Position: Middle Purchasing Specialist
Company: iDeals
Category: Other
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper
Published: 2023-07-01T00:00:00+03:00

We are looking for a highly motivated **Middle Purchasing Specialist** to join our team. In this role, you will play a vital role in supporting our procurement function. Your role will involve maintaining accurate records of purchased goods, negotiating with vendors, ensuring on-time delivery, and serving as a point of contact for purchase requests.

**iDeals** is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as the most highly rated and customer-centric in a secure business collaboration market. Trusted by more than **1,000,000 users** from **175,000 companies globally**, we are on a mission to create more prosperity in the world by accelerating high-stake business decisions. We achieve this by delivering extremely intuitive and robust software products that help people make impactful decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours:

**iDeals Virtual Data Room**: A web-based cloud platform used by companies in a wide range of industries to ensure secure confidential document sharing for online due diligence, fundraising transactions, corporate reporting, licensing, clinical trials, and other business goals.

**iDeals Board**: A cloud platform with web and mobile applications used by board members, CEOs, executives, and corporate secretaries, to streamline governance and improve high-stake decisions in a fast, secure, and compliant way.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**
- Offer professional procurement support to internal requesters and stakeholders, assisting them throughout the procurement process
- Ensure the quality and completeness of data for incoming purchase requests
- Process purchase requests, verifying their validity and compliance with procurement and other company policies
- Negotiate pricing and delivery conditions with vendors, aiming for the best terms
- Monitor and ensure on-time delivery of orders to the correct destination
- Act as an escalation point for incidents related to delivery, vendors, or automated systems
- Participate in the development, implementation, and maintenance of procurement policies, procedures, projects, and associated training plans
- Assist the Head of Procurement with consultation, documentation, organizational tasks, and reporting activities

**WHAT WE LOOK FOR**
- At least 2 years of proven experience in purchasing and procurement, or at least 1 year in IT procurement
- Upper intermediate (B2) English language level
- Familiarity with procurement software, ERP systems, and task management tools
- Knowledge of procurement standards, approaches, and best practices
- Analytical mindset and attention to detail
- Strong communication skills
- Conflict management skills
- Basic negotiation skills
- Team player

**NICE TO HAVE**
- Experience with modern ERP and procurement systems
- Knowledge of accounting in terms of required documents and risk management
- Understanding of standard contractual terms and conditions to mitigate legal risk
- Familiarity with procurement-relevant legislative and regulatory requirements
- Change management skills
- Knowledge of advanced negotiation tactics
- Experience working with multi-location and multi-cultural teams
- Knowledge of ISO and SOC2 standards in procurement

**WHAT WE OFFER**
Our people mean a great deal to us, so we will provide you with the benefits, resources and support you need to succeed.

**For your work**
- Remote-first model with teams distributed globally 
- Home office set up budget 
- High-end laptop, monitor and any additional IT equipment needed
- Reimbursement of co-working space expenses
- For your well-being

**Medical insurance with flexible coverage**
- Compensation for sports, yoga, mental, and other health and wellness-related activities
- Reimbursement of participation in sports competitions
- 20 business days of paid time off per year
- Unlimited health-related time-off

**For your growth**
- Individual Development Plan based on your career interests 
- Unlimited budget for learning and development activities
- Professional and self-development books and subscriptions compensation
- Sponsorship of inspirational events, conferences and meetups attendance
- iDeals’ support of your passion as a speaker or writer
- Internal growth and internal mobility policies

**Extra perks**
- Regular off-site company retreats 
- Team-building budgets for local meetups
- Monthly Pizza Fridays at global office locations
- Generous internal referral program
- iDeals Surprise Boxes from the People Experience Team