Procurement Buyer

Procurement Buyer

* Position Title: Procurement Buyer COE

* Location: Chennai

* Business: GEV Power Conversion

* Business Segment: Power Conversion HQ

* Function: Sourcing

* Role summary/Purpose:

Purchase goods, materials and services to ensure that the company operational needs are met,

taking into account price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply.

Essentials Responsibilities :

* Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery

targets

* Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply

problems which may impact on business operations

* Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes

and new projects and activities

* Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organization

* Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers

* Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities

* Prepare reports and updates as and when required

* Work closely with others in the procurement function and review opportunities for continuous

improvement and business improvements

* Adhere to any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and

wellbeing of self, staff and visitors

* Review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best

practice tools and methods

* Prepare and raise purchase orders and order schedules

* Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications

* Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships

* Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures

* Compile data relating to supplier performance to enable evaluation

* Assess and evaluate suppliers and contribute to performance reviews to ensure contract

compliance

* Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues

Self Management

* Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies

* Assertive, resilient and welcomes change

* Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working together

* Proactively contributes to the team

* Actively committed to teams development

* Is self aware and optimistic

* Shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all dealings

Skills and Attributes:

* Able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders and

suppliers

* Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills

* Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem solving abilities

* Able to manage time effectively, priorities tasks and achieve set targets

* Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the

production, manufacture and customer order fulfilment

* Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations

* Keen attention to detail and accuracy

* Familiarity with an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system-SAP would be beneficial

Qualifications and Experience Levels:

* Minimum Engg graduate with 2 years experience .