Indirect Operational Buyer

Indirect Operational Buyer - Full Time - Madrid, Spain

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

We are looking for an Indirect Operational Buyer to join our GF_Group Procurement team in Spain who will execute indirect purchasing activities for Sulzer Management LTD across all indirect categories with established Purchase Order (PO) process including validating received invoices against the PO and working with stakeholders to validate that invoice is good to pay.

Your main tasks and responsibilities :

• Strategy Input

Support category manager to gather data (i.e. suppliers, spend, contracts).

Manage stakeholder relationships within the Sulzer Management AG.

Actively engage stakeholders and understand their key needs / requirements.

Support implementation of global contracts that support the Global Category Strategy.

Trigger agreement signature process, communicate with signatories the scope of the agreement in question, capture agreement to contract management database with right details (lifecycle, category..).

Work with suppliers to get needed details to create supplier in supplier management system.

Identify process improvement opportunities, and promote procurement best practices at Sulzer Management AG.

Enforce PO and contract compliance.

Support implementation of standard indirect procedures, policies, processes and systems in Sulzer Management AG.

Run Purchase Order process with business and work together with finance team.

Responsible for the timely conversion of requisitions through to purchase order placement and ensuring invoices are good to pay based on PO.

Coordinate with suppliers and business partners to resolve routine issues such as past-due POs, discrepancies with contract / invoice / PO mismatches, and other price / invoice issues.

Secure purchase order acknowledgments for all purchase orders, where applicable.

Understand local buying operations.

To succeed in this role, you will need :

What we offer you :

No visa or work permit support can be provided for this role.

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.

We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2024 in Brazil, China, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

About us

Sulzer is a global leader in critical applications for core infrastructure and processes for large essential industries around the world. We ensure the security, quality and durability of critical goods and services by supporting energy security, natural resource management and efficiencies in process industries. This in turn supports the transition to a circular economy. Our integrated solutions add significant value by enabling energy efficiency, carbon emissions and pollution reduction, and process efficiency improvements. Customers benefit from our commitment to innovation, performance and quality through our responsive network of 160 world-class manufacturing facilities and service centers across the globe. Sulzer has been headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, since 1834. In 2023, our 13,130 employees delivered revenues of CHF 3.3 billion. Our shares are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX : SUN). www.sulzer.com

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