Technical Category Buyer

**WE ARE CDE.**

**HERE TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME.**

Sand is a finite resource, and it’s running out. Today, population growth and the pace of progress means the world is devouring sand like never before - 50 billion tonnes a year globally. This demand is unsustainable. Together with our customers we have already diverted over 100 million tonnes of waste material from landfill and put it back into the materials market for use in construction; protecting sand & aggregates in areas where natural material reserves are in decline and enabling production to happen closer to markets. We are minimising environmental impact and laying the foundations for the circular economy.

At CDE we work across the natural processing and waste recycling sectors, in five regions, to pioneer industry-leading, world-changing engineering solutions. Our headquarters are in Northern Ireland, and we have offices in the USA, Australia, Austria, and Brazil. For over 30 years we have relentlessly innovated and co-created wet processing solutions - completing over 2,000 global projects - and we’re only getting started. Our purpose is to create our best world, a ton at a time; empowering our customers to transform their materials into valuable resources for the betterment of people, planet, and their bottom lines.

**About The Role**

**Job Purpose**

Deliver procurement category excellence and provide procurement expertise in sourcing, contract, and productivity to support a resilient supply chain strategy. Drive continuous improvement in procurement by optimise category cost saving and avoidance opportunities, consolidate tail spend, maximise value in quality and overall service level from supply base.

**Responsibilities**:

- Conduct market research to identify potential suppliers and analyse industry trends within technical categories
- Develop and implement procurement strategies to optimise costs, quality, and delivery timelines for technical goods and services
- Consolidate tail spend of specific supply category, maximise and mitigate value
- Identify overall business risks from existing suppliers and develop risk mitigation plan to limit and eliminate the risks
- Support Procurement scheduling team in escalation of matters, regards overall delivery performance from suppliers
- Support Quality in escalation of quality performance from Suppliers
- Lead supplier selection and evaluation processes, including RFQ’s, RFPs, and supplier audits, to ensure compliance with quality standards and contractual agreements
- Manage supplier relationships and performance, addressing any issues or concerns promptly to maintain a reliable supply chain
- Monitor and analyse key performance indicators (KPIs) to access procurement performance and identify areas for improvement
- Actively support sourcing of new product and supplier to support business success
- Work closely with procurement project team in terms of keeping category team updated on new and priority projects, as well as feedback supply chain opportunities and constraints in a timely manner
- Work closely with Commodity specialist to ensure commodity cost down is benefited and reflected in negative PPV (purchase price variance), vice versa combat cost increase by utilising commodity historical data and future trend.
- Provide appropriate demand forecast to supply base and feedback on capacity constraints
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including technical engineering, operations, and finance to align procurement activities with organisational goals and objectives
- Continually challenge and improve upon current practices and procedures
- Develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Live up to and promote CDE values and culture
- Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures and regulatory requirements throughout the procurement process
- Day to day procurement activities as required
- Any other appropriate tasks that the company requires
- NB: Please note, this job description is not exhaustive; the duties identified are indicative of the functions that you would be expected to work across, but the role is by no means limited to these areas._

**Required Criteria**
- Educated to degree level in engineering, supply chain management or business-related discipline.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a purchasing function in a manufacturing environment
- Experience of working with a modern ERP/MRP 2 system
- Proficient with Microsoft office software

**Desired Criteria**
- Part CIPS qualified or similar
- Experience with IFS system
- Solid understanding of technical products and services, including specifications, industry standards, and quality requirements
- Good manufacturing processes awareness

**Skills Needed**

Cost Management, Communication, Verbal and Written Skills

**About The Company**

WE ARE CDE. ENGINEERED FOR YOU

We empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation,