Leading Procurement Specialist

lifecell is a Ukrainian digital operator that provides services in the field of mobile communications, digital solutions and mobile Internet to customers, business and a state. 100% of the operator's shares belong to Turkcell, a Turkish provider of convergent telecommunications and technology services. lifecell was the first among all Ukrainian mobile operators to provide the fourth generation of telecommunication services. Today the company leads the market in terms of smartphone penetration, providing services to nearly 8 million subscribers.

Working in lifecell you will have:

• High dynamics in work.

• Cool and open truly international corporate culture.

• Competitive market salary, 29 days' vacations, medical insurance, and a social package.

• Convenient office location on Solomyanka, Kyiv with developed infrastructure around, dining area, and corporate buses shuttling to metro stations.

• A super team.

Job accountability area: 

To provide company with timely, best price and best quality purchases in accordance with company aims 

Functional Responsibilities:

1. Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers.
2. Vendors searching and evaluation.
3. Meetings and negotiation with vendors.
4. Vendors open issues follow-up and timely resolving or escalation.
5. Conducting tenders:

• Making market research for services and goods for lifecell;
• Preparation of tender documentation (RfP. RFQ, etc.);
• Negotiation about price and delivery terms according to lifecell’s purchase policy;
• Analysis of tender information;
• Tender/Bidding processing (comparative table preparation, data collecting, results confirmation and communicating, tender/bidding closing); 
• Tender results analysis (including Cost of Ownership, alternative scenarios)
• Preparation of resolution documents for Procurement Committee and Supervisory Board approval; presenting to management

6. Contract follow-up:  

• Price lurking; 
• Contract Request preparation, request and follow-up its timely registration and signing from Contract Management Unit; 
• Contract negotiation coordinating and control; 
• Preparation of brief contract presentation;
• Agreeing budget related issues with Business Requestor; 
• Evaluate possible risks and find the ways for its minimization;
• Purchase Orders creation in SAP and sending it upon approval by the Management to the vendors in frames of internal client’s budgets and Annual Procurement Plan; 
• Delivery control and reporting;     
• Control of timely and accurate Finance documents processing in ERP
• Request for Payment initiation and preparation of all documents required for payment according to Accounting and Treasury requirements; 
• Informing the requestors about all progresses of purchasing stages; 
• Controlling execution of signed contracts in the bounds of contract terms and within approved frames;
• Control of submitted Financial documents correctness and forwarding them to another Company functions for processing, Control of timely and accurate Finance documents processing in ERP

7. Reporting (weekly reports, tender reports, purchases and contracts status reports, reports upon request etc.).

8. Planning

• Annual Procurement Plan preparation
• Cash flow planning and submitting to Treasury Department to ensure timely payments

9. Transfer work skills and experience to team members within unit

Requirements:

• Education - Telecommunications/Economics/ Engineering/IT
• Working experience: 3+ years in the area of Procurement/Telecom/IT
• Language skills - Ukrainian – fluent (official style), Russian - fluent, English – fluent
• PC Skills - MS Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Effective work in Internet, Advanced user of ERP/ SAP R/S system
• Analytical, problem-solving and multitask skills 
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Basic Mobile networks and IT infrastructure components knowledge
• Ability to successfully manage large complex technical contracts 
• Understanding of competitive business environment in telecommunication industry

Waiting for your CV!