Biosphere Corporation is the leading manufacturer and distributor of household and hygiene products and a key player on the AFH market of professional goods and private label is looking for a super-sharp Procurement Manager, who is ready to deliver world-class results and outstanding performance to the Procurement team in direct materials category in the fast-growing Company with over 3000 employees, 6 production facilities and sales to over 23 global markets. Position assumes reporting to the Head of optimization and development projects.
The role of a Procurement Manager involves overseeing the sourcing, purchasing, and negotiation of direct materials necessary for an organization’s operations.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Overall responsibility for purchasing and cost estimating activities: add value, reduce costs, and drive business improvements.
- Main KPI’s achievement, reporting (savings, payment terms improvement, etc.)
- Hold responsibility for cost.
- Recommend solutions without compromising quality while optimizing cost.
- Establishing a comprehensive roadmap of sourcing initiatives to shape the direct materials cost structure.
- Contract management.
- Perform new suppliers sourcing and qualification.
- Routine supplier management as requested, including performance evaluation.
- Vendor management and negotiation: identify, evaluate potential vendors and suppliers based on quality, price, and reliability; negotiate contracts and agreements with vendors to secure favorable terms and conditions.
- Stakeholder Collaboration — collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their procurement needs and requirements.
- Recommend solutions without compromising quality while optimizing cost.
- Establishing a comprehensive roadmap of sourcing initiatives to shape the category cost structure.

Requirements for a successful candidate:
- Master’s degree education (project management/foreign economic activity in priority).
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in direct materials procurement category.
- Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders.
- Strategic thinking and decision-making abilities.
- Commercially and financially astute with experience of managing budgets.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills: applicants must have the ability to think critically working outside the box.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Strong and confident negotiator with the ability to negotiate at all levels.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities.
- Results orientated with ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines.
- Proficiency in procurement software and tools.
- Leadership and team management skills.
- Fluent English language skills.
- Chinese language will be as additional advantage.

What we could offer:
- Working in dynamically growing multinational and multicultural Group.
- Opportunity to build a process and best practices for yourself — we are flexible.
- Ability to add value to the business by applying your knowledge and skills.
- Courses and workshops for professional growth.
- Compensation of mobile communication service.
- Flexible work schedule in the office: Kyiv, Avenue Bazhana, 1L.
- Full-time working schedule.

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