Indirect Buyer Specialist

Indirect Buyer Specialist

Location: Newcastle

Duration: 12 months

Role Summary/Purpose

The Indirect Buyer Specialist is responsible for the commodities assigned, managing wing to wing all the materials and services purchasing phases, from supplier scouting, to order placing and contract management.

Essential Responsibilities

• Be accountable for materials and services sourcing and procurement within the assigned indirect commodities driving deflation, variable cost productivity, cash flow targets.

• Lead procurement operations, from request for quotation to order issuing, ensuring process execution is performed in compliance with company policies and procedures.

• Have responsibility on a group of company strategic suppliers for the indirect buy, with orders of medium/high complexity or/and medium/high annual volume.

• Develop, implement, and lead overall supplier strategy, in coordination with client commodity strategy, including simplification, ensuring sourcing process integrity, and optimization of productivity, quality and fulfillment.

• Influence cross functional team involved in the purchase, being the focal point for a shared process in supplier selection, capable to drive decision making through influencing skills.

• Identify and assess supplier capabilities; measure and manage supplier performance

• Negotiate lowest possible cost while maintaining the highest quality of goods and services

Qualifications/Requirement

• Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, or Finance.

• Have proven experience in Procurement and/or Supply Chain background.

• Negotiation skills.

• Willingness and ability to travel

Desired Characteristics

• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Oracle, Ariba