CAPEX BUYER

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES.

• Plan, buy and order goods, services and other expenditures for the Operating Company (e.g. machinery, equipment, tools, parts, supplies and services) in line with the procurement policy and contracts.
• Ensure availability of the specified goods and services according to the functional, budget and planning requirements of the internal customer / budget owner.
• Support the Manager in performing spend analyses, contract analyses, categories review and proposes actions & initiatives to include in the annual TPP and budget process.
• Buying of goods and services which entails :
• Requesting quotes from single or multiple suppliers and subsequently leading awarding process. Typical activities are : request for quotations, call offs from framework agreements, negotiate best price and conditions, and secure on time delivery.
• Execute all purchasing in accordance with the Tactical Procurement Procedure, policies and operational excellence standards.
• Effectively execute and coordinate the relevant S&P steps in the P2P process (Request, Approve, Order, Expedite and Receive) in order to get the right service / product at the right place at the right time. Effectively use the supporting ERP system.
• Ensure in consultation with manager the proper implementation and follow-up of relevant procurement contracts.
• Facilitate visibility and availability of contracts.
• Ensure adequate usage of contracts.
• Ensure that supplier contracts are managed in line with the specifications of the Procurement Policies and principles (compliance).
• Evaluate and improve use of contracts and decide on contract development together with stakeholders (e.g. termination or modification).
• Contribute in structurally managing the supplier base together with the manager and internal stakeholders by periodically monitoring, evaluating and improving supplier performance as part of the Supplier Management Program. This minimally includes the tiering of supplier base, measuring performance of critical suppliers, participating in evaluation meetings and executing improvement program.
• Understand and periodically measure and analyse processes and their performance / results by measuring global and local KPIs (e.g. P2P, savings, contractor safety, etc.). Provide recommendations to improve the performance.
• Support in the continuous improvement by understanding and analysing processes, identifying and implementing process improvement actions.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES.

Salary : $70,000