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Procurement team is part of the division “Corporate Development”. The purpose of Procurement is to ensure that the goods and services are procured with advantageous balance of price, quality and performance for Alpiq Group.
Procurement is now looking for an experienced Stategic buyer/Category Manager to extend the Swiss-Czech team for indirect procurement.
The scope of Procurement are goods and services in the following categories: Professional Services, Facility Management Services, IT & Market data. (Energy assets and asset development are not in scope)
Your responsibilities:
- Procurement activities for Alpiq CZ across purchasing categories (with focus on Professional services and Facility Management services)
- Center of Excellence for Contingent Workforce for Alpiq (CH and CZ)
- Define, implement and manage the European category strategies
- Secure the availability of goods and services across Europe with a focus on group-wide performance and priorities
- Manage the RFX process for all tenders and execute the RFX for frame agreements
- Drive efficiency programs across Europe together with the stakeholders for your categories Measure the group wide compliance on the category strategy execution
- Manage claims and supplier negotiations
Your Qualification:
- 5+ years of experience in Category management on international field for professional Services
- Very good knowledge of the Czech and Central/Eastern European markets
- Proficient Czech and English, German as a strong advantage
- Good understanding of Contingent Workforce
- Good ability to drive initiatives in a multicultural environment
- Good level of social competence, strong communication and negotiation skills
- Capability to drive cross business initiatives Trustworthy personality and resilient
What's also important to us:
Alpiq Services s.r.o. drives in Prague an important Service Center that hosts entire teams and many employees for various Alpiq divisions. Business processes such as information technology, human resources management, and finance are present already. The Service Center in Prague is considered a key competence for fast initiatives, dedicated growth or scalability of teams, and agile business reactions. It contributes to Alpiq's sustainable energy business with equivalent, cost-effective professionals, dedicated to business excellence throughout Alpiq's activities.
- Annual leave of 5 paid weeks
- 10 days of "sickdays" (fully paid sick leave)
- Year-end recognition in a value of one gross monthly salary
- Annual package to Cafeteria account set but functional level
- 500 CZK monthly contribution to Cafeteria for relaxing activities
- 2000 CZK monthly contribution for private pension insurance
- Financial loyalty reward provided every 5th year with the company
- Referral bonus 15.000 CZK as a reward for recommending new colleague
- Free language courses (English, German, Czech)
- Flat rate meal programme with an average value of 1.200 CZK per month
- Free refreshment in the office (soft drinks, fruits)
- Voluntary social and sports activities
- Informal dress code
- International environment with more than 20 nationalities
- Pleasant working atmosphere & environment in the very downtown of Prague 1 (metro Můstek and Národní třída – walking distance up to 5 minutes)
Diversity and Inclusion
At Alpiq, we believe in the power of diverse teams. We pay great attention to keeping our recruiting process free of any discriminatory bias and we actively use diversity as a selection criteria, when personal and functional requirements are met. We always strive to create an inclusive company culture, and an example of this is, that we try to offer part-time solutions for candidates who match our requirements. Is that important to you and are you really keen on a role, that is only posted as full time? If yes, then please reach out to us and we will check if we can find a solution that works for both sides.
Data protection and process
At Alpiq, data protection is an important topic. Please pay close attention to the corresponding disclaimer, which appears in the online application form and explains in detail, what we do with your data. In regards to the recruiting process, we want to keep it as fair and transparent as possible. Even though we try to consider candidate needs individually, we are not always able to avoid standard communication, due to the high number of applications. Therefore, we kindly ask for your understanding. For more information about our recruiting process and some useful tips and tricks on how to apply, please follow this link.
So are you ready to apply? Or do you need more information about Alpiq Group -> go to the website here.
