Project Buyer & Expeditor — Procurement Specialist

Duration: 12 months Contract

Job Description:

• As a Project Buyer Expeditor you will have day-to-day involvement in Procurement activity within the business to ensure efficient management of the targets needed.
• You will focus on tactical execution of purchase order schedules related to material for multiple projects within New Unit Gas Turbine Business.
• You will focus on internal customers and partners who can’t be successful without your contribution, timeliness and transparency.
• You will solve short term / daily issues, creating huge value for our customers. You will become an expert of tactical execution, expediting, and supply chain performance management.

• Manage a work queue and secure that Purchase Orders are issued in due time
• Ensure a close cooperation with Internal Customers to ensure customer care and early involvement
• Manage a portfolio of suppliers, negotiate price increase requests, resolve issues pertaining to invoicing/payment
• Contribute to implementation and ensure usage of globally defined methods, processes and systems to ensure high process efficiency and process compliance (e.g. compliant Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process, Procurement guidelines, IT systems)
• Support Supplier Management processes (e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation, development, classification)

• Strong SAP transactional experience
• Outstanding Excel skills
• 3+ years of experience in direct procurement
• Team player with the ability to also work independently to meet fixed deadlines, goals and objectives
• Ability to work in a complex, fast changing global organizational environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, collaboration and influencing techniques, result-orientation and strategic-innovative thinking required

• Maintain records of all documentation, adherence of online purchasing and contract management systems
• Support and/or lead Procurement Business Plan activities
• Strong collaboration with global and local project management and the operational material requirements planning team to achieve most effectiveness in planning, alignment and execution
• Continuously monitor own procurement list, follow up on execution such as order confirmation, progress, compliance with quality requirements
• Support and ensure compliance with transportation and customs requirements in close collaboration with Logistics team
• Provide weekly interval schedule progress reports

• Bachelors or Associate Degree

• Shift
  
  Hours:
  
  8:00AM
  -5:00 PM EST