Buyer

Company Overview:

If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you're searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve's position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone

Job Summary:

The Buyer is responsible for executing the Purchase Orders, from Placement to Goods/Invoice Receipt. The overall focus of the role is to manage the complete Purchase Order process; including placing and managing the Purchase Orders whilst ensuring any back-end issues regarding invoice and good receipt discrepancies are addressed.

Scope of Responsibility

• Management of Purchasing Orders: Plan and finalize purchase orders details and deliveries in accordance with Customers expectations and Company Sales Plans
• Develop and maintain vendor relationships to ensure a continued supply of critical materials and services and to access its performance and capabilities to comply with our expectations and requirements.
• Focus on smooth and accurate issuance of purchase orders and ensure suppliers on-time requirements are met, e.g. Timely issuance of purchase order not later than 48 hours for all non dispute line item.
• Negotiate with suppliers to obtain the best value offering for Flowserve with respect to the scope of work and Site/BU needs; balancing Quality, Delivery and Cost. This includes any specific flow downs or contractual terms relative to a specific scope
• Support the service centers at customer quotation stage to achieve the best quotations to ensure a competitive advantage edge on pricing and delivery terms.
• Create and expedite any new supplier requests / supplier changes as required to support the BU operations through the MDG-Supplier process.
• Manage and maintain ERP data paraments as it pertains to Supplier Data and Supply Chain owned fields on Item Data.
• Address any discrepancies related to pricing or quantity that may impact the Invoice Payment or Goods Receipt processes.
• Review of stock levels to ensure optimal inventory is held on site.
• Other duties as assigned
• Operate in full compliance to all Flowserve Policies & Procedures as applicable to the role.
• This person will also be responsible for site HSE and manage/co-ordinate site HSE activities/audits and ensure compliance with SHEA programs & Flowserve standards.

Main Objectives

• PO Placement Time
• MRP Exception Message Management
• Past Due PO's
• Invoice/Good Receipt Discrepancy Resolution
• Cost Reduction (on managed sourced scope)
• Sourcing Strategy Compliance (on managed sourced scope)

Preferred Competencies and Skills

• 8+ years of experience in Supply Chain .
• Strong interpersonal relationship management .
• Proficiency in Project Management
• Knowledge of supply base in the region for the assigned categories
• Good understanding of all the main purchasing areas: negotiations, evaluation and development of suppliers, supplier quality, logistics etc.
• Knowledge and implementation at the purchasing level of technical requirements and quality related to products
• Fluency in English

Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.

Req ID : R-16108

Job Family Group : Logistics

Job Family : LO Purchasing

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