Your Role and Responsibilities:

Why youll love your job:

– You will provide sourcing support as assigned by the Client Sourcing Consultant and Category Strategy Leader and contribute to operational levels of excellence
– You will own primary responsibility to achieve client success against all contractual commitments at a category level You will be responsible to understand category deliverables, savings commitments, milestones, and obligations– includes supporting reporting, analytical readouts that recognize opportunities to improve
– You will contribute to integrated sourcing strategy which delivers savings and drives category transformation through time. Deliver and execute on sourcing events to support the strategy, including tail spend management and supplier consolidation
– You will communicate and negotiate with clients and suppliers through all levels of organization, primary interface to key category client stakeholders

What you will bring to the team:

– Bachelor’s degree or equivalent post-secondary experience
– At least 1-2 years of sourcing related experience in MRO or Facilities or Marketing
– Fluent English + German language skills
– Strong decision-making skills and demonstrated negotiation expertise
– Supplier relationship management expertise and client facing skills
– Proactive character and team player attitude

Preferred Professional and Technical Expertise:

– Experience with the following are bonus points, but not necessary, you can learn them at IBM:
– Experience in the use of Microsoft Office, SAP, Ariba, Tableau tools and in reporting or data mining in – Procurement or other department
– CAPEX & Facility management or any other indirect procurement category experience is nice to have