Procurement Specialist | P985

.Procurement SpecialistEbury Malaga - Office based - 4 days a week in the officeAbout the positionThis is an unique opportunity to join a fast growing Fintech and a recently established globalprocurement function. The successful candidate will be under Ebury Finance reporting to theprocurement manager. Loads are still to be done as this is a new division that is definingprocesses and policies, conducting sourcing activities on a daily basis while supportingAccounts in improving purchasing operations. The candidate will be strongly supported by abusiness that is embracing opportunities presented by a procurement function yieldingresults month on month.While the initial role is defined to support both upstream anddownstream procurement activities, the end goal will be leaning towards either a sourcing orpurchasing specialist, the former is preferred.Responsibilities:Data Analysis: Collecting and analysing procurement data (i. e. suppliers spend, contract information and process compliance via Ebury TPRM system) to identifypatterns, trends, and opportunities for improvement in the procurement process anddevelopment of:- Sourcing pipeline- Contract efficiencies and supplier consolidation roadmap- Creation of Catalogues- Credit card expenses analysis and action to reduce out of policy expenses- Analysing the total cost of ownership and looking for cost-saving opportunitiesSourcing: Provide end to end support in the implementation of sourcing activities:- Market Research: Staying informed about market conditions, changes inindustry trends, and potential vendors or suppliers.Be able to issuerecommendations to key stakeholders on tender candidates and marketcompetition- Development of RFX documents- Consolidating and analysing tender responses- Assessing and selecting vendors/suppliers based on criteria such as price, quality, service, and reliability- Support in conducting large and complex tenders- Leading low to mid tier supplier negotiationsContract management support: Support company efforts in actively managinglarge contract with strategic third parties in order to:- Track and monitor compliance to agreed terms and commercials- Ongoing identification of value adds opportunities- Support regular supplier review meetingsPurchasing activities: Actively managing implementation of PO process to achievegoal to channel 80% of the external spend via PO invoices