Procurement Specialist

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KBC Global Services is the engine behind KBC Group – a leading bank-insurance group with over 45,000 talented employees serving more than 12 million clients across Europe. The Bulgarian branch of our company was established in 2019 to provide back-office support to the bank and insurance entities within KBC Group in Anti-Money Laundering, Insurance, Daily Banking, Accounts controlling, Business Solutions Competence Centre, Credits and Financing and other business domains.

As our Procurement Specialist, you will be responsible for:

• Communicating with all relevant units in companies from KBC Group, external suppliers and KBC Belgium Procurement
• Keeping and following procurement rules and procedure in line with KBC group standards.
• Leading negotiations and single point of contact for Belgium and global suppliers
• Challenging internal clients on their requests and decision making
• Calculating TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) for the more complex projects
• Takes decision as a buyer in a certain range amount
• Coordinating of the investment projects relating to different entities in KBC Group. Assisting in defining objectives, tasks and budgets.
• Preparing inquiries, invitations, evaluation methodology, commercial evaluation, financial conditions, comparison tables, etc.
• Performing various types of market analyses and forecasts, formulating proposals for optimization and cost reduction or for the use of a substitute product / service.

Key competences that will help you succeed:

• Solid background in procurement (at least 5 years) - main focus in the domain of Data centers
• Proficiency of English, written and spoken
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Strong analytical and time management skills
• Computer literacy: ERP (SAP), advanced MS EXCEL
• Master´s degree with an economic or technical orientation.

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