Procurement Officer (Italian Speaker)

The Company

Imerys is the world’s leading supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions for the industry with €3.8 billion in revenue and 13,700 employees in 54 countries in 2023. The Group offers high value-added and functional solutions to a wide range of industries and fast-growing markets such as solutions for the energy transition and sustainable construction, as well as natural solutions for consumer goods. Imerys draws on its understanding of applications, technological knowledge, and expertise in material science to deliver solutions which contribute essential properties to customers’ products and their performance. As part of its commitment to responsible development, Imerys promotes environmentally friendly products and processes in addition to supporting its customers in their decarbonization efforts.

The Position

Job Summary

The Procurement Hub was established a year and a half ago with the aim of centralizing the procurement tasks of various European Imerys entities. Primarily focused on transforming purchase requests into purchase orders, the Hub also provides crucial support to local entities regarding their purchase-related queries. As the Hub continues to grow and take on additional tasks, we are excited to announce the need for new team members to join us.

Responsibilities:

Verify Purchase request quality and compliance towards completion, correct categorization and buying channel, match with valid attached quotations
Align with requesters on missing details and completion of purchase request
Convert Purchase Requisitions into Purchase Orders
Resolve any PR/PO related issues or enquiries
Execute PO change activity, work with the business line
Support the requestor with different administrative activities
Coordinate with requestors/Purchasing team for incident resolution
Provide timely, accurate and relevant service related information
Solve problems largely by precedent with referral to detailed instructions/procedures
Escalate requestors issues as required to Supervisor

Qualifications:

Fluency in Italian and in English is a prerequisite
Previous experience, but not mandatory, in Procurement/Sourcing/Sales or a customer service environment
Good communication abilities with suppliers, customer service oriented and analytical skills
Confident, positive, hardworking, high motivation and ability to learn
Experience with working in a team
Good MS Office (especially MS Excel) knowledge

Position Type

Full time

and

Permanent

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