Spot Buyer (English & German)
- Black River
- 31,000 - 40,000
- Permanent
- Added 14/10/2024
- Closing 13/12/2024
- HR Team Mauritius
Responsible for strategic sourcing activities & implementation of strategy. Consists of negotiating prices & conditions, drafting contracts by ensuring benefits in price, conditions, service level & business standards. Executes daily buying of strategic/non-strategic items & ensures to meet targets.
Job Purpose
The Spot Buyer delivers to Regional Procurement Shared Services :
- High quality Level of Client attendance
- Prompt answer to purchase request/ queries
- Alignment with end users
- Implementation of strategy to drive automation
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- The Spot Buyer is responsible for alignment between RPO and RPSS EU to ensure underlying price and conditions are available at all times to internal/ external stakeholders for smooth execution of orders
- The Spot Buyer clarify user requirements by:
- Understanding the products specifications or services being requested
- Analyzing the required quantity for current requisition versus minimum order quantity, lead time and depletion if the products will have partial deliveries
- Obtaining insights from the customers’ for further need related to the same products
- Applying knowledge of customers’ budget and historical purchase price
- Understanding the current supplier base and preferred suppliers
- The Spot Buyer negotiate with suppliers and select the best option for categories not managed by Global and Regional Category teams and applies ABI approaches for sourcing activities: rapid and robust go-to-market (including RFx), supply award, contract development and PO terms and conditions, with appropriate level of governance throughout
- The Spot Buyer execute Spot Buys:
- Identify suppliers for specific need
- Conduct RFQ/ e-Auction
- Analyze results, negotiate and select supplier
- The Spot Buyer ensures that the RPSS EU have contracts, pricelist and Short Form Agreement in place for items purchased on a regular basis
General Activities
- Support analysis requests, supplier enablement and contract administration
- Resolve helpdesk claims and issues
- Support end user with assisted buying including educating the user on buying channels
- Escalate issues to CAPEX/MRO Coordinator Procurement
Qualification & Experience
- Undergraduate degree in procurement, supply chain, commercial or equivalent
- 2 - 5 years’ general business experience preferably in supply chain, procurement or logistics
- Good performance track record
- Proficiency in German is a plus
Behavioral Competencies
- Work in a quickly changing environment & establish collaborative working relationships Communicate effectively by conveying information and ideas in a clear, meaningful, and timely manner
- Basic global sourcing knowledge and high standard of understanding of sourcing processes across different categories
- Basic knowledge of finance and accounting allowing the ability to run/read analysis of a supplier’s P&L and balance sheet
The company reserves the right to call only the best qualified candidates for the selection. exercises.
The company also reserves the right not to proceed with the vacancies.