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<p><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">About the Role</strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We are looking for Procurement Specialist to join our team and help manage our organization’s procurement needs in area of Information Technology (IT).</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Responsibilities of Procurement Specialist IT include:</span></span></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Support a variety of initiatives to reduce costs and improve quality of goods and services provided by third parties for category areas such as Hardware, Software, Licenses, Cloud & Connectivity, IT Outsourcing</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Lead commercial negotiations for assigned business cases</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Prepare, review and negotiate contracts, initiate legal reviews and vendor due diligence process where needed</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Execute comprehensive RFx process followed by full contract life cycle management</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Review and approve purchase orders to ensure compliance with internal standards and guidelines</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Collaborate with Category Managers in developing and implementing procurement strategies across the organization</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Communicate with internal partners to ensure that purchased products and services meet the business needs and support strategic goals</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cooperate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with digital governance</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">About the Team</strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You will be part of IT & Data Procurement, a unit within Group Procurement Team of Swiss Re. As a member of this unit you will work closely with Procurement Specialists and Category Managers based primarily in Bratislava, Zurich and London.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">About You</strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You have a bachelor’s or master´s degree preferably in Economics / Business Administration or a Procurement, Supply chain degree.</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You have around 3-4 years of experience in purchasing of IT categories or similar in a global organization with multi-million spend.</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You have strong negotiations skills and can demonstrate focused delivery of significant cost savings/service improvements</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You are detailed and process oriented person.</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You have sophisticated verbal and written command of English (other language is desirable, German would be a plus).</span></span></li> <li style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You are naturally proactive, a problem solver, able to navigate ambiguity and passionate about customer outcomes.</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="vertical-align:middle;color:#6c696a"> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week </strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between EUR 1,900 and EUR 3,200 per month (for a full-time role). </span><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The specific salary offered considers: </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">• the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialization, skills and experience. </span><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We provide feedback to all candidates via email. If you have not heard back from us, please check your spam folder.</span></span></p><div class="swissre_jobtemplate"> <p> </p> <p><b style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0px">About Swiss Re</b></p> <p> </p> <div class="swissre_jobtemplate"> <p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.<br> <br> Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <style type="text/css">.swissre_footer { position: relative; margin-top: -50px; height: 30px; clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px; background: #EEE none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 10px; color: #AAA; font-family: "Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"; } .swissre_jobtemplate { width: 970px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .jobDisplay .job { font-family: "Arial" !important; font-size: 12px !important; } .joqReqDescription { max-width: 100%; height: auto; align: center; } .joqReqDescription ul { width: 787px; max-width: 100%; } .joqReqDescription p { width: 827px; max-width: 100%; } </style> <span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Keywords: </b> <br> <span style="font-size:12.0px"><b>Reference Code: </b>138374 </span></span></span> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> </div>