Junior Associate-Procurement

The Procurement Junior Associate plays a crucial role in assisting customers by providing price quotes from publishers and updating them in the ERP System within the defined SLAs. By ensuring high accuracy in data, this individual contributes to significant cost savings for the organization. Managing customer data, handling price inquiries, overseeing renewals, and possessing a basic level of publisher expertise are key responsibilities that enhance customer relationships and operational efficiency. The Procurement Operations team, a rapidly growing unit within SoftwareOne's SW&C Marketplace Delivery division, is seeking motivated and experienced individuals to drive its development as the operational backbone supporting SoftwareOne's strategic vision for Software Portfolio Management. Key responsibilities include organizing quotes from publishers and suppliers, maintaining a basic knowledge of service and solution offerings, and serving as a customer-facing resource for sales activities. Researching and gathering essential information, effective communication through emails, reports, and reminders, embracing new requests, identifying performance enhancement opportunities, and supporting various stakeholders such as customers, partners, sales representatives, and operations team members are crucial aspects of this role. Collaboration with internal and external partners to achieve procurement objectives is also emphasized. Job Requirements: - Bachelors/Masters Degree in Business Administration, supply chain (preferred) - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - 0-1 years of prior customer service experience - Proficiency/knowledge of MS Office and Adobe Acrobat Company Description: SoftwareOne is a global leader in providing end-to-end software and cloud technology solutions, headquartered in Switzerland. With a portfolio driven by IP and technology services, the company enables businesses to develop and implement commercial, technology, and digital transformation strategies. Through modernizing applications, migrating critical workloads to public clouds, and managing software and cloud assets and licenses, SoftwareOne supports customers in achieving their goals. The offerings are unified by PyraCloud, the company's proprietary digital platform that offers data-driven, actionable intelligence. With a global presence of around 7,700 employees and service delivery capabilities in 60 countries, SoftwareOne delivers software and cloud solutions from over 7,500 publishers to approximately 65,000 business customers. SoftwareOne's shares (SWON) are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange.,