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Procurement Operations Associate with German

Prague Job No. 12843051 Full-time - Hybrid

Job Description

Objectives of Role

  • To create and change Purchase Orders based on client’s requirements
  • Resolve PO related issues and enquiries
  • PO change process execution based on the client’s requirement
  • Clarification of queries with suppliers and requestors/Strategic Buyers
  • Maintenance of order acknowledgements
  • Approval flow follow up
  • To provide first line support for all user enquiries within the applied application to achieve SLA targets and maintain the appropriate control environment
  • To provide a second line support for the processing team based on Customer Service Lead instruction
  • Administrative support for client


Main responsibilities:

  • Verify Purchase request quality
  • Align with requestors on missing details and completion of purchase request
  • Create Purchase orders
  • Resolve any PR/PO related issues or enquiries
  • Execute PO change activity, work with the business line
  • Support the client with different administrative activities
  • Provide consistent support to customer
  • Initiate follow-up calls
  • Coordinate with requestors/Strategic Buyers for incident resolution
  • To answer incoming calls
  • To provide timely, accurate and relevant service-related information in order for them to be delighted
  • Solves problems largely by precedent with referral to detailed instructions/procedures
  • Escalate customer issues as required to Supervisor
  • Recommend updates to procedures and user guide to team lead
  • Escalate any vendor disputes
  • Strong understanding of the SLAs

Commercial and Financial Responsibilities:

  • Provide high quality procurement services to the client, ensuring that contractual Accenture SLAs and service obligations are met for the work within scope of the role
  • Identify opportunities to improve the quality of operations


People Management Responsibilities

  • No direct line reports in this role


Client Customer Responsibilities:

  • Providing high-quality customer service to employees and suppliers in response to email and telephone


Main Accountabilities:

  • Improving customer satisfaction measured by the Customer Satisfaction Survey
  • To continuously increase customer satisfaction by improvement of complaint-handling performance to minimize customer loss
  • To identify the best service solutions to increase satisfaction

Qualifications

Core Competencies:

  • Helpful and proactive manner is important
  • Strong customer orientation
  • Drives issues to resolution and good problem solving skills
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good administration skills
  • Comfortable with responding to requests from all levels of the organization
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment

Technical Skills:

  • Microsoft Office
  • SAP Nice to have


Other Expectations:

  • Procurement or Customer Service background preferred
  • Fluent written and spoken in German and English


Working Dimensions:

  • Role will might involve non frequent travel
  • Supports Client organization, Tactical Sourcing Teams and Strategic Sourcing team

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