Total 2 job vacancies by Avaloq

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.

The Contract Manager will be joining the Procurement Operations team under the centralized Vendor Management function that ensures Avaloq has the necessary externally provided services to succeed in our client engagements. The Procurement Operations team consists of diverse professionals with responsibilities in contracting, procure-to-pay, and system/tool administration.

This role will work closely with legal, other teams from Vendor Management, and global stakeholders including project managers and PMOs to ensure that contracts and documents are aligned in compliance to recent processes and policy.  A core result of this position is to gain an understanding of Avaloq’s contracting process, with the goal of developing into a procurement operation professional who can manage contracts and external resource-related processes efficiently and be able to support the team confidently.

Your key tasks

• Create contracts and other necessary document for external resources in coordination with stakeholders from Region Europe, Business Area Banking Operations, and other areas as needed.
• Take end-to-end responsibility for the onboarding, extension, and leaves of external resources in the system.
• Build a good relationship with suppliers and serve as point of contact for matters concerning contracts in responsible areas.
• Maintain files for correspondence and documentation in relation to established contracts and those in progress. Ensuring that it is accurate, up-to-date, and easily accessible.
• Monitor contracts and proper managing of dismissal, extensions, or renewal.
• Ensure that suppliers receive contracts and purchase order documents in a timely and accurate manner.
• Assist with process improvements and testing of new systems.
• Provide administrative support to line manager.