Job Description

Your responsibilities

Are you an experienced Procurement Professional looking for an exciting opportunity in a high-tech, international environment? If so, we invite you to take part in the activities related to CERN’s procurement of supplies and contribute to our mission! Join the Procurement and Industrial Services Group!

As a Procurement Professional, you will be involved in a full range of activities related to the Organization’s procurement of supplies. You will:

• Advise and support the Organization in identifying procurement strategies ensuring cost efficiency and quality;
• Carry out research to identify and participate in the qualification of potential suppliers;
• Prepare price enquiries, in accordance with the Organization’s Procurement Rules and on an international basis;
• Analyse offers, prepare proposals for adjudications and submit these to CERN’s Management;
• Ensure the preparation, negotiation and follow-up of numerous orders and contracts;
• Contribute to the advancement of CERN’s procurement techniques and technologies, influencing their modernization and optimization;
• Foster and sustain a wide-ranging network of relationships across diverse levels, both internally and externally, while actively representing CERN in global business events.

Your profile

Skills and/or knowledge

• Experience in defining procurement strategies;
• Experience in reviewing and providing advice on technical specifications;
• Experience in drafting commercial documents for a supply or a service contract;
• Experience in managing and following up on commercial aspects of contracts, including critical examination and detailed analysis of commercial offers;
• Experience in sourcing of new suppliers;
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
• You have a professional background in economics, purchasing, law, engineering. (or a related field) and have either:
  • a Master’s degree with 2 to 6 years of post-graduation professional experience;
  • or a PhD with no more than 3 years of post-graduation professional experience.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 08.04.2024 at 23:59h (midnight) CET.

Job reference: IPT-PI-SU-2024-38-GRAP

Contract duration: 12 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Target start date: 01-May-2024 (negotiable)

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 6194 and 6808 Swiss Francs per month (net of tax).
• Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
• 30 days of paid leave per year.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.

About us

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter – fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.

We are on a Quest. A Journey into discovery like no other. Bring your expertise to our unique work and develop your knowledge and skills at pace. Join world-class subject matter experts on unique projects, in a Quest for greater knowledge and deeper understanding.

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