Procurement Specialist Role
As a key member of our procurement team, you will play a vital role in maintaining a steady flow of goods and services while managing supplier relationships and streamlining sourcing processes.
Main Responsibilities
- You will be responsible for leading initiatives, finding cost-saving opportunities, and aligning with management and stakeholders. Your role includes:
- Sourcing high-quality services or goods
- Managing RFPs (Requests for Proposal)
- Negotiating effectively to benefit the organization
- Ensuring compliance with procurement policies
- Assisting colleagues and negotiating with suppliers
- Developing vendor evaluation processes for risk management and sustainable growth
- You will also manage the lifecycle of the Japan fleet, including sales cars and event vehicles, making business cases for renewal, and managing spend to inform strategic decisions.
- Oversight of travel spend and KPIs with agencies, conducting audits to verify correct invoicing, and leading price justifications for local procurement are additional responsibilities.
- You will approve new vendor requests, work with the business on procurement activities, and create budget control and performance metric reports for Procurement.
- Keeping procurement documents in order and assisting with the workflow of reviewing and signing contracts are also key aspects of this role.
Requirements
- 5 years of experience in Procurement or 5+ years of negotiation + business case proposal experience proven project leading experience
- Stakeholder management (internal and external)
- Spend analysis and new initiative proposal from scratch experience
- Strong time management, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills
- High-level Microsoft Office Skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint)
- Japanese (Native or N1 level and certification required), English (can read business documentation)
- Process automation tool experience (e.g., Power Automate, RPA) is preferable
- Travel 0-10%
About Red Bull
Red Bull is an Austrian-based global company that was founded in 1987 by Dietrich Mateschitz. The company is known for its energy drink Red Bull, which was developed as a formula in the 1980s.
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