Technical Buyer
6 months ago
Technical Buyer
The Technical Buyer role is accountable to collaborate with Procurement Regional Category Leads, Project Management, Engineering, Solutions Development, Finance, A/P, Quality and others to develop, communicate and execute world class strategies for projects that deliver the project on time, mitigate risk, ensure top line growth and drive bottom line savings
Principal Accountabilities
- Attend weekly project management meetings to fully understand project scope, Resale content with 'as-is' risks and installation schedules with critical milestones
- Work with sourcing Category teams to identify qualified sources of Resale equipment to develop the Project sourcing plan
- Prepare Resale project requirements content sheet for Category teams to populate project sourcing plan
- Communicate supplier lead times to develop equipment 'drop-dead' order dates to ensure equipment is ordered with sufficient time to enable on-time supplier deliveries to project schedule
- Maintain supplier delivery date schedule
- Attend Gate review meetings and alert team on any resale-related issues
- Conduct supplier gate reviews (based on content/risk) with key/critical suppliers per check-list
- Give direction to Tactical Procurement team for project-specific expedites
- Track negotiated resale savings (net of increases) to determine procurement savings - this includes comparing "as-sold" Resale content budget compared to resale purchase actuals. Work with Project Finance for alignment.
- Perform as the main procurement liaison between Project Management and Engineering for project related activity.
- Conduct post-project reviews with the Project Team and develop pro-active solutions to supplier related concerns for future projects.
- Align with Regional Program Management project support structure, as well as large customer accounts
Knowledge & Experience Required
- Bachelors degree in business, engineering or related discipline.
- Certified Professional Supply Management (CPSM) preferred and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
- 5-8 years of relevant project based procurement experience
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Operates with mínimal business direction
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in procurement processes and driving business results through influence and leadership
- Strong capabilities in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Preferred experience in SAP and MS Teams.
- Embodies the company values of integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence
Key Internal Contacts
- All internal departments.
Key External Contacts
- Suppliers
- All company product centres
Competencies
- Initiative
Technical Competencies
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Negotiation skills
- Resilient nature
- ERP knowledge / SAP SRM/MM knowledge
- Excel (intermediate / advanced users)
- MS packages (eg. Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project)
Core Competencies
- Communication
- Team player
- Situational sensitivity
- Customer focus
- Networker
Special conditions
- Possibility of travel within the EU
Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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