Indirect Procurement Support Specialist (French Speaking) - w/m/d

The future looks like you

With over 1,300 stores in 17 European countries and more than 27,000 employees, C&A is one of Europe's leading fashion retailers. Every day, C&A welcomes millions of visitors to its stores in Europe and to its online shop. C&A offers high-quality and long-lasting fashion at affordable prices for all. We are building on 185 years of experience in the fashion industry and continuously modernize the company to become an omnichannel fashion retailer.

At C&A we are driven by our values. We are united by our passion for fashion and consumers. We believe that affordable and high-quality fashion is not contradictory to caring for people & the planet. We see ourselves as an always-on learning community, always forward thinking and acting to develop our business and innovate the industry. Only when we work together as a team we can face challenges and find innovative solutions. This is your chance to join the C&A European Procurement team as Indirect Procurement Shared Service Specialist (French Spealing).

As an Indirect Procurement Shared Service Specialist (French Speaking), you will play a key role in delivering efficient Procure-to-Pay (P2P) services by translating business needs into actionable plans, ensuring high-quality service delivery, and supporting the execution of Indirect Category strategies in partnership with Category Managers and business stakeholders.

Your responsibilities

• Execute buying operational and transactional activities in compliance with P2P/Contract/PO (Purchase Order) policyby enabling contracts, purchase orders and invoices to be processed, approved and paid.
• Provide purchasing support by enabling Vendors, negotiating Pricing Agreements & Contracts, processing POs and e-Catalogues for the assigned markets. Manage P2P application (Ariba Buying & Invoicing and Ariba Contracts), so the business customers and Indirect Procurement Teams could perform planning and ordering activities on day-to-day basis.
• Execute and lead through the P2P processes and manage requests to update Master Data (Vendor, Contract, PO, price lists, Catalogues, approval flows) on regular basis and under existing governance rules to maximize the value of contracts and purchase orders.
• Satisfy the reporting requests for the assigned countries /geography. Provide input for market insights and reporting to continuously drive spend visibility and procurement analytics.
• Manage suppliers' requests and escalations, and navigate them through the processes and requirements to deliver the best vendor experience with C&A.
• Execute local sourcing & spot buying activities to meet the operational business need.

What you bring

• Minimum 2 years of business experience in indirect procurement (preferably within fashion retail industry or similar retail FMCG).
• Minimum 2 years within a similar role with P2P experience.
• Experience in or demonstrated capability of managing P2P processes and procedures in the most efficient and compliant way.
• Hands-on experience with eProcurement tools, preferably SAP Ariba / S/4 Hana.
• Good command of MS Office applications (in particular MS Excel).
• University degree in Economics, Finance, Logistics, Business Administration or equivalent is nice to have
• English and French language at least B2 Level (mandatory)

What we offer

• Countless learning and development opportunities via our C&A academy.
• A flexible hybrid work environment.
• An employee discount of 20% in C&A stores.
• An exciting job in an international and inspirational working environment.
• A positive working atmosphere and a talented team with an open feedback culture.