Location: PL - DEBICA - E687
Goodyear Talent Acquisition Representative: Mojca Staric
Sponsorship Available: No
Relocation Assistance Available: No
Associate Procurement Operations Lead
Job location: Debica, Bucharest or Kranj
This position is based at our head office in Debica/Bucharest/Kranj and offers an opportunity to play a key role in the procurement process for the Goodyear offices in Europe East.
This position will serve as the first point of contact for SAG suppliers (Selling, Administrative and General Expenses) and local Stakeholders promoting best practices and ensuring Procurement is aligned with the business strategy.
The position reports to EMEA Procurement Operations Manager and ensures there is appropriate collaborative communication between strategic sourcing and shared services transactional teams.
The Team
- The successful candidate will be part of a diverse team distributed across Europe with autonomy to work as individual contributors but also collaborating on topics with no geographic boundaries
- The SAG team supports the EMEA region focusing products and services for Marketing, IT, Professional Services, HR Services and Retail
The Role
- Proactively engage with Projects at early stages capturing business opportunities
- Drive negotiations with Vendors based on business needs, capturing best product/service and optimum value proposition
- Enhance Vendor database reducing risk and promoting Vendor concentration
- Support Business financial objectives by driving savings on a year to year cost reduction
- Promote compliance and best practice
- Support improvement initiatives related to process, system and Master Data
Skills, Experience & Education
- CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) professional qualification
- Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or a related field
- Demonstrated experience in a corporate setting
- Able to demonstrate significant improvements in value across previously managed categories
- Prior experience in procurement, supply chain or a related operational function preferred
- Fundamental knowledge of business processes
- Highly organised
- Solid work ethics
- Positive attitude
- Strong communication skills
- Good financial/statistical analysis skills
- Self-motivating
- Problem-solving mindset
- Team-player
- Able to work under pressure and time management
- Proficient with MS Office. Experience with SAP, Tableau, Blueprint (project management). Exposure to Procurement related systems is considered an asset
We offer
- Interesting job position in an international environment with English usage on a daily basis and insights into many European cultures
- Contract of full-time employment with appealing employment conditions
- Great career development opportunities in one of the world’s largest tire companies with global footprint and recognition
Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 72,000 people and manufactures its products in 55 facilities in 23 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.