Procurement Buyer Jr - Job ID 595643BR - Kyndryl

Junior Full-time Martínez - Buenos Aires-GBA

Kyndryl is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, or other characteristics.

Apply: https://careers.kyndryl.com/job/buenos-aires/procurement-buyer-jr/37541/35300202736

Your Role and Responsibilities

  • Procuring goods and services for various products and services.
  • Perform and evaluate source solicitations including RFQ/RFP/RFI and reverse auction.
  • Perform and analyze periodic and ad hoc procurement reports from various procurement systems (i.e. ARIBA).
  • Perform cost structure analysis and negotiate best price with suppliers.
  • Drive and achieve cost saving for sourcing program and purchase opportunity.
  • Setup/handle/manage Standard/Customized related Contracts.
  • Seek out opportunities to introduce process improvements to drive efficiency.
  • Participate in cost take out (CTO) initiatives for major clients.
  • Support and deploy sourcing council initiatives and programs in day-to-day activities.
  • Build strong, strategic supplier relationships and measure/analyze supplier performance and quality.
  • Develop, maintain and manage collaborative client relationship.


Business controls

  • Annual contract reviews Source Selection and Fair Value, usage and compliance Catalogue maintenance.
  • Ensure adherence to Procurement’s Governance of policies and related execution.
  • Interlocking with the supplier – teleconferences – co-coordinating stakeholder, procurement and supplier on calls.
  • Annual reviews of the contracts, and ensuring that a positive Audit posture is maintained at all times, including required documentation.
  • Ensuring Account payments are up to date and Tax allocations are correct.
  • Setting up Supplier meetings when warranted.
  • Supplier Relationship.



Stakeholder

  • Constant interlocking with stakeholders to follow up on their requirements to ensure a thorough understanding and also to keep them up to date on progress.
  • Stakeholders are across multiple functions within Kyndryl – high volume, medium to high complex requirements, development of complex contracts and very demanding teams.
  • Stakeholders expect procurement to help walk them through the process.
  • Forging 90%+ client sat with clients.
  • Providing ideas on how to process the requirements easier.
  • Person must know all our systems, processes and our stakeholder’s strategies.


Contractual

  • Creating base agreements for net new suppliers as well as managing onboarding process requirements.
  • Creating Participation Agreements (PA) off existing global agreements for Canada specific purchases.
  • Validating if contracts are applicable to Canada, and determine the right clauses for Canada.
  • Developing Scopes of Work (SOW) from the beginning by understanding the stakeholder’s requirements, supplier’s limitations and Kyndryl’s contractual limitations.
  • Working with legal support to ensure Kyndryl’s risk is mitigated.

Procurement Buyer Jr - Job ID 595643BR