The Operational Procurement Professional is part of the Vendor Management Operations Team, which is located in Avaloq's centralized Vendor Management Team. The Vendor Management Team ensures that the goods Avaloq needs are available and that the services to be procured are negotiated at the best possible conditions. Smoothly functioning purchasing is an important basis for the successful realization of our projects and the best possible satisfaction of our customers. The Vendor Management Operations Team consists of various specialists with responsibilities in the areas of contracting, procure-to-pay and system/tool administration.
In this role you will work closely with contract managers, vendor management category leads and global stakeholders (including project managers and PMOs) to ensure PO Documents and onboarding and offboarding of external employees are in line with our recent processes and policies. A core result of this position is to guarantee a smooth handling of Avaloq’s entire operational purchasing process, being part of various projects, and important assistance with internal and external procurement audits.
Your key tasks:
- Execute purchase orders in accordance with our purchase requisitions (reviewing and analysing). Support finance and business colleagues in both the good receipts and invoice approval process and oversee the onboarding, extension and offboarding of externals employees.
- Vendor Master Creation
- Make sure to adhere to our Group Procurement Policies, processes, and guidelines. (including approval of purchase requisitions and/ or purchase orders)
- Plan, execute, and finalize procurement projects according to deadlines and within budget. Acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and internal departments to deliver according to plan.
- Offer buying support if needed: Supports business end users with Item Requests and Onboarding Process. Trains and educates internal stakeholders on existing processes and familiarizes them with those. Provide inputs to improve the procurement to pay process.
- Support other team members in their daily procurement tasks.
