Procurement Buyer

**How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?**:
Roles of a Buyer:

- Ensure the deployment of the category strategies (full enforcement of Frame Agreement)
- Manage procure to order process
- Execute day-to-day spot buying, including negotiation & suppliers selection for non strategic purchases
- Support procurement automation by continuously seeking opportunities to increase catalogue or contract coverage (e.g. developping Blanket Purchase Order with Sourcing Specialists for recurring expenditure)
- Identify opportunities of spot buys reduction (Bundling Opportunities).
- Handle purchase requisitions, place & follow up purchase orders (incl. claims management)
- Receive all questions from Requesters about Procurement operations and orientates to the right channel (Catalogues, Punchouts, Free text demands)
- Inform and communicate about Procurement Organization Process and Tools
- Deliver sourcing results to contribute to saving targets while ensuring Service Level for Operations & Support Functions.

1.Purchase Request Handling
- Analyze Purchase Requisitions (requirements, threshold) for Electrical & Instrumentation
- Acknowledge Purchase Requisition and inform requesters on lead time

2.Scope of Work for Buyer

*For supporting the site in procurement of all materials required For electrical & Instrumentation Categories.
- Identify and recommend suppliers by researching potential suppliers and the products, processes and services they provide.
- Maintains good supplier relationships and develop new potential suppliers through on-site visits
- Evaluates supplier capability, process methods, process stability, quality procedures, delivery performance and other key business criteria.
- Managing the Users Inquiry and working in collaboration with Users for technical Scope of work defining and allocating best suitable supplier.
- Develop, measure and maintain schedules for the subcontracted orders and work cross functionally to ensure all orders are processed in a timely manner to meet the required completion or ship date.
- Execute day-to-day buying, including negotiation & supplier selection for non strategic purchases
- Execute Buy process according to defined guidelines, strategies and instructions given by the category managers/category specialists
- use the Purchasing tools to launch bids and make sure all suppliers are compliant with the Group Corporate Social responsibility policy.

3.Purchase Order Management

*Create Purchase Order related to products and services in the system
- Initiate order signature process
- Place Purchase Orders related to the Electrical & Instrumentation Categories under management in accordance with Contracts, Terms and Conditions
- Follow up Purchase Orders
- Based on local regulations, proactively follow-up on POs to get supplier confirmations
- Based on overdue PO reports follow-up with supplier to determine cause for delay and enforce fast delivery
- Inform requesters on PO status and expected delivery date
- Inform Category Managers, Sourcing Specialists, in case of delivery issues and litigations with suppliers

4.Procurement Automation Support

*Identify opportunities to increase catalogue and contract coverage
- Build new procurement catalogues for recurring purchases or other purchases that are applicable
- Communicate with peers on the update of new procurement catalogues

5.Reporting

*Perform period activity meetings with Category Managers and local Procurement Management on spot buys reduction opportunities
- Report savings performed and Service Levels achieved to Country HoP
- Keep requesters informed continually on lead time and delivery time

6. Stakeholder Management
- Act as help desk for requesters to answer all their questions related to procurement operation and orient them to the right channels (catalogue, punchouts, free form, etc)
- Proactively inform and communicate with requesters about the procurement organization, processes, and tools

7. Efficient Spend
- Identify continuously saving opportunities (incl. bundling) and communicate them with requisitioning managers and category managers
- Minimize spend in the limit of category policy (select best offer, conduct negotiations)

8. Other
- Ensure timely delivery through regular contact with suppliers
- Comply with category strategy and internal policy
- Participate to regular trainings organized by Procurement function at various levels

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**Are you a MATCH?**:
**Education level: Bachelor Degree in Electrical engineering**:
**Discipline: Business, Purchasing or Engineering**:
**Years of working experience: 4-6 years experience in Procurement**:
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