Junior Buyer (Mid Shift)

Location: PH - Philippines - A5R0   
Goodyear Talent Acquisition Representative: Shaira Bautista  
Sponsorship Available:  No
Relocation Assistance Available: No 

Job Responsibilities:

• Completes transactional buying and appropriately allocates to suppliers within required service level agreement.
• Manages sourcing process by analyzing requisitions, enforcing preferred supplier compliance strategy, sourcing to potential suppliers according to commodity-driven supplier list, completing free-text requests, and obtaining best price, delivery, and terms for non-contracted items.
• Ensures compliance to company spend policy and established playbook.
• Conduct daily activities within SLA for the purchasing & procurement of requisitioned parts, indirect supplies & services, in accordance with established policies, SOP's and SWI's, across designated procurement commodities.
• Completes open order follow-up tasks including purchase order acknowledgements, blocked invoice resolution, and non-fulfilled order inquiries.
• Identifies non-value added work to support a hands-free order environment. 
• Identifies repetitive buys as candidate for catalogs and shares sourcing recommendations with Category Manager.
• Monitors recurring transactional spend to reduce the total amount. 
• Directs shopping carts to frame contracts & catalogs where available.
• Contacts e-catalog enabler to include item in an appropriate catalog when applicable.
• Notifies internal users that item is now available in catalog.

Job Requirements:

• Candidate must possess at least Bachelor's/College Degree in Finance/Accountancy/Business or any related major.
• Experience in Procurement minimum 18 months (sourcing, evaluating bids, proven ability to correctly translate and process customer requests)
• Preferably with Negotiation experience, International Logistics expertise, Supplier Management with foreign incoterms, experience working in multinational companies
• Previous experience with SAP-ERP, SRM, CRM, or comparable system
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Ability to follow procedures and sequential processes
• Critical thinking skills to analyze/review orders and drive process efficiencies
• Team player and strong interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to work on own initiative
• Preferably someone with exposure to a Shared Services Center or BPO setting
• Fresh graduates are welcome to apply
• Amenable to work on mid-shift schedule and hybrid set up

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