Liège – Contracting (CDI)
For our client specializing in the hydrogen sector, we are actively seeking a Category Buyer.
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What are you responsibilities ?
Mission & Scope
The Category Buyer is responsible for purchasing all materials, equipment and services used in the course of the business. She/He will develop supply sources and purchase all materials and services to the Company’s exact business requirements and technical specifications, using group deals where specified, at competitive rates, within budget and ensuring deliveries can be made within project time frame up to quality acceptance and receipt. They will also ensure that all Procurement process and procedures are adhered to within the Group.
Main Responsibilities
Under the responsibility of the Global Category Manager and in support of the different project teams and internal manufacturing, you will be responsible for managing all the necessary actions within your categories and purchasing scope.
Project and Operational
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Support to the pre-sales and projects to draft and launch tender packages, to source vendors and ensure their compliance with the requirements mentioned in the technical specifications. Negotiate prices and assess remaining negotiation margin to secure prices of materials, equipment and services that will be used by the Proposals/Estimating.
- Prepare and present comparative tables allowing project managers to make the right decisions allowing you to launch purchase orders.
- During the project execution, renegotiate with suppliers to optimize costs of materials, parts and services (TCO/TCP).
- Establishment of frame agreement with different supplier in each strategic country.
- Supervise the launch of purchase orders by the local buyer in accordance with the procedures and delegations in force.
- Follow up with suppliers and service providers to ensure delivery times and the quality of deliverables.
- Close the projects by highlighting the gains generated.
- Provide management with feedback on experience as part of a continuous improvement policy for the Purchasing function.
Strategic
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Understand and develop strategies relating to the categories of products and/or services for which you will be responsible and proactively lead initiatives to achieve objectives of the Procurement department.
- Establish and maintain dedicated strategies for the most critical categories considering priorities of H2 Energy sector in strategic sourcing actions.
- Identify, qualify and evaluate new suppliers and partners in collaboration with stakeholders and the Quality department.
- Rationalize existing vendor’s database.
- Provide Proposal/Estimating department with all the unit price references and necessary elements, in order to support them to establish budgets for categories (materials, equipment and services) for which you will be responsible.
- Negotiate, draft and conclude framework contracts and partnerships for high-potential products and services, within the framework of John Cockerill group’s Procurement strategy and policy.
- Assess suppliers in accordance with ISO 9001 quality system
- Implement metrics / KPIs to continuously assess vendor’s performances of the categories you will be responsible for.
Who are you ?
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Minimum 5 years’ experience in a role as Category Buyer within an industrial and international context
- Master in procurement, purchasing, technical/engineering and/or sales.
- Project management certification (PRINCE2, CPM, etc.) preferred.
- Profound knowledge of sourcing, RFI/RFQ, supplier qualifications, purchasing process in project mode, management of strategic vendors.
- Evolved within technical environments with complex products.
- Deep negotiation skills, honest with impeccable ethics, teamwork, strong cross functional leadership skills
- Curious, good Communicator, pragmatic, and diplomat while being firm and pugnacious if necessary.
- Excellent command of English (oral and written)
- Proficient in SAP, MS Office (Words, Excel, PowerPoint) and Power BI.
What can we offer ?
Jefferson Wells offers you a permanent contract as consultant with an attractive salary package and will give you access to trainings in technical matters and soft skills. We will be your career partner for each step along the way.
Are you interested in this job? Don’t hesitate to apply !
