COE Analyst

How you will contribute

• First point of contact for the Buyers, Sites & Suppliers.
• Provide transactional system and process support to strategic buying team.
• Create and maintain purchasing documents in tools & systems.
• Assisting Vendor Master team in onboarding of new vendors or for changes in data.
• Monitor and execute all transactions according to IFF internal controls and policies.
• Communicate and coordinate actions among all internal and external stakeholders to effectively assure supply of goods and services.
• Administration and reporting as necessary (from internal systems and external sources).
• Liaise with regional and global buying teams, providing information & analytical support in alignment with their goals on portfolio management and savings.
• Drive continuous improvement / process optimization on specific areas of the RTP process.
• Performing a wide range of work requests that are assigned / requested by the Buy Team (Buyers group) using broader knowledge of Sourcing, Procurement & Supply Chain via SAP Applications which includes.
• Creation, Amendment, Renewal & Management of Contracts/Agreements for the various commodities which involves working with Global Buyers, Suppliers to get need attributes etc.
• Creation and amendment of Purchase Orders in line with company s policies & guidelines
• Managing Buyer Work Requests (BWR)
• Manages Spot Purchases for certain commodities under the approved threshold Sourcing the Supplier as per Company strategy, Receiving Quotations from Suppliers, negotiating with Suppliers on Price & Payment Terms (as per process)
• Evaluate and select suppliers in terms of quality, service, cost and capability.
• Support buyers in supplier analysis and research data.
• Identify potential savings opportunities.
• Expediting the delivery of material to make sure the suppliers delivers the material within promised delivery time.
• Handling Invoice Disputes and resolving the same to make sure Suppliers get paid on time / excess & incorrect payments are not made.
• Participate in Projects, SME Networks, Process updates, Best Practice Implementation