Project Buyer

Our people are at the heart of **WhiteWater’s** success and achievements. Why? Because the way each of us view the world, our mindset, directly impacts every interaction and experience we have, each relationship we build, and the goals and outcomes we achieve.

Just as we as individuals are shaped by our mindset, so too is our organizational culture - the collective mindset of the company. At WhiteWater, we: Trust, Co-create, Respect, Collaborate, and Engage. When we cultivate a forward-moving, highly collaborative and fully accountable and committed company mindset, we are: High achieving; results driven and knowledgeable; Enthusiastic, innovative problem solvers; Collaborative, supportive and inclusive; and United, trustworthy and trusted

**Position**: Project Buyer

**Shift**: Evening/Night Shift

**Department**: Supply Chain Management

**Location**: Andheri, Mumbai, India

**Reports to**: Manager, Purchasing

**Purpose**:
WhiteWater West is seeking a Project Buyer to join our Supply Chain team in Mumbai, India In this position you will be responsible for the purchase of goods and services to support global projects. This is a key role in ensuring that goods and services are purchased at the best overall value, on time, and meets the quality specifications. You will be responsible for purchasing, issuing request for proposals, and negotiating prices. You must be bilingual, mandarin and English, to be considered for this role.

**Essential Responsibilities**:

- Place purchase orders with approved suppliers in accordance with agreements
- Support and execute best practices in accordance with the sourcing and purchasing strategy for selecting and managing providers for all Whitewater West Industries business units
- Purchase components, sub-contracted services and finished products to meet the customer's quality, service and value expectations
- Evaluate and manage existing and potential suppliers based on the principles of Total Cost of Ownership
- Develop cost saving initiatives in accordance with Strategic Purchasing Plan
- Monitor progress of orders and expedites critical orders
- Monitor and reject non-compliant requisitions
- Resolve Invoice discrepancies
- Make continuous improvements in costs, lead times and inventory control
- Help develop and implement purchasing systems, procedures and strategies
- Reconcile material non-conformances
- Assist with the development and deployment of a supplier performance matrix incorporating the fundamentals of price, delivery, quality, capability, reliability and other performance attributes
- Support initiation of offshore sourcing programs, where applicable by identifying, sourcing and developing global supply partners
- Assess and adjust shipping methods to reduce costs. Negotiate rates with carriers.
- Identify and implement the technologies required to support the global procurement strategy

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, or equivalent knowledge/experience in the area of Purchasing. PMAC designation preferred or Chinese equivalent
- Previous ERP experience required
- Skilled in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
- Must have excellent communication and negotiating skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to travel internationally 5% (Canada)
- Preferred if bilingual in Mandarin and English
- Familiar with import/export process
- Technical and or logistics background a plus

**Whitewater Competencies**:

- Accountability - We do what we say
- Collaboration - We work well together
- Customer Focus - We know and respond to our customers
- Communication - We listen to and understand each other
- Authenticity - We are honest and trust each other
- Resilience - We deal effectively with pressure, are persistent and optimistic
- Flexibility & Adaptability - We are willing and able to respond to changing circumstance

**WhiteWater** is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate the diversity of all employees and applicants and are strongly committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.