TK Elevator - Technology that keeps the world moving. As a manufacturer of passenger and freight elevators, escalators, moving walkways, passenger transport bridges as well as stair lifts and platform lifts, you will find us, for example, at the One World Trade Center in New York, the Financial Center in Shanghai. You will also find us at the Television Tower in Berlin and at almost every airport. With more than 50,000 employees and customers in more than 100 countries, we are changing the daily lives of people all over the world. TKE - Move Beyond.
The Procurement Operations & Process Support Specialist will support the continuous development, operational stability, and compliance of procurement activities within Türkiye. The role is focused on strengthening procurement governance, supporting operational purchasing activities, improving process efficiency, and ensuring continuity in day-to-day procurement operations.
This position will also contribute to the implementation and follow-up of procurement digitalization initiatives, ERP/process improvements, and coordination with regional and global procurement teams.
Main Responsibilities
Operational Procurement Support
- Support indirect procurement activities for local categories and operational requirements.
- Coordinate and follow up local purchasing requests in alignment with company procedures and approval workflows in Jaggaer.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, internal controls, and supplier governance requirements according to local Purchasing Guideline.
- Support competitive bidding and quotation comparison processes for local purchases.
Procurement Process & Systems Support
- Support procurement process improvements and standardization initiatives.
- Participate in SAP and Jaggaer related projects, testing activities, change requests, and user support.
- Monitor procurement workflow efficiency and identify optimization opportunities.
- Assist in maintaining procurement master data and documentation accuracy.
Compliance & Governance
- Support implementation of procurement controls and transparency within local purchasing activities.
- Coordinate documentation and audit readiness for procurement-related activities.
- Help ensure alignment between operational purchasing and regional procurement strategies.
Cross-functional Coordination
- Act as support point between Procurement, Finance, Operations, and local requesters.
- Coordinate with regional and global procurement teams when required.
- Provide operational backup support during absences, workload peaks, or organizational transitions.
Supplier & Market Support
- Support supplier onboarding and qualification processes.
- Maintain communication with local suppliers regarding operational matters.
- Assist in monitoring supplier performance and service continuity.
Key Added Value of the Role
- Reinforces procurement governance and operational continuity.
- Supports process efficiency and procurement digitalization initiatives.
- Provides additional operational resilience and backup capacity within the local procurement organization.
- Enables better coordination between local operations and regional procurement structures.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain, Economics, or related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in procurement, purchasing operations, or ERP/process support roles.
- Basic knowledge of procurement procedures and sourcing processes.
- Having a record of development projects on ERP
- Experience with procurement platforms (Jaggaer experience is a plus).
- Good organizational and analytical skills.
- Dynamic, proactive, and willing to support process development initiatives.
- English level: minimum B2.
- Strong communication and coordination skills.
