Specialist Buyer(Off Roll)

Responsibilities:

• Leads and directs all activities of the purchasing process chain (including interfaces, cooperation with specialist departments, negotiations of pricing and terms & conditions) and proactively supports internal customers.
• Leads commodity related procurement strategy through sourcing, partnering and involves the business. ⁻ Performs cost/price negotiations by using cost/price analysis.
• Organises and directs activities in accordance with existing local market and Company Group rules and regulations .
• Uses and further develops Company international Group contracts and purchasing tools for the continuous improvement of the procurement process.
• Issues frame contracts with vendors for items with repeated purchases (specialist departments can later place direct POS without entering into new negotiations and contracting process).
• Utilises the MG purchasing network to achieve best working results.
• Manages in close collaboration with MG, finance and specialist departments that all contractual and commercial issues of potential contracts are taken care of.
• Defines together with the specialist departments the specific requirements of the commodity including scope of work, potential suppliers, timelines etc.
• Solicits and evaluates bids and quotation of suppliers for the requested commodity, leads and conducts negotiations, prepares recommendation for management for awarding orders.
• Investigates and searches the local and international supplier market, conducts purchasing market analysis (supplier evaluations and supplier assessments in order to ensure the 'best source').
• Develops and coordinates supplier development, continuous supplier quality and performance improvement.
• Uses and further develops appropriate reporting tools and methods (e.g. MG card, reports to MG departments).
• Responsible for a compliant documentation according to Company Group guidelines (e.g. organize and file RFQ's, supplier documents and bidder list for all projects).