Procurement Manager

• Managing or supervising high-value sourcing and commercial activities for sub-indirect categories such as facility management, marketing, travel, and other external consultancies
• Implementing and giving trainings on procurement guidelines, processes, and practices to drive business with higher efficiency and lower costs
• Coordinating with business functions to steer forward our supplier code of conduct (IWAY), for supplier’s adherence to ethical, social, and environmental compliance in their business operations
• Facilitating gate-check forums for sourcing and vendor on-boarding, and providing operational and advisory support to business functions on most efficient and effective way for their procurement activities
• Handling query redressal on procure to pay (P2P) system and processes, to streamline purchase cycle

• Indirect procurement background and familiar with daily activities of sourcing manager
• Strong commercial negotiation skills and ability to monitor important industry and market insights
• Understand procurement systems and able to drive process improvements
• Ability to manage variable workloads and prioritize tasks
• Fluent in English and proficient in Microsoft office suite

Prior experience or exposure to IKEA sourcing and social compliance