Procurement Officer, Publishing Industry

Vor 2 Tagen


Geneva, Schweiz CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research Vollzeit

Job Description

Your responsibilities

Are you a Procurement Officer looking for an exciting opportunity to work on the procurement of scholarly publishing services in an international environment? Are you a creative thinker and a problem solver, excited by the idea of building new strategies to help promote open science? Are you a strong communicator, with some experience negotiating in ambiguous situations? If so, we invite you to take part in the activities related to CERN procurement and contribute to our mission.

You will join the Procurement and Industrial Services Group (PI), which is responsible for procuring all supplies and services for the Organization, ensuring that the specified and contractual technical, delivery and performance requirements are met at the lowest possible overall cost whilst achieving balanced industrial returns for CERN Member States and respecting CERN Procurement Rules. You will work on a range of topics with a focus on procurement and contracts for scholarly publishing services.

Your profile

Skills

- Defining procurement strategies;
- Drafting of commercial documents for a supply or a service contract;
- Sourcing new suppliers;
- Communication and negotiation;
- Managing and following up commercial aspects of contracts, including critical examination and detailed analysis of commercial offers.

Eligibility criteria:

- You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State.
- You have a professional background in Master's degree in technical field (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: 10 February 2025 at 23:59 PM (midnight) CET.

Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Target start date: 01-May-2025

Job reference: IPT-PI-SU-2025-6-GRAP

Field of work: Support Services (Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement)

Benchmark job: 5A0090 - Procurement Professional

What we offer

- A monthly stipend ranging between 6287 and 6911 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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