Junior Procurement Specialist
Olympus Corporation
Job Description
Your Responsibilities
- Manage daily procurement operations for merchandise goods from European and non-European suppliers, ensuring timely and cost-effective sourcing.
- Issue purchase orders and handle order acknowledgments to maintain accurate procurement records.
- Book goods receipts in the system and manage discrepancy claims with suppliers to ensure inventory accuracy.
- Resolve invoice discrepancies in collaboration with finance and suppliers.
- Conduct regular performance reviews and analyses to assess procurement efficiency and supplier reliability.
- Identify and implement process improvements, including automation and workflow optimization.
- Collaborate with Customer Care, PSI Planning, Warehouse Manager, and Strategic Supplier Management on supplier performance evaluations.
- Provide timely updates on delivery status and lead times to internal stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with J-SOX controls and internal audit standards.
Your qualification
- First experience in procurement, purchasing, logistics or customer support is a plus.
- Basic understanding of procurement processes and purchase order lifecycle is a plus.
- Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle) - SAP MM knowledge is a plus.
- Good MS Excel skills (e.g. basic formulas, data analysis) with willingness to develop further.
- Basic ability to compare supplier offers (pricing, delivery terms, service levels).
- Good command of English (written and spoken).
- Willingness to learn, problem-solving attitude, and ability to work in a dynamic environment.
- Good teamwork skills and customer-oriented mindset.
- University degree preferably in logistics or related field.
- Willingness to work in a hybrid mode (40% from the office, 60% from home in a week).
Benefits
Your benefits
Benefits:
- Benefit systems package (sports card and more).
- Private healthcare.
- International environment.
About Olympus
At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people's lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.
For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.
For more information, visit
www.olympus-europa.com
and follow our LinkedIn account: linkedin.com/company/OlympusMedEMEA .
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