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Buyer Country Lead

Messer Americas

Description

Principal Responsibilities

  • Negotiation and Management of Spend ($25 to $50 Million/yr)
  • Review and analyse purchase requisitions, investigates and develops sources of supplies, prepares bid specifications, issues bid requests and reviews quotations
  • Analyse internal demand requirements and external market condition to identify areas of opportunity and improvement
  • Lead sourcing efforts with Internal Business Partners and External Vendors
  • Coordinate with global buyers where appropriate and ensure Hub compliance with global contracts
  • Perform bid comparison and vendor evaluation, lead award decisions, negotiate contract terms, coordinate with Legal, and ensure on-going contract compliance
  • Reporting and Compliance
  • Ensure purchase order is consistent with buyer/seller contractual obligations
  • Experience with analysing data to assist in compliance reporting
  • Track progress with regard to compliance with preferred, use of appropriate process and controls, and savings
  • Report savings and compliance metrics monthly
  • Process Improvement
  • Troubleshoot questions from vendors and field personnel to identify preferred purchase to pay method and to assist in questions related to, SAP and/or Coupa
  • Identify root causes and propose solutions when invoice and Purchase Order do not match
  • Good understanding of PO and Non/PO invoice process
  • Assist vendors and field personnel in research and reconciliation of past due invoices
  • Seek out opportunities for continuous improvement, increasing knowledge of the business, systems, procurement and finance department responsibilities
  • Provide training to all Internal Business Partners in the requisition to pay process
  • Advanced knowledge of requisitioning, purchasing and receiving modules in SAP and Coupa
  • Support internal audits and external audits
  • Achieve the benefits (savings and value add targets) and objectives set
  • Ensure that all savings whether made by Procurement or the business which is supplier facing are recorded
  • Network within the business to identify opportunities for procurement to deliver value and savings
  • Monitor agreed processes with the key Internal Business Partners to ensure procurement's early involvement in projects which will incur external spend
  • Ensure that where appropriate contracts exist which provide suitable levels of risk mitigation and prevention
  • Negotiate supply agreements with "A" suppliers and filler metal suppliers
  • Promote corporate values of the company
  • Ensure code of conduct is observed in all dealings with our suppliers and business partners, fostering relationships and the basis of mutual respect
  • Ensure staff and suppliers act in accordance with all appropriate safety legislation and guidelines
  • Work with suppliers and internally to ensure that they comply with the Ethical Purchasing Policy


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree , preferable within Discipline Supply Chain, Business, Engineering
  • Experienced minimum 10 years in Procurement or Supply Chain Management roles, or in a commercial environment
  • Proven negotiation skills
  • Proven ability for continuous improvement/savings/value add and a strong advocate of best practice
  • Strong communication (written and verbal), organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent analytical and independent thinking skills
  • Ability to interface with individuals at all levels of the organization to understand Business Partner's needs
  • Must be able to prioritize workload with minimum supervision
  • Teamwork and collaboration skills - Bilingual Spanish/ English Required key skills (functional/technical)
  • Customer focus; excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Able to work across all functions and levels of an organization
  • Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change effectively; a change leader and team player
  • Finance and Accounts Payable, Commercial Awareness
  • Strong understanding and adherence to policies and procedures
  • Strategic thinker with strong business acumen. Able to think beyond function and drive strategic solutions
  • Committed to ongoing improvement
  • Very strong technically: sourcing process, IT systems, negotiating, and supply chain management
  • Advanced level in Excel and Powerpoint
  • Quality and safety focus oriented
  • Supervisory skills & team management
  • Project management
  • Contract negotiation and ideally drafting
  • Proven ability for continuous improvement/savings/value add and to be a strong advocate of best practice
  • Language skills - Fluent in English , French and / or Spanish a plus


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