Purchasing and Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities

• Utilize Planning and Control systems and processes to deliver timely and accurate management accounts to support internal decision‑making, with a focus on profitability, cash, working capital, cost reduction.
• Support Programming and quarterly Forecasts processes, providing relevant information to the management.
• Prepare data for management’s decision‑making process in preparing ad‑hoc analysis. Use data to advise management on decisions for performance improvements, risk or opportunities management.
• Prepare data for the financial auditing and risk analysis ensuring a culture of compliance.
• Prepare a complete reporting set analyzing variances between planned and actual on sales, contribution margins, structure costs; prepare variance explanations and commentaries.
• Support analysis of results in the areas of investment, sourcing, cost reduction, commercial performances, etc.
• Communicate with all areas of the enterprise, including sales, marketing and accounting.
• Support an effective and advantageous relationship with corporate, providing timely answers and proposing value‑added improvements.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in the role or a similar role of at least 5 years.
• Management experience: preferably in a multinational context, with similar dimensions, managing similar activities.
• Languages: English and a second language.
• Highest education level: Finance/Economics degree.