Title: Procurement Buyer My client, a leading Chemical Manufacturer, is looking to add a Procurement Buyer to their team based out of their main office in Houston, TX.
Duties
·Establishing strong relationships with internal business stakeholders; building a strong understanding of strategic business direction, requirements, and priorities across assigned suppliers and/or spend categories.
·Developing global sourcing strategies to deliver against business objectives for internal clients.
·Evaluating supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and benchmarking analysis.
·Managing the fundamentals of (Services & MRO) sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx and tendering preparation, commercial analyses, make recommendation, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation.
·Set and implement pricing framework and guidelines for assigned sub-categories and ensure legal checks and approvals.
·Identifying sourcing opportunities by leveraging spend analysis tools and engage with stakeholders to consolidate requirements over categories, suppliers, and geographies.
·Providing guidance to internal stakeholders on procurement strategies; maintaining procurementethics in accordance with SABIC’s global policies.
Qualifications & Experience
·Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, or Business Management
·3 5 years’ experience in procurement, commercial, manufacturing, product management, finance, audit, or technology roles
·Good interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
·Good quantitative, analytical, conceptual, and planning skills
·Cross-functional experience, and the ability to manage multiple tasks
· Highly skilled with ERP-type systems including, Material Management Module, Service Module, Supplier Invoicing Interfaces, Supplier Qualification – SAP preferred.
· Strong Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and MS Projects or equivalent
·CIPS / CMCP or equivalent certification preferred
· Able to create effective market approaches, cost models and action plans to manage the work