Procurement Officer

Think about Procurement differently – and make a real impact

Your Professional Experience is valued here

A welcoming and supportive setting where you can develop and make a real difference in the world – that’s what you’ll find at COFRA. We’re a family business, geared to creating lasting value and united by an ambition to change industries and society for the better. Aspiration and entrepreneurism are encouraged and rewarded with opportunity. Teams are diverse yet close-knit. Relationships matter. People matter.

What we can achieve together

One of our greatest strengths is our people: talented, dedicated professionals who are true experts in their field, completely committed to the pursuit of excellence, and open to new opportunities and ways of capturing them. As part of our drive to offer high quality services against market standards we offer cross functional business processes to bring simplicity, speed and agility to all COFRA businesses.

The Procurement Officer profile

The Procurement Officer Role is responsible for both building out the Procurement function (tactical/strategic) as running the daily operations (operational).

You will ensure a high client satisfaction, work towards “Continuous Improvement” (detect and improve inefficiencies) and you will be a role-model for embracing and implementing change, working cross-functionally to ensure the best results for COFRA.

You will

• Act as business partner towards our internal clients to identify purchase needs
• Advice our internal clients on existing procedures, policies and processes related to Procurement
• Create and prepare purchase specifications, RFI’s, RFP’s
• Able to perform market research, sourcing projects and , if necessary, work with external partners to achieve optimized results
• Negotiate terms with suppliers (price, quality, ESG etc). Liaise with external partners if required.
• Cooperate with the Legal department on contracting of suppliers and jointly negotiate agreements.
• Monitor “procure to pay” processes and liaise with our Accounts Payable department to ensure proper administration and supplier onboarding (including Vendor Due Diligence)
• Monitor existing contracts and ensure timely extension / termination, manage and update contract data in the Contract Management System
• Align with internal clients to ensure supplier quality / performance by the client (Supplier Management)
• Manage multiple purchasing categories (IT, Facilities, HR, Real Estate, Consultancy, Travel etc)
• Manage the yearly targeted Procurement goals
• Manage Procurement policies, processes and templates
• Manage and nurture relationships with vendors
• Manage the Procurement Risk & Compliance framework

What you will need

• 5-10 years experience in a similar role.
• Experience in managing a diverse portfolio of spend categories.
• Business acumen and seasoned buying skills.
• Proven negotiations skills and influencing skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of building strong professional networks, as well with external market as internal teams.
• Highly service-oriented team player with strong organizational skills, who supports demanding clients in a professional manner.
• Open-minded, flexible, pro-active, independent, being able to multi-task.
• Trustworthy, discrete, respectful with cultural awareness, etiquette and diplomacy as shown by experience handling discrete matters and figures.
• Excellent MS Office (O365) user. Knowledge of MS Dynamics, PowerBI is considered to be a plus.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken), fluent in German will be considered to be an asset.
• Able to perform on a tactical and strategic level.
• Hands-on, understand that operational tasks are part of the job.

What we offer you in return
The Procurement Officer role is an opportunity to add direct impact to the Group and realize potential across many areas.

COFRA Group offers competitive benefits, including a strong pension plan. Diverse professional development opportunities are provided to COFRA employees.

If you fit the profile, we would love to hear from you.

COFRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disability. None of this gets in the way of hiring and retaining the best people.