LOCATION - Lisbon, Portugal
HOURS - Full-time (40 hours)
JOB SUMMARY
The Sourcing Associate is responsible for:
- Supporting sourcing and contracting initiatives to ensure the company’s operational sourcing needs are met, while optimizing price and quality.
- Collaborating with the vendor/supplier during the sourcing process and resolving problems relating to Fleet & Travel operations, pricing or quality/performance.
- Maintaining vendor and contract data, Procurement analysis and documentation, to ensure process compliance.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conducts assigned sourcing activities using best practices to meet customers’ quality and delivery requirements at the lowest TCO, while achieving maximum overall cost-effectiveness (data collection, documentation, compliance).
- Supports the full contractual review process from negotiating commercial clauses to liaising with the legal team to obtain full legal compliance and minimize risk exposure.
- Prepares regular reporting for analyzing trends, spend patterns, out of policy spend.
- Collaborate with cross-functional team to source, request quotes, manage contracts’ lifecycle.
- Work with suppliers and internal departments to promptly resolve potential disruption or issues and to ensure business continuity via a continuous and secure supply of services.
- Respond to internal and external requests for information and guidance.
- Helps document processes via SOPs’ documents for knowledge sharing and process standardization.
SKILLS REQUIRED
- Solid analytical skills, with the ability to create thorough analysis of alternative solutions to a problem. At ease with numbers and financials, able to understand trends and outliers from numbers.
- Proven planning & organization capabilities. Establishes standards and takes action to monitor progress, involves effectively team and peers towards goals in agreed timeframe. Experience in project management will be a plus.
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced, team-driven environment. Adaptable to work virtually and to manage stakeholders remotely.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office required, such as Excel and PowerPoint. Tableau knowledge or any other visual analytics reporting software would be appreciated.
- Resilience and discipline to get data in a timely and standardized way.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Complete command of the English language, Spanish as a plus.
- Integrity: high ethics and standards.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Economics or Supply Chain.
- 2 years of minimum experience in Procurement or Finance.
- Excellent skills in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
- Experience from the automotive or travel sector, or fleet management is appreciated.
WHAT IS ON OFFER?
As a colleague at Scandinavian Tobacco Group, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package. Our benefits differ across regions; our recruiting team will be able to give more details.
OUR HIRING PROCESS
Before we enter a hiring process, your job application will be reviewed by a member of our recruiting team. Your application will be reviewed in line with the hiring competencies we have for the role you have applied for. If your experience aligns with the requirements, you will enter our hiring process which will consist of the following:
- Recruiter Screen
- Hiring Manager Interview
- Behavioral Assessment
- Leadership Interview
ABOUT SCANDINAVIAN TOBACCO GROUP
At Scandinavian Tobacco Group, we always encourage you to craft the career that makes you more. We have a rich heritage that dates back 250 years and have been operating as a Scandinavian Tobacco Group since 1961. We operate in over 100 countries, employing over 10,000 people. We offer a diverse portfolio of iconic brands ranging from Signature, Cohiba, Macanudo, CAO, Partagas and most recently branched into smokeless tobacco through our recent acquisition of XQS. We are on a mission to focus on sustainability and minimizing our environmental footprint. We are committed to creating a culture that allows us to blend our strengths, to go far it takes a winning team, and this is why we pride ourselves on sharing our skills, knowledge and expertise to push each other forward.
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Talent Team
Scandinavian Tobacco Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Please be informed that this Direct Search is conducted exclusively by Scandinavian Tobacco Group. We do not accept applications from agencies, and we will not provide compensation for unsolicited CVs.
