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