Procurement Associate

Job Identification

We are looking for a Procurement Operations associate to join our Supply Chain team, located in Hilla, Baghdad or Erbil, raq.

Mission Statement

Supports operational procurement activities at CCI level (12 countries) for indirect categories: Production equipment, construction, toll fill (Main category) and MRO, spare parts, chemicals, laboratory equipment (CEGP suppliers) by conducting The “Procure to Pay” (P2P) process activities and work directly with suppliers to ensure they are meeting expectations for cost and quality and timeliness of supply to support sustainable profitable growth in line with CCI Vision.

What We Expect

1. Supports operational procurement activities at CCI level (12 countries) for indirect categories: Production equipment, construction, toll fill (Main category) and MRO, spare parts, chemicals, laboratory equipment (CEGP suppliers) by conducting The “Procure to Pay” (P2P) process activities and work directly with suppliers to ensure they are meeting expectations for cost and quality and timeliness of supply to support sustainable profitable growth in line with CCI Vision.
2. Follow full PO cycle up to closing: Purchase Order (Creation & Change & Update & Close); Framework Contract (Creation & Change & Update & Close);
3. Ensure timely execution for Vendors registration, onboarding, edit, blocking in Vendor Master Data, New Suppliers Sanction Check before Supplier Registration;
4. Engage in the solution of invoice / payment problems with the supplier;
5. Provide information cycle to the central procurement for the solution of the problem on the issues that are centrally agreed;
6. Ensure timely execution for sourcing & PR-PO conversion as per agreed lead-times;
7. Handle supplier disputes and queries for transaction-level activities;
8. Indirect Categories Icontract registration and Follow up (Only CIS Region)
9. Create and follow payment requests: Letter of Guarantee & Seller Advance Form & Manual payment request;
10. Follow and improve KPI related with baseline improvements for Average PO Cycle Time (Creation or Update to Final Approval), Framework Approval Completion Time (Creation or Update to Final Approval), Framework Revision Quantity, % Improvement Over Workcyle Qty. by Material Group for PO – Invoice Price Resolution (Workcycle – Readsoft), Average time to complete vendor master data cycle (Creation or Update to Final Approval), Average time to complete Seller Advance Form (Creation to Final Approval);
11. Fulfill the duties of (replace) temporary absent employees: as Manager order;

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering/Finance/Business Administration)
• English level intermediate or higher
• Experience min 2 years
• Multitasking, stress resistant, analytical skills, commodity knowledge
• Multitasking, stress resistant, analytical skills, commodity knowledge
• experience in procurement min 2 years
• interview/qualification check in the company.
• Experience in a regional or global matrix organization.
• The “Procure to Pay” (P2P) process.
• Experience in working with ERP systems.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of finance and accounting.
• Arabic fluent, English –Intermediate and above.
• SAP (preferred) and other procurement programs.
• Confident use of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power BI.

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