Operational procurement (SCM Purchase to Pay / P2P) is typically defined as the daily ordering of goods (direct and indirect) and services, the following up of orders and the contacting of suppliers in connection with such issues as deliveries and complaints on commercial topics 

• Purchase Order Management: PO creation, PO release and follow-up, based on requested demands and negotiated prices and conditions at defined suppliers in a timely manner and therefore to guarantee the on-time delivery to customers. 
• Check of not processed purchase requisitions 
• Purchasing data maintenance in ERP system (e.g. info-records, source list, lead times …) to ensure that purchase orders to suppliers for several areas can be processed timely and in the correct way
• Manage order confirmations from suppliers - including manual maintenance 
• First interface to suppliers for all needed clarifications regarding deviating order confirmations (prices, quantities, dates)
• Regular check of overdue/non confirmed/open purchase orders and respective PO rescheduling (expedite, push out, cancel) in cooperation with relevant departments
• Supplier invoice management / clarification in case of deviation

• Preparation of process descriptions (work instructions)
• Daily maintenance of KPI reports and trackers and creation daily other operational reports (material availability, open order book etc)
• Close cooperation with specialist fields, Strategic Procurement/Global Purchasing, accounting department, Material Planning, Engineering, Plant SCM operations …

Graduate in Engineering or Equivalent/ Post Graduate in any stream.

Masters with 2-3 years / Bachelors with 2-3 years of experience 

Technical skills :

Purchasing exposure in Manufacturing or Electrical Industry or shared service center
Domain Knowledge - SCM
Reporting and Analysis
PO and Supply Management
Order Mgt (ERPs / IT Applications/CRM Application)
Master Data Management

Soft Skills :

 Knowledge in Microsoft Excel, Office and Power Point;
• Effective Communication, Presentation & Listening Skills, German Language proficiency will be prefered.
• High Learning Agility
• Customer Centric Approach
• CI Mindset.
• Escalation Management and Solution provider
• Effective Collaboration
• People agility (Comfort around higher management, dealing with stakeholders / people at different levels etc)