Procurement Specialist with German

About Holcim

Holcim builds progress for people and the planet. As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Holcim is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of its strategy Holcim is becoming a net zero company, with its people and communities at the heart of its success. The company is driving circular construction as a world leader in recycling to build more with less. Holcim is 60,000 people around the world who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments: Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.

Main responsibilities

The role of Procurement Support Specialist is a part of the Procurement team in Holcim EBS, Slovakia.

• Your main responsibility will be to fulfill all activities within the defined scope, strictly following the SOP and predefined SLAs. You will actively participate in the SOP creation and updates based on the business need.
• Ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness of provided services.
• Actively participate in report creation and take responsibility for data correctness. 
• Handle the processes in their responsibility (Idoc error handling and monitoring, PO log monitoring, PO creation and modification, FO creation and update, SA creation and update, blocked invoices management, Procurement related reporting for specified entities) defined by the scope file and SOP for each entity within EBS.
• Handle activities based on requests, support knowledge transfers and all interconnected activities.
• Cover other PS team activities when required
• Resolve procurement support related tasks in a timely manner based on the agreed SLA and individual targets.
• Follow the rules of PS in regard to the usage of One Service.
• Actively participate in team internal training and provide support for other team members, cooperating on creating a backup strategy for all activities.
• Proactively bring improvement ideas in regard to processes and team organization. 
• Take responsibility for the specific area of action (language / country/process based), act as deputy supervisor in assigned tasks and activities.
• Support managerial decisions and their implementation.

What do you need to fit well in this role? 

• University education (Master’s degree) in Business, Economics, Administration, Procurement
• 1 year experience in related positions in the field of procurement, logistics, accounting, purchasing
• SAP knowledge
• English - upper intermediate (B2)
• German language - upper intermediate (B2)
• Experience in MS Office tools & Google equivalents on advanced level
• You are organized, structured and able to prioritize tasks
• Ability to analyze and solve problems
• Professional communication skills
• You are customer oriented, results oriented with responsible work attitude