Operational purchasing employee

at  TNO

ABOUT THIS POSITION

At TNO, you work in an environment where scientific research and practical applications intersect. One example is solutions for reusing industrial heat to accelerate the energy transition. Together with public authorities, universities, hospitals, and industry, among others, we contribute to the world of tomorrow. We carry out public tasks as well as commercial activities, which produce interesting and unique issues. With your up-to-date knowledge and fresh insights, you support the innovative power of our entire organisation as an Operational Procurement Officer.

As an Operational Procurement Officer, you will be working with the team of around 10 colleagues that is responsible for providing efficient support to the administrative ordering process. You will assess procurement requests submitted to the team through the ordering system (Ariba) and support the TNO organisation by answering queries about the procurement process. The team is also responsible for registering procurement contracts, creating new suppliers in the various systems, and you will provide support in handling price and/or quantity differences.
The Operational Procurement department is going through an evolution from data processing to a more advisory role in relation to internal staff placing orders. This means that work is currently under way on optimising processes to enable the team to perform this advisory role more fully. The recent implementation of a non-ERP (SAP S4-Hana) and procurement system (Ariba) requires the team to provide extra attention and support to in-house TNO colleagues.