Procurement Specialist

APM Terminals

Rijeka Gateway d.o.o. (RGW), a joint venture between APM Terminals and ENNA Logic, is a modern container terminal and an important logistics hub for regional and international cargo flows. Rijeka Gateway continuously develops high standards of operational excellence, service quality and sustainable business practices.

We are looking for an experienced, strategically minded and proactive Procurement Specialist to join our RGW team.

The purpose of this position is to:

Manages and executes administrative procurement activities related to minor CAPEX and OPEX during the operational phase of the terminal, in close cooperation with the shareholders’ corporate procurement functions and other relevant corporate functions, in accordance with shareholder procurement policies and standards.

Principal accountabilities:

• Coordinates, maintains, and manages CAPEX procurement processes led by the shareholders’ corporate procurement organisation, in close cooperation with relevant operational and corporate functions, in accordance with shareholder procurement policies and standards.
• Procurement of all the inventory and non-inventory, supplies, services and capital goods including negotiating price, delivery and credit terms.
• Evaluation of vendors and determining most cost-effective inventory and reorder levels.
• Ensure adequate controls are in place by achieving transparency through the Shareholders’ procurement policies and processes.
• Advise senior management on effective strategies for the procurement of Goods and Services.
• Procurement of inventory and non-inventory goods, capital equipment and service followingestablished procurement policies and procedures.
• Receive purchase requisitions and verify for accuracy and authorization.
• Arrange tender procedures, receive bids, coordinate with demand owners to evaluate, assess and select the bidders based on capabilities and written criteria.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders.
• Manage contracts in collaboration with the Legal Counsel.
• Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies to ensure uninterrupted manufacturing flow.
• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries.
• Ensure that adequate stock of key components is maintained in the stores to make sure there is no downtime in operational activity due to lack of stock.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation and plan further demands and order levels.
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking.
• Analyse and strive to maintain up-to-date knowledge of market trends, pricing, availability, and capacity, technology and supplier capabilities.
• Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms.
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers; evaluate, assess and select vendors based on capabilities, performance and consistent quality assurance; keep accurate vendor report.
• Ensure proper inventory control system is in place to carefully monitor stock positions, reorder levels and obsolescence of stock.
• Monitor and report spend and savings.
• Prepare monthly reports.
• Effective quality control and continuous improvement is all aspects: inventory management methods, price and delivery abilities.
• Follow internal regulations, Code of Conduct or any other normative documents / guidelines of the company and work in full conformance with corporate values and teamwork principle.
• Follow company labour safety, general safety, sanitary and industrial safety rules and be proactive on safety.
• Participation in terminal teams, collaboration with various organizational functions as required, and contribution to overall operational performance, continuous process improvement, and strengthening of safety standards. Liaise closely with all disciplines within the shareholders’ organizations to ensure that emerging workload is identified in advance and that resource requirements are planned.
• Comply with the company’s HSSE regulations, policies, and practices.

• Execute other tasks assigned from time to time by management or immediate supervisor related to the development or execution of the business of the company.

Reporting and Scope:

• The position reports directly to the Procurement Manager.
• Geographical scope: Rijeka, Croatia.

Critical Qualifications/Skills/Experience:

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a private, project or operational environment, preferably in the transport and logistics sector or in the container terminal industry.
• Experience with multidimensional stakeholder management.

Skills:

Driven, self-motivating, result orientated.

Strong planning skills and high analytical capability.

High discipline – following through on actions and ensuring necessary documentation.

High quality awareness and ability to work with constant care.

Ability to build strong working relationships.

Ability to work easily with a diversity of people, political agility, and good communication skills.

Ability to manage interpersonal conflict well.

Requires advanced verbal and written communications skills in English and Croatian.

Education

University degree in economics or business management, accounting or related discipline.

APPLICATION

We thank all candidates for their interest in joining the Rijeka Gateway team.

Please submit your CV in both Croatian and English. Candidates whose experience, knowledge and qualifications best match the requirements of the position will be invited to continue in the selection process.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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