Senior Buyer Specialist

DHL Supply Chain

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering or relevant education and work experience
  
• Minimum 2-3 (depends on seniority level) years of experience in Customer Services or in a similar role
  
• Excellent verbal and written English and Turkish language skills
  
• Fully computer literate, with a solid knowledge of MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, etc. ideally with Oracle or similar e-Purchasing solutions 
  
• Enjoy communication and interaction with people; being a team player 
  
• Enjoy working with data, being detail oriented and fully reliable 
• Good problem-solving skills  
  
• Result oriented and self-driven 
  
• Self-motivated also in own development
• No military obligation for male candidates 
  

İŞ TANIMI

• Processing purchase requests, ensuring mandatory information is included.
  
• Actively drive up the use of procurement catalogues.
  
• Daily support and process the requirements/orders in the e-Purchasing system.
  
• Communication with business requestors, ensuring request is properly specified and documented.
  
• Searching for new suppliers and communication with existing suppliers.
  
• Matching purchase requests with existing contracts and preferred vendors.
  
• Ask for competitive bids (according the purchase policy) for requested goods/services (without a framework contract) and analyze them based on price quotations, quality, delivery terms and specifications.
  
• Make market analyses for small volume purchasings below treshold. Manage or coordinate the management of mini competitions and supplier offers.
  
• Negotiate small value contracts - if applicable.
  
• Control Purchasing related documents and ensure necessary approvals / signatures guidelines are met.
  
• Generate required reporting, analyze reports and identify catalog improvements
  
• Follow up on Purchasing Compliance: Prepare report every month and take actions to increase PC rate together with the divisional colleagues. Ensure all purchasing transactions are meeting the necessary criterias of purchasing compliance.
  
• Update Procurement systems timely, upload/document new contracts and follow up on contracts condition adherence.
• Manage the ePurchasing system:
• Updating current suppliers conditions and uploading new ones, 
• managing catalogue content, 
• creating and follow up support up on tickets in case of any problems which is related to the e-purchasing system
•  support local communication of e-Pruchasing System changes to local users and approves 
• responding all questions coming from users on time. 
• Support in organizing trainings if necessary
• Maintain good relationship with suppliers and divisional colleagues and solve day-to-day problems.
  
• Build good relations with suppliers, arrange meetings with new & current suppliers and keep supplier list updated
  
• Advise Colleagues and Business Partners on the applicable rules and regulations including the consequences of business decisions on compliance.
  
• Support in the preparation, review and implemention of procurement policies and procedures.
  
• Be an active member of the Procurement team, supporting teamwork and joint learning and development initiatives.
  
• Promote and behave in a way consistent with the Organisation’s Vision and Values.