Buyer (Korean - English Speaker)

Job Purpose:

Overall manages buying activities with responsibility depending on country / region scope

• Organise and execute the purchase to pay process ensuring compliance with global, regional and local procedures and policies
• Explore and capture internal demand handle non-catalogue requests
• Actively drive the use of procurement catalogues
• Handle, renew and negotiate contracting with vendors (contract management)
• Build good relationships with suppliers and internal customers
• Oversee and / or use the support of the purchasing support roles:

Support role:

• Provide administrat ive support to operational buying activities
• Assist different day-to-day activities within the purchasing organisation
• Provide GET 1st level support, consulting and training interface to 2nd level support

Your tasks:

• Execute and ensure procurement processes applying sourcing / purchasing / corporate / Business Partner policies
• Collect and maintain data and / or ensure data quality maintenance and reporting on rates, catalogues, supplier data / performance, purchase order admin.
• Drive (execute) tactical purchasing process (non-catalogue requisitions) and ensure day-to-day / admin support (request and analyze competitive bids (3 bids and 1 buy), select suppliers, quality, delivery terms, specs for goods / services)
• Contract management - own and execute end-to-end contracting process
• Provide GET 1st level support - challenging issues handling, process master data changes. Ensure clarification of outstanding receipt of order confirmation, invoices, delivery dates, rejection / change of purchase orders
• Support preparation and monitoring of tenders, negotiations and supplier management
• Enter data into databases or other computerized systems to maintain up-to-date supplier and vendor information to track purchase and the status of orders and
• Follow-up the status of purchase orders with vendors to ensure timely delivery and communicate status of orders with internal customers
• Generate required reporting, analyze reports and identify catalog improvements.

Education Level

• Completed apprenticeship and / or relevant university degree and / or equivalent experience

Experience Level

• Minimum 2-3 years of relevant experience in purchasing or procurement functions and especially in P2P operational would be advantageous.
• Proficiency in Korean & English - reading, writing & speaking. Ability to speak in the local language of the country of support will be good, but not mandatory.
• Basic knowledge on negotiating and application experience.
• Synthesizes relevant information from industry and supplier analysis.
• Sound knowledge of purchasing practices and buying procedures.
• Experience in SAP and/or Oracle system environment.
• Experience in working with MS Office suite (Office, Excel, Word, Powerpoint).
• Working experience in building / mobilizing reports in MS Excel (using Pivots, Macro, Vlookup).
• Knowledge of working with VBA and Macro to automate reports & PowerBI would be advantageous.
• Great communication style and analytical skills

We offer:

• Great opportunity to work for the biggest logistics company in the world
• International and virtual environment
• Flexibility and great opportunity to learn
• Tempting Compensation and benefits

DHL Group is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

If this is something you would like to do, don't hesitate and start your application.

Procurement, Purchasing, Sap, Word, Powerbi, Vba, Macro, Powerpoint, Excel, Oracle, Ms Office