- Accountable for end-to-end procurement related to services, products, and materials towards Customer Team/Customer Office and customer/project requirements from bid phase until project closing (pre-& post-sales).
- Responsible for supplier selection, negotiations, and contracting during pre-sales in line with Procurement Category strategy and post-sales monitor supplier capacity, escalation level regarding supplier performance or major contractual disputes and develop/execute project cost baseline improvement
- Single point of contact for Customer Business Team/Customer Team on procurement topics, ensuring all procurement activities meet all relevant regulatory and legal requirements, including Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).
How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn
- Pre-sales to Project closing engagement - Accountable and responsible from bid phase until project closing for all Project Procurement activities
- Drive Procurement activities - Analyse supply market and drive associated procurement activities with other Procurement stakeholders towards the Customer Team.
- Supplier base decision – Communicates final supplier base decisions to relevant stakeholders in Delivery
- Support - Participate in Supplier selection, negotiations, and contracting for the agreed category areas along with the Strategic Market Procurement Manager & Customer Manager.
- Compliance: Ensures compliance with all relevant regulatory and legal requirements, including Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and related procurement policies at the Delivery level
- Market Inputs - Provides input for category management and ensures category and supplier strategy implementation in the projects.
- Creates and maintains Project Procurement Plans
- Supplier Manager - Is the supplier manager for local suppliers for all relevant
- Strategic Relations - Maintain strategic relationships with project suppliers
- Conflict Management - Mediation and dispute handling between project suppliers and stakeholders
- Coaching - Supporting and coaching the pooled Circle Regional Procurement Managers for a fast engagement and during the rollout
Key Skills And Experience
You have:
- Bachelor's degree with 12-15 years' experience in supplier base management for optimal resource allocation.
- Experience in supplier relationship management to enhance collaboration.
- An entrepreneurial mindset to identify and seize new opportunities.
- A customer-centric approach to understand and meet client needs.
- Proven negotiation skills to facilitate beneficial agreements.
- A solution-oriented attitude to effectively resolve issues.
- High integrity and adeptness in trust-building with stakeholders. Solid understanding of logistics processes to streamline operations.
- Familiarity with Nokia portfolio knowledge to leverage our products effectively.
It would be nice if you also had:
- Skills in cost analysis and management to improve financial efficiency.
- Strong project management capabilities to lead initiatives successfully.
- Strong analytical skills to interpret data and drive decisions. Excellent problem-solving abilities to address complex challenges.
About Us
Come create the technology that helps the world act together
Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work
What we offer
Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.
Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer
Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:
- One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
- Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
- Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.
