The purpose of our Lead Tactical Buying Specialist position is to ensure efficient and compliant execution of high-volume tail spend sourcing events while leading day-to-day operational coordination, coaching junior buyers, and continuously improve the Tactical Buying Team model. The role owns the Tactical Buying Team process playbook, supports complex events/escalations, and optimizes the Autonomous sourcing workflow to increase competitive coverage, cycle-time performance, and stakeholder satisfaction.

What we ask:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant area (Supply Chain, Procurement, Accounting or Finance)
• 3+ years of experience in PtP within an international and multicultural environment
• Demonstrated experience running RFQs/RFPs, supplier negotiations (basic-to-intermediate), and stakeholder alignment
• Strong familiarity with Coupa and sourcing workflows (Autonomous sourcing tool or any other sourcing tool experience is a strong advantage)
• Fluent English (written & verbal)
• Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, Coupa)
• Knowledge of Finance applications and processes is an advantage
• Shared service experience is an added advantage
• Continuous improvement mindset, ability to drive change
• Adaptability to a changing environment
• Prioritization and Time management skills
• Strong coordination and delegation skills
• Excellent governance & communication skills
• Strong people & stakeholder management in a multicultural environment, ability to influence and inspire
• High degree of autonomy
• Continuous improvement mindset and/or experience with LEAN
• Analytical skills
• Data-driven decision support: bid analysis, scenario comparison, and insights to business

What we offer:

• Cafeteria package (650.000 HUF gross/year)
• Home Office allowance (30.200 HUF gross/month)
• Sustainable Travel allowance (20.000 HUF gross/month)
• MetLife life- and accident insurance
• Medicover package (Spring White & Hospital+ package)
• Annual bonus (10%)
• Home office opportunity (3 days/week)
• Opportunity to bring in your ideas and to develop further
• Challenging tasks with real added value
• Cheerful environment with colleagues from different cultures 

Vacancy description:

Senior Event Ownership & Escalation Handling: 

• Execute complex/exception tail spend sourcing events (higher risk, sensitive stakeholders, limited supplier market, urgent timelines) 

• Lead resolution of sourcing escalations (supplier disputes, evaluation conflicts, SLA breaches), ensuring decisions remain compliant and documented.  

• Ensure awards and PR updates are accurate, complete, and auditable, enabling clean PR to PO conversion in Coupa

Operational Leadership (Tactical Buying Team “run the business”):

• Plan and manage daily/weekly Tactical Buying Team workload, review events, balance capacity, and ensure SLA delivery on cycle time and throughput  

• Monitor and drive key KPIs (cycle time, supplier response rate, competitive coverage, compliance, savings/value), identify trends, and implement corrective actions.  

• Coach and quality-check junior buyers (event setup, supplier set quality, bid comparison logic, award documentation, appropriate communication with business)

Process, Policy & Continuous Improvement Ownership:

• Build/maintain the Tactical Buying Team process playbook: intake standards, RFQ templates, evaluation guidance, communication standards, exception handling, and audit pack requirements. 

• Identify bottlenecks and implement improvements across the end-to-end sourcing flow (request quality, supplier enablement, approvals, award turnaround)  

• Drive governance routines with stakeholders (weekly operational review, monthly performance reviews, attends S2P calls, maintains lessons learned)

Tool Excellence (Autonomous sourcing tool embedded in Coupa):

• Act as functional SME for Autonomous sourcing tool workflows and ensure the Coupa integration supports Tactical Buying Team needs (PR sync, supplier sync, award return, bundling/partial awarding, cancellation/archiving feedback) 

• Lead adoption and best-practice usage of autonomous sourcing features such as auto-bundling, auto-sending, and auto-awarding (where enabled), including defining business rules and ensuring compliance guardrails

• Partner with IT/tool owners and Autonomous sourcing tool customer success to improve configuration, templates, supplier grouping, and reporting

Stakeholder Management & Business Partnership:

• Facilitate best-bid selection with the business; ensure transparent decision-making and trade-off articulation (cost/lead time/quality/risk)

• Align Tactical Buying Team execution with Category strategies (preferred suppliers, framework agreements, diversity/compliance targets, Candex usage), ensuring tail spend sourcing supports broader procurement goals  

Key Deliverables:

• Stable Tactical Buying Team operations with predictable SLA achievement 

• High quality, compliant, auditable sourcing events, ensuring saving potential is realized as much as possible 

• Increased competitive coverage and supplier participation 
• Continuous improvement roadmap + adoption of automation features 

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