Procurement Professional

Job description / Role

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. To lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems.

Your Role and Responsibilities

General Job Purpose
- The Procurement Squad Member has the responsibility for achieving best overall value for IBM (internal and external clients) when acquiring or contracting for goods, services and intellectual property assets by selecting appropriate suppliers providing optimal cost, quality and delivery.
- Such Procurement professional executes both the operational part of Procurement Process meeting all predefined standards for quality, following existing measures and deadlines and also performs negotiations and contracting with selected vendors, providing advice and guidance on commercial issues, as well as duly documenting all deals into the relevant tools, all in compliance with company guidelines.

Key Responsibilities
- Ensure effective procurement process is executed in compliance with company guidelines.
- Interact regularly with clients to determinate their needs and develop appropriate solutions.
- Conduct Source Selection and Fair Value determination, while ensuring clients' specifications are fulfilled.
- Create and manage Purchase Orders.
- Ensure successful and smooth orders' flow by creating, developing and archiving proper documentation; complying with standards for quality and deadlines.
- Onboard new suppliers as and when appropriate; responsible to collect and prepare all the necessary documentation for the new vendor setup and handle supplier maintenance requests.
- Develop and maintain effective relationship with key suppliers; understand their requirements and longer-term strategies; perform supplier evaluation; analyze changing client/market conditions.
- Respond to inquiries of clients and suppliers associated with the procurement process.
- Handle "blocked" invoices following agreed corporate procedures.
- Maintain effective audit trails for all procurement sourcing activities, including maintaining appropriate contract documentation.
- Identify savings opportunities and ensure accurate recording.
- Negotiate and execute contracts on behalf of the employer within the given delegation authority and company requirements.
- According to specific needs, liaise with other department, communicate and negotiate with clients and suppliers through all levels of organization.
- Identify and promote process efficiencies.
- Work with Procurement tools.

General Responsibilities
- Compliance with the Procurement Policies & Practiced, Business Conduct Guidelines" of the IBM corporation, as well as all other regulations, rules and policies established by the company.
- Formulation of individual annual business goals for the position in the assessment system, which is an integral part of current job description and plays a major role in the assessment of current and annual performance of the employee to the position.

Internal and external contacts
- Reporting to Procurement First Line Leader
- Communication with suppliers and any other IBM department / personnel worldwide involved in the Procure to Pay process.

Requirements

Required Professional and Technical Expertise
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field
- 3 years experience in procurement
- Fluent Arabic will be evaluated as an asset
- English Fluency
- Good communication skills (verbal & written)

Preferred Professional and Technical Expertise
- MNC Experience

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 at IBM

About IBM

Location Statement
For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Being You at IBM
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Preferred Education: None Commissionable: No

Key Job Details
- Country: EG
- State: AL QAHIRAH
- City: CAIRO
- Category: Supply Chain
- Required Education: Bachelor's Degree
- Position Type: Professional
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Contract Type: Regular
- Location: CAIRO, AL QAHIRAH EG

About the Company

For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region's technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

Reinvention is a keyword in the company's history and, today, IBM is much more than a "hardware, software, services" company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company.