Junior Procurement Professional (IPT-PI-SU-2025-55-GRAE)

Job title:

Junior Procurement Professional (IPT-PI-SU-2025-55-GRAE)

Company

CERN

Job description

Job DescriptionYour responsibilitiesYou will join the Procurement and Industrial Services (PI), responsible for procuring all supplies and services for the Organization. The group ensures that the specified and contractual technical, delivery, and performance requirements are met at the lowest possible overall cost while achieving balanced industrial returns for CERN Member States and respecting CERN’s Procurement Rules.FunctionsAs a Junior Procurement officer you will:

• Advise and support CERN’s research and technical departments in identifying procurement strategies within budgets and deadlines;
• Conduct market consultations with a view to preparing the procurement and informing economic operators of the procurement plans and requirements;
• Prepare price enquiries and analyse bids received;
• Negotiate, place and follow up orders, contracts, collaboration agreements and contract amendments, with suppliers and institutes to ensure the lowest possible overall cost within the applicable legal framework;
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Manage or contribute to purchasing-related projects. Initial contract duration of one year with possible extension.

Your profileSkills

• Defining procurement strategies;
• Reviewing and providing advice on technical specifications;
• Drafting of commercial documents for a supply or a service contract;
• Managing and following up commercial aspects of contracts, including critical examination and detailed analysis of commercial offers;
• Sourcing new suppliers;

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a

. * By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in economics, purchasing, law, engineering. (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.

• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional InformationJob closing date: 15 April 2025 at 23:59 PM (midnight) CET.Contract duration: 12 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.Working hours: 40 hours per weekTarget start date: 01-June-2025Job reference: IPT-PI-SU-2025-55-GRAEField of work: Support Services (Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement)What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5196 and 5716 Swiss Francs (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 usAt 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 onDiversity has been an integral part of CERN’s mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.

Expected salary

Location

Genève

Job date

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 03:28:31 GMT

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