eProcurement SME
Procurement Outsourcing Services
Czech Republic (Prague)
Ref: PL12-R264-S06
Our Client
is the market leader in the rapidly growing procurement outsourcing market. The company is exclusively focused on helping its customers, such as Kimberly-Clark, Goodyear, Chiquita, Hertz, Microsoft India and many other leading companies, reduce costs and improve competitiveness through procurement excellence.
As a leading procurement outsourcing specialist, our client is committed to delivering exceptional service through exceptional people. To do this, they bring together deep sourcing and procurement expertise, market insight, best practices and tools across the full spectrum of the indirect goods and services that companies procure in order to run their business. Whether in the area of marketing services, IT hardware, MRO, facilities or raw materials, they help their customers establish and manage supplier contracts and partnerships that deliver better pricing, value and service.
The Position
Our client is seeking an eProcurement SME to support deployment and management of eProcurement systems for Fortune 500 companies. In this capacity, you will be based out of client’s office in Prague and will provide consultative project support / technical expertise to help our clients get value from their eProcurement systems. Candidates should reside in or be willing to relocate to Prague, Czech Republic.
Specifically, you will:
- Provide technical support for all projects and upgrades associated with the system
- Must be able to provide consultative technical expertise in the management of Ariba (AML, JAVA, XHTML)
- Ensure that the platform operates effectively and meets business needs
- Drive process and platform standardization
- Provide guidance to the customer regarding best practices
- Partner with the client to provide project proposal/pricing support
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline (business/finance/technology/engineering/ mathematics)
- Fluent English (business level)
- 5+ years of technical experience with the Ariba platform. Experience in Buyer, Invoicing, Analysis, and T and E (Middleware Knowledge a bonus)
- Experience managing client interactions and project proposal management
- Excellent analytical, time-management, multi-tasking, problem solving and organizational skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in MS Office (ie. Excel, PowerPoint, Word)