About the Role
Work alongside a central developing shared service Non-Production Purchasing function focusing on a global scale, with cross divisional business units and multi-site manufacturing operations across Asia Pacific, Europe & Africa and North America.
This includes sourcing and procurement activities as part of the overall procurement strategy. As Purchasing Support Office Buyer (Tactical Buyer) you will be focused on tactical and transactional sourcing activity in relation to non-production spend, not covered by strategic category management teams. This is a fast paced, highly responsive and internal customer/stakeholder focused role which will also allow you to take the lead on sourcing spend categories, negotiating and deal making.
Responsibilities
- Helpdesk service support, handling inbound and outbound Req/calls/email
- Lead the delivery of tactical buying activity for operational planned spend opportunities within defined operational spend levels.
- Manage transactional buying desk activities and support wider strategic category management including raising purchase orders in line with Lear P2P system.
- Deliver additional value to operational buying on orders – interpreting and meeting operational requirements/specifications, demand and delivery of solutions.
- Support of category sourcing that continuously improves suppliers and contractors compliance with Global, Category and Regionals standards.
- Work closely with category managers and business units to establish and deliver procurement requirements, strategic benefits and compliance to existing procurement contracts.
- Ensures products and services are purchased in the most cost- and time-efficient manner, delivering agile solutions to implement and ensure purchasing best practices.
- Evaluates, re-tenders, renegotiates or extends contracts and suppliers in order to facilitate tactical and strategic sourcing with relevant stakeholders.
- Engagement with operational teams to review pipeline and track regional and national opportunities.
- Deliver additional value to operational buying activities - supporting operational requirements/specifications, demand and delivery of solutions.
- Identification of suppliers and supplier engagement in buying activities.
- Quotation analysis and recommendations, consideration suitability/reliability of suppliers to meet operational requirements.
- Monitor and challenge non-compliant buying activities.
- Report on compliance, procurement and operational KPIs.
- Utilization of eProcurement solutions, including eAuctions.
Qualifications
- Degree in Business/ Supply Chain or any related studies
- A minimum of 2 years of working experience in procurement / supply chain is preferred.
- Experience gained within large multinationals in departments such as Finance, Logistics, HR, Procurement and or IT.
Required Skills
- Enthusiastic and can do personality.
- Excellent attention to detail, able to work well as part of a team and autonomously.
- Familiar with ticketing process.
- Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish repetitive tasks efficiently.
