Overview GEP is a diverse, creative team of people passionate about procurement. We invest ourselves entirely in our client's success, creating strong collaborative relationships that deliver extraordinary value year after year. Our clients include market global leaders with far-flung international operations, Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises, leading government and public institutions. We deliver practical, effective services and software that enable procurement leaders to maximise their impact on business operations, strategy and financial performance. That's just some of the things that we do in our quest to build a beautiful company, enjoy the journey and make a difference. GEP is a place where individuality is prized, and talent respected. We're focused on what is real and effective. GEP is where good ideas and great people are recognized, results matter, and ability and hard work drive achievements. We're a learning organization, actively looking for people to help shape, grow and continually improve us.Are you one of us?GEP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability status, or any other characteristics protected by law. We are committed to hiring and valuing a global diverse work team.For more information please visit us on or check us out on . What you will do Manage an end to end procurement process by finding suitable suppliers, executing requests for proposals and preparing price analysis.Monitor and research trends in the industry as well as "Best Practices" and pursue and adopt these as appropriate for assigned commodity areas.Work effectively with peers and others to operate a proactive supplies and consumables environment for the business.Conduct RFx sourcing and benchmarking for the commodities and services assigned and create analysis to support recommendations for periodic changes in supply.Understand standard purchasing practices and techniques, independently work with suppliers and receiving locations to quickly reconcile discrepancies with purchase orders, requisitions, supplier's deliveries and invoices.Analyze quotations, manages day to day supplier interfaces including PO's/discrepancies/deliveries, etc.Participate as member of Sourcing Team to ensure compliance with all procurement processes.Supplier and basic market research.Conduct and managing supplier evaluations for our clients.Support clients with day to day ad-hoc sourcing requests, various cost, change management & supplier performance management.Analyze spend data.Collect data, compiling & analyzing the results to present a consistent analysis to clients. What you should bring Education: Minimum bachelor's degree (or in progress) in Science, Business or Engineering or similar stream or a combination of high school education and relevant experience.Experience: 3-5 years previous work experience, Managing the procure to pay process, RFX auctions process (Must), procurement process experience.Languages: required to be fluent in Spanish and English --> Portuguese is a plusOTHER SKILLSWork well in a team setting and able to work without close supervision.Good organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.Possess strong quantitative, analytical and communication skills.Self-starter, sense of urgency, works well under pressure, ability to work in high-velocity environment.Knowledge of project management and sourcing.Financial analysis and quantitative skills.Business acumen: Understanding how markets work.Change Mgmt.Skills: Effective influencer who can make persuasive arguments.Negotiation skills includes building eAuction strategies.Excellent communication – written and verbal.Familiarity with Microsoft office suites, Outlook, ERP/ P2P systems knowledge (RQ). Need help finding the right job?
