Analyst, Operational Purchasing Support, Global Procurement

At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive. We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.

Professional Experience Required (Max – Min.): 3 ~5 years.

General Job description:

• Day-to-day tasks within the operational goals and standards area with direct and long-term impact on the field of Global Procurement
• Planning and coordination of operational purchasing related tasks, including problem solving by updating and modifying existing working methods and improve the quality of service and data.
• Communication with internal and external stakeholders / suppliers regarding operational purchasing detail maintenance and influencing the alignment.
• Ensuring alignment between contract and commercials

KPI:

1. Deliver on agreed tasks, activities, projects with data quality, on time
2. Timely maintenance of the details pertaining to PO expediting activities
3. Ensuring PO management in line with contracts/agreements
4. Ensure prompt support, visibility and quality of detail for various tasks, activities, projects along with reports.
5. Reduced data quality errors and overall KPI compliance
6. Continuous improvement projects – reduce time & cost to make decisions and improve efficiency, systematically.

Technical Competence:

• Strong working knowledge of SAP MM.
• Hands on experience in Purchase Requisition-Purchase Order-Goods Receipt creations, Exception invoice handling, with focus on Indirect category products & services.
• Supplier interactions will be an added advantage.
• Ability to understand commercial terms involved in Purchase Order in relation to the contracts/agreements
• Good knowledge on Purchasing Master Data and related data maintenance processes.
• Knowledge of process improvement such as Kaizen, Lean 6 Sigma and atomization.
• Good exposure to Microsoft tools such as Excel, Word, PPT, Power App, Teams and SharePoint.

Key Behavioral Skills:

• Lead: Identifies and takes ownership of opportunities. Challenges the status quo to simplify and rationalise business processes to meet the needs of our internal/external customers.
• Empower our People: Two-way - Communicates openly and Confidently. Motivates and influences others in a way that results in acceptance and agreement.
• Add Value: Collaborating to build valued and trusted relationships through the delivery of high-quality service. Recognises the importance of teamwork to achieve outcomes thru ideas, suggestions, and expertise.
• Deliver on the Promise: Acts with integrity & Achievement focussed. Takes personal accountability for achieving individual and shared outcomes. Shows energy and resilience. Is authentic, approachable open and honest.

Role and Responsibility:

• Procurement – purchasing support and related activities.
  • Converting Purchase Requisitions to Purchase Order
  • Purchase Order expediting (PR-PO-GR management) including support for the Purchasing process.
  • Purchase Order confirmation follow-up & update.
  • Delivery follow-up & update including supplier coordination for material delivery.
  • PO execution, shipment tracking, reporting and issue resolution.
  • Invoice mismatch issue resolution handling and exception identification.
  • Understanding of stock position in the system, shortage follow-up and coordination for the same
  • Communicating with suppliers on PO-Delivery-Invoice processes, as required
  • Master data quality monitoring, coordination, reporting and initiate data clean-up as needed.
  • Direct Communication Channel with all related teams
• Data collection, Reporting, Data flow monitoring relating to master data & purchasing processes.
• Optimizing the support and processes for purchasing
• Participate in global projects with global team and deliver results.
• Functional support for Global Procurement processes according to task assignments from Global Process Owners
• Ad hoc operational support to ensure efficient Procurement processes.
• Awareness of ISO 14001 & 45001 Standards.

What we can offer you.

• Work in a global environment.
• Competitive Salary
• Work-Life balance.
• Innovative and dynamic working environment
• Support of an excellent Global Team
• Possibility to work in leading crane building company with leading technology.

Work Environment (Office/Factory/Site): Office

Konecranes is a global leader in material handling solutions, serving a broad range of customers across multiple industries. We consistently set the industry benchmark, from everyday improvements to the breakthroughs at moments that matter most, because we know we can always find a safer, more productive and sustainable way. That's why, with 16 000+ professionals in over 50 countries, we are trusted every day to lift, handle and move what the world needs.

Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.