Buyer II (Direct)

This position will be responsible for activities related to the timely acquisition of materials and effective flow of communication in ISC - ensuring purchase goods, materials & services, and company operational needs are met, considering price, quality, delivery and to continuity of supply. You will hold responsibility for AMER/EMEA region to deliver tactical activities of purchasing goods and services off defined contracts with stated terms and conditions. Also, may include occasional one-off negotiations for non-standard buys, low dollar volume buys or items that are not strategically sourced. 

JOB DUTIES:

• Tactical Management
  • Ensure continuous supply of material on time to delivery
  • Tactical point of contact for day-to-day issues
  • Engage with Strategic and SQE team to highlight issues preventing continuous supply
• Purchase Order execution
  • Co-ordinate and Management of all requisitions to PO’s 
  • Co-ordination and Management of the Tactical Open Order Book
  • Co-ordinate and Management of PO Reschedule requirements in alignment with Planning Team
• Invoice discrepancies – coordinate and manage the tactical ownership to resolve and clear all issues relating to invoices on hold 
• Goods Inward discrepancies – coordinate and manage all issues relating to goods in materials on hold
• Manage suppliers to ensure they achieve/exceed our performance expectations 
  • Manage suppliers to ensure OTTR through correct request dates on PO’s 
  • Participate in teams to ensure corrective actions related to OTTR are followed to bring supplier back on track
• Ensure collaboration with Suppliers via Supplier Portal – communicates and co-ordinates with internal customers any deviation from request dates submitted from Supplier
• Process Engineering Change Requests – agree with Planner of strategy to implement any changes (IOS, Phase in/out).
• Work AMER/EMEA shift hours

YOU MUST HAVE:

• Working knowledge of SAP or another ERP system
• Strong and proactive communication and cross functional teamwork skills
• Good organizational skills with an ability to prioritize
• Self-motivated and capable of working with tight deadlines, multiple simultaneous requests and customer-oriented focus
• Established Microsoft Excel experience
• Fluency in written & verbal English
• Minimum 3 - 5 yrs experience in purchasing

WE VALUE:

• Knowledge of purchasing systems
• Strong communication skills and a team player
• Good organizational skills with an ability to prioritize
• Problem solving skills
• English fluent, any other language is a plus
• Planning, negotiations and agreements/contract management experience
• Good technical knowledge of Sourcing & Procurement
• Good decision-making, uses analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment in making sound decisions.
• Ability to work in matrix environment
• Communicates clearly; balances listening and speaking; easy to approach
• Dedicated to meet expectations and requirements of internal customers.

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