The posting
To support the purchasing department of one of our key clients, we are looking for a Freelance Operational Purchasing Support professional. In this role, you will provide hands-on operational support and contribute to the efficiency and optimisation of purchasing processes.
Your responsibilities
- Provide administrative support within the purchasing department
- Ensure strict follow-up of the purchasing process and timely creation of purchase orders
- Support internal customers and suppliers regarding purchase orders in SAP and the Ariba network
- Create, modify and manage purchase orders across different purchasing groups in SAP
- Create and follow up on contracts in SAP
- Monitor functional mailboxes and ensure smooth communication
- Identify process improvement opportunities and collaborate with the Excellence team to implement optimisations
Your profile
- Medior experience or strong interest in logistics or purchasing processes
- Solid working knowledge of SAP MM and Microsoft applications
- Knowledge of SAP Ariba is considered a strong asset
- Strong analytical and organisational skills
- Bachelors degree in a technical and/or administrative field, or equivalent experience
- Able to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders
- Proactive, communicative and solution-oriented
- Good knowledge of purchasing processes
- Team player, autonomous and eager to learn
- Ability to identify improvement topics and translate them into business cases together with the Process Owner
- French or Dutch mother tongue, with good knowledge of the other national language and very good command of English



