About the position
Client based in JHB North seeks the services of a Lead Buyer responsible to negotiate and release Purchase Orders at the right time and right quality within the specified targets / budget. He/She is responsible to settle claims with conditions favourable to the company. The Lead Buyer (LB) is responsible for the same activities on coordinated commodities.
The LB is regionally for the Strategic Sourcing Leaders (SSL) in charge of Coordinated Commodities and the primary contact in the regions for Delegated Commodities.
Tasks & Responsibilities:
The Buyer :
o Bears commercial responsibility for the purchasing activities, Engineering Representative, PPLM, Project Manager and Supplier Quality, Order Fulfilment, or other responsibleparties,
o Collects information from PPLM / Project Manager regarding project-related, commercial and legal specifications in the RFQ and Purchase Orders to Suppliers,
o Issues Purchase Order and monitors return of acknowledgement,
o Leads regionally for cost reduction, lead-time and quality improvement initiatives
o Supports Order Fulfilment, Quality and Engineering for organising deliverables, which are late from Supplier,
o Support the Projects / Product Lines for critical operational issues (e.g. claims, delays, key negotiations) with the regional suppliers, issues claim notifications and manages
recoveries,
o Manages the invoice release,
o Except for Globalized Commodities where this is done by the Regional Commodity Leader
(RCL):
? Ensures on time delivery of RFQ’s to Suppliers identified in Engineering Procurement Plan, performs Total cost analysis of the offers received and organises / participates in technical – commercial discussions with the Supplier,
? Conducts negotiations, involving Engineering Representative, Supplier Quality /
Order Fulfilment and PPLM / Project Manager. Responsible to apply Procurement Concept,
? Ensures compliance of Business Award with validated regional Supplier Panel,
? Initiates the POR.
- In addition, the LB, in close collaboration with the SSL who will ensure cross-region LB experience sharing
o Supports the definition of the Commodity Strategy, Target Panel and Action Plan,
o Leads commercial qualification of all suppliers of the Regional Target Panel to ensure they are qualified at all time,
o Manages and develop the validated Regional Target Supplier Panels including the product qualification aspects,
o Monitors overall Regional Target Suppliers Performance, ensure their scorecards are upto- date and their data 100% accurate in the systems,
o Defines contractual plan (e.g. General Terms & Conditions, Price Lists) and ensure implementation for Regional Target Suppliers,
o Defines inputs for tendering purposes (e.g. costing, solidity, firming, and regional target panel),
o Supports to deliver against tender price with the regional suppliers.
Desired Skills:
- Procurement
- Production
- Project Management
- Sales
- SAP
- Excel
- Supply Chain
