We are looking for a Procurement Specialist to join our team in Kocaeli, Türkiye. In this role, you will be responsible for performing all sourcing, purchasing, contracting, and tendering activities within DP World Yarımca and DP World Group Companies in Türkiye.

Your Responsibilities:

• Build and develop relationships with suppliers and internal customers.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on procurement activities, ensuring customer and stakeholder expectations are met in line with agreed plans.
• Plan procurement targets and strategies aligned with the Group's and Company's objectives.
• Ensure payments made by the Finance Department adhere to specified purchasing terms.
• Receive quotations for purchase requests in the ERP Program, create purchase orders based on evaluations, and submit orders to relevant suppliers upon completion of approvals.
• Organize and monitor logistics and import processes for materials supplied from abroad.
• Oversee supplier operations to ensure compliance with contracts.
• Conduct procurement of materials, machinery, spare parts, and services from domestic and global markets in accordance with Group/Company policies on quality, environment, health and safety, and information security, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery.
• Register suppliers in the ERP system and support them in using the system.
• Plan and conduct periodic supplier evaluations and audits.
• Prepare necessary customs permits for purchased materials/services and visitors, follow up on the permit process, and share them with suppliers.

Your Profile:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related fields.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a corporate environment, with strong client-facing and customer relationship skills.
• Proven experience in the procurement process.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• A common-sense approach and a strong team player.
• Ability to prioritize workload to ensure completion of key tasks.
• Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, and other MS Office applications, with knowledge and experience in ERP systems.
• Very high ethical standards.
• Fluent in written and spoken Turkish and English.
• Willingness to work in Kocaeli.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion is an advantage.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 103,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades. The DP World family comprises of Syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We believe that employees are happiest when they’re empowered to be their true, authentic selves.