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Procurement Technology Team Manager
Purpose of the position: Team Manager is responsible to lead and steer Procurement Sourcing activities in a defined area of responsibility. She is heading a team of Strategic Sourcing Specialists and depeding on her mandate, the role holder is responsible to provide efficient local sourcing initiatives / supplier deals in accordance with existing category strategies and rules of collaboration.
Main Tasks:
Steer a team of Procurement Specialists in a defined area of responsibility.
Provide efficient Procurement Strategic Sourcing Services, Operations Steering Services or Business Intelligence services to the business.
Performing or supporting respectively regional/ local strategic sourcing initiatives / supplier deals within the defined category / sub-categories and the defined area of responsibility/ collaboration.
Supporting Global Category Sourcing in performing sourcing initiatives / supplier deals and performing local implementation of sourcing initiatives.
Advising internal stakeholders when sourcing materials and services as well as active analysis of optimization levers regarding demand and demand specifications (Demand Shaping).
Preparation and performing local tenders and participating in negotiations within the defined category / sub-categories strategy and rules of collaboration.
Alignment of awarding decision with internal stakeholders.
Preparation of Local frame contracts respectively with main vendors of the category / sub-categories.
Performing second level claim management with vendors (in case of issues with quality, logistics and quantities)
Execution and documentation of strategic sourcing initiatives, incl. documentation of achieved savings (e.g. by demand shaping).
Perform alignment with Proc-POS and contribute to alignment with local Procurement Operations to ensure applicability of contract(s).
Perform active contract controlling for the contracts under responsibility and manage change requests for the contracts in place.
Contribute to category-internal vendor management activities for the category / sub-categories.
Ensure smooth integration between sourcing teams, purchasing operations and vendor management teams. Support and coaching of junior members of the team as the team grows.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree or Higher.
Experience and Qualifications: Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Procurement operations, preferably in Telecommunications. Experience within direct and Indirect procurement categories.
Skills:
Broad understanding of category management and associated procurement best practice.
Excellent communication skills and ability to build effective relationships with all key stakeholders both internally and externally.
Fluent in English and Albanian (MUST).
Negotiation Skills and analytical skills.
IT skills: MS Office skills / skills on eProcurement platforms (eSourcing platforms as well as basic ERP skills).
Interested candidates should apply through the link: Job Detail | ONE
Deadline for the application is October 10th, 2025.
We will be glad to interview all candidates selected from the CV screening.
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Rr. “Muhedin Llagami”, Kompleksi “Square21”, Tiranë, Shqipëri
Get this opportunity!
Be that ONE!
Procurement Technology Team Manager
Purpose of the position: Team Manager is responsible to lead and steer Procurement Sourcing activities in a defined area of responsibility. She is heading a team of Strategic Sourcing Specialists and depeding on her mandate, the role holder is responsible to provide efficient local sourcing initiatives / supplier deals in accordance with existing category strategies and rules of collaboration.
Main Tasks:
Steer a team of Procurement Specialists in a defined area of responsibility.
Provide efficient Procurement Strategic Sourcing Services, Operations Steering Services or Business Intelligence services to the business.
Performing or supporting respectively regional/ local strategic sourcing initiatives / supplier deals within the defined category / sub-categories and the defined area of responsibility/ collaboration.
Supporting Global Category Sourcing in performing sourcing initiatives / supplier deals and performing local implementation of sourcing initiatives.
Advising internal stakeholders when sourcing materials and services as well as active analysis of optimization levers regarding demand and demand specifications (Demand Shaping).
Preparation and performing local tenders and participating in negotiations within the defined category / sub-categories strategy and rules of collaboration.
Alignment of awarding decision with internal stakeholders.
Preparation of Local frame contracts respectively with main vendors of the category / sub-categories.
Performing second level claim management with vendors (in case of issues with quality, logistics and quantities)
Execution and documentation of strategic sourcing initiatives, incl. documentation of achieved savings (e.g. by demand shaping).
Perform alignment with Proc-POS and contribute to alignment with local Procurement Operations to ensure applicability of contract(s).
Perform active contract controlling for the contracts under responsibility and manage change requests for the contracts in place.
Contribute to category-internal vendor management activities for the category / sub-categories.
Ensure smooth integration between sourcing teams, purchasing operations and vendor management teams. Support and coaching of junior members of the team as the team grows.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree or Higher.
Experience and Qualifications: Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Procurement operations, preferably in Telecommunications. Experience within direct and Indirect procurement categories.
Skills:
Broad understanding of category management and associated procurement best practice.
Excellent communication skills and ability to build effective relationships with all key stakeholders both internally and externally.
Fluent in English and Albanian (MUST).
Negotiation Skills and analytical skills.
IT skills: MS Office skills / skills on eProcurement platforms (eSourcing platforms as well as basic ERP skills).
Interested candidates should apply through the link: Job Detail | ONE
Deadline for the application is October 10th, 2025.
We will be glad to interview all candidates selected from the CV screening.
Apply
Rr. “Muhedin Llagami”, Kompleksi “Square21”, Tiranë, Shqipëri