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Introduction

IBM is seeking a self-driven and highly motivated Tactical Buyer / Sourcing Professional with proven experience to join our IBM Procurement Services team, supporting key client initiatives.

As a Tactical Buyer / Sourcing Professional, you will take ownership of and lead projects.

Along with Category Managers/Strategic Sourcing Professionals, you will also be providing category insights to assist strategy development.

Your role and responsibilities
  • You will support on-going sourcing activities including driving supplier performance, demand management savings, and increasing compliance.
  • You will own primary responsibility to achieve client success for the projects/ tasks assigned.
  • You will act as a trusted commercial advisor and an expert in deriving value whilst meeting operational needs.
  • You will have a chance to grow strategic sourcing skills and specific enhanced category knowledge
  • You will network with leading class sourcing professionals to support your role and career path
  • You will have a career path opportunity into more deep dive category expertise or more broader leadership horizons
Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Strong decision-making skills and demonstrated negotiation expertise
  • Supplier relationship management expertise and client facing skills
  • Proactive character and team player attitude
  • High levels of personal drive, initiative, and commitment to business goals
  • Preferably fluent in European languages such as Romanian, German, or Polish, though open to candidates proficient in French, Spanish, or Italian as well
  • Experience in the FM category is preferred, but not limited to it.
  • Strong communication skills
  • Minimum 3 years of Tactical Buyer / Sourcing Buyer experience
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Experience with dashboards and reporting tools in general
  • Experience with e-sourcing tools

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

The IBM Finance organization is responsible for driving enterprise performance and transformation.  We are the financial stewards of IBM, delivering IBM’s financial strategy, developing new business models, and mitigating enterprise risk. Do you have a passion for creating business value? Join our team in accounting, financial planning, pricing, business controls, tax, treasury, business development (acquisitions & divestitures), and global financing.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

 

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

 

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

 

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. 

 

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.


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