion adult smokers. We hold robust market positions in each of our four regions – Americas; Asia-Pacific; Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Western Europe – and we are leaders in more than 60 markets.

2 years prior experience Procurement or on a similar role and/or in Global Business Services
Experience in using eProcurement / eSourcing tools (Ariba, Coupa, Icertis, Oracle) is nice to have
Advanced capabilities in conducting sourcing activities
Experience of the creation of effective group contracts, and knowledge around corporate regulation and legislation implications
High level of commercial awareness
Reporting and analytical skills
Strong influencing and negotiating skills
Advanced level for English

BENEFICIAL:

Additional foreign languages, such as: Italian, German, Spanish, French are a strong plus

Responsible for the execution of sourcing activities for End markets and for the central Procurement teams
To develop the processes, templates, governance, and framework for executing eRFx and e-Auction processes and supporting other sourcing activities as necessary.
To ensure all eRFx’s once complete are appropriately updated, logged, and communicated to procurement, and successfully transferred to a contract.
To work with the GBS CoE Lead and resource each sourcing event through central management of the eRFx pipeline across all categories and End markets
To set-up and execute e-auctions for strategic sourcing projects in consultation with end markets global team
To manage and/or conduct training to teams and vendors for the use of the proper platforms to execute sourcing events
To collect, verify and analyze thoroughly data and reports
To respond to user queries (from Procurement or the business) with regards to final award including providing necessary audit trail

ROLE POSITIONING AND OBJECTIVES

Reports to: Regional Centre of Excellence (CoE) Lead

Reporting Level: Management

Geographic Scope: Regional

The role is responsible for providing support to procurement strategic projects and managing e-auctions.

SENIORITY LEVEL: Non-management

FUNCTION: Finance

LOCATION: Bucharest

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Permanent