Senior IT Sourcing Expert

We are looking for you if you want to work at one of Hungary's leading telecommunications companies to help our clients navigate the digital world. Take the first step, bring your inspiring ideas and join our supportive and creative Procurement team.

Be curious and responsible, work passionately and be open to development. Let’s reach our goals together, because at Yettel you can inspire true change while being yourself. Who are we? More than 1,800 colleagues working at nearly 130 locations across the country forming one big team and enjoying an unlimited experience. We have a lime heart and Yettel enables us to make our dreams come true.

Join Yettel Hungary as
Senior IT Sourcing Expert,

be yourself and make a difference in the world.

Reporting to the IT Procurement Group Manager, the purpose of the role is to lead high profile, complex procurement tenders and direct negotiations with current and prospect suppliers. Working as a part of the IT Procurement Team, you will be responsible for the engagement of the business in strategic projects, technology and indirect category procurement, day to day operational supplier engagement and management. The Senior IT Sourcing Expert will become a trusted advisor to the business on all procurement/commercial matters through delivery of best value for money solutions and achievement of project goals.

You will have the following responsibilities:

• End to end responsibility for all assigned sourcing activities, including structuring business demands into commercially quotable concepts, tender documentation preparation, bid management and negotiations, vendor selection, decision administration, contract drafting and subsequent contract management.
• Management of stakeholders in a variety of business domains and levels of hierarchy, including the continuous alignment with Group Procurement and the procurement experts of the foreign sister companies.
• Optimise delivery of value in relation to third party spend, ensuring process and rationale for the selection of suppliers is transparent, auditable and beyond reproach.
• Ensure mitigation and management of risks arising from procurement process activity (and internal buying behaviours) thus protecting the business from reputational damage, financial penalties, loss of service.
• Accurate and complete documentation of procurement activities, including the documents necessary for a well-grounded sourcing decision, in compliance with all internal and regulatory requirements.
• Effective vendor relationship management with a focus on building strategic partnerships.
• Effective demand management, including a solid understanding of the drivers of the third party spend.
• Leading/participating in sourcing activities initiated by Group Procurement.
• Be seen as a 'Trusted Advisor' to Procurement’s business customers.

You are the ideal candidate for our team if you have / are:

• Educated to a university degree level in a business discipline.
• Fluent English both written and spoken.
• Ability to act autonomously with a high degree of self-initiative, self-motivation and proactivity.
• Autonomous problem resolution skills, including the ability to solve unstructured problems by structuring complexity into actionable, practical steps.
• Sound business acumen, IT procurement expertise and applied commercial and legal knowledge.
• 5+ years relevant work experience, including an extensive experience as a procurement expert in a commercially driven, dynamic environment.
• Extensive experience in negotiating and drafting complex purchase and service agreements in English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to find the most appropriate ways in various contexts and situations to influence both internal and external senior stakeholders.
• Good technology aptitude, including the ability to quickly gain a self-confident understanding of IT and network requirements in complex sourcing projects.
• Ability to effectively manage time pressure and parallel projects and to smoothly adapt to changing priorities.
• Accuracy, attention to detail.

Discover the opportunities offered by Yettel.

#FlexibleWorking: On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays we work in the nature-friendly and innovative Yettel House, and in the Garden office in the summer. On Mondays, if our projects or tasks require it, we have the opportunity to work in the Yettel House, but also from home, on Fridays we are all in home office.

#Health: We provide our colleagues with collective life and health insurance, paternity leave, and free advice in the areas of lifestyle, psychology, law and finance. Our office gym and saunas also await our employees.

#Technology: It is natural that you will receive a company smartphone with unlimited internet, and we even offer discounted rates for your family and friends.

#Learning: Trainings, courses and an online platform are also available so that you never stop developing! Our goal is to support you throughout your personal and professional career, while you are constantly learning new things!

#YettelHQ: Our headquarter at Törökbálint is one of the most modern office buildings in the country, with a panoramic terrace, an outdoor sports field and an alternative garden office.

#YettelBus: You can also get to Törökbálint with Yettel's buses, which are available to everyone. You don’t need to show any documents when boarding. These buses leave from several stations in the city: Népliget, Kelenföld, as well as Déli pályaudvar stations, and you can recognize them by the "Yettel bus - Yettel" sign on the front of the vehicles.

Are you interested?

Please submit your application and we’ll contact you soon. For more information about the application process please visit our career page. Until then, please follow us for the best Yettel moments on  Instagram and LinkedIn.