Specialist, Procurement (Japanese Speaker)

THE POSITION 
Want to be part of our dynamic sourcing team? The Procurement Specialist – Japanese bilingual is responsible for the efficient, effective, and accurate review of requisitions and creation of purchase orders from internal employees across various departments and countries. This is done in alignment with legal requirements and Boehringer Ingelheim’s internal guidelines. The role also involves managing and prioritizing procurement tasks to ensure compliance and adherence to service level agreements, contributing to a smooth and reliable procurement process.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensure consistent service delivery by adhering to the following procurement tasks:

• Execute quality checks of requisitions and purchase order creation for both indirect and direct procurement based on defined standard processes and regulatory compliance regarding sourcing category and country-specific criteria.
• Invoice checks related to purchase orders and execution of requested purchase order changes to ensure the smooth end-to-end process.
• Incident handling via the MyServices ticketing tool.
• Prepare and support performance metrics reports and presentations.
• Assist in content training services for procurement process queries from internal business partners (e.g. Requester, Sourcing Manager) in line with S2P Standard Concepts/Processes.
• Support and participate in the daily business implementation of new P2P concepts/releases (issue identification, feedback, usage of defined workarounds).
• Will provide support not only for Japan but also for other English-speaking countries.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or similar course.
• 1 to 2 years of experience in Procurement related position.
• Understanding/knowledge of end-to-end S2P processes.
• Experience with SAP IT systems - weBuy (Ariba), SAP ERP preferred.
• Strong computer skills - Outlook, Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Customer interface and management.
• Excellent communication skills
• Dynamic Team player.
• Demonstrating good work ethics.

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