Senior Procurement Specialist

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Procurement Specialist to lead end‑to‑end purchasing processes for a multi‑site industrial company in Zurich. The role combines procurement, process governance and technology, acting as the owner of Source‑to‑Pay (S2P) and Procure‑to‑Pay (P2P) ways of working across multiple business entities.

Key responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve S2P and P2P processes across all segments.
• Drive process optimisation with a focus on efficiency, digitalisation and pragmatic implementation.
• Support Category Managers in complex sourcing events and tenders using SAP Ariba.
• Ensure data quality, develop analysis and category structures.
• Collaborate with stakeholders in a complex environment to prioritise and deliver improvements.
• Create training materials and deliver training to secure long‑term adoption of processes and systems.

Required profile

• 5+ years of procurement experience with strong knowledge of S2C, P2P, contract management and analytics.
• Fluent in German and English.
• Proven ability to work in complex, multi‑stakeholder organisations.

Required skills

• SAP (mandatory)
• SAP Ariba (hands‑on)
• Coupa or Jaggaer (beneficial)
• Integrations, APIs and EDI
• Data analytics