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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Operational Buyer

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHamburg, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • You have at least six years of professional experience in procurement, ideally in a manufacturing or product-oriented environment.
  • You have experience working with suppliers and know how to evaluate and develop their performance.
  • You are familiar with contract-based procurement processes and have a good understanding of delivery-time agreements.
  • You present yourself confidently to suppliers, question matters constructively, and consistently implement agreed frameworks.
  • You work in a structured and detail-oriented manner and have very good ERP, Excel, and analytical skills.
  • You communicate proactively, maintain an overview in a dynamic environment, and are willing to take on new challenges.
  • You speak fluent German and English.

Responsibilities

  • You are responsible for the entire operational procurement process for your projects, including analyzing current needs, creating and managing purchase orders, and ensuring that suppliers meet their delivery commitments.
  • You monitor orders through goods receipt, coordinate appropriate actions when delays or delivery problems arise, and escalate deviations when necessary.
  • You actively raise supplier nonconformities and ensure prompt resolution.
  • You maintain relevant data in the ERP system and inform project teams and stakeholders early about risks that could affect project schedules.
  • You monitor supplier performance using relevant metrics and ensure transparent tracking.
  • You monitor supplied materials and their consumption and ensure accurate inventory reconciliation.
  • You provide constructive feedback through regular supplier evaluations and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • You maintain close, trusting relationships with strategically important suppliers, organize regular check-ins, and hold meetings and visits when needed to support successful long-term collaboration.
  • You monitor projects and procurement activities and maintain a transparent overview of procurement status and delivery dates.
  • You prepare regular reports on inventory and open purchase orders and communicate reliably with internal stakeholders in production, sales, and engineering.
  • You ensure that all procurement activities comply with company policies, contracts, and compliance requirements.
  • You support cross-functional collaboration through transparent data and provide a reliable basis for informed decisions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in supplier selection, contract negotiation, and contract drafting is an additional advantage.

About the Company

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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Dublin, Ireland
Founded
1989

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