Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies
- Develop and drive strategies for total cost reduction
- Create negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms
- Conduct research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules and quality
- Develop and maintain Supply Agreements with all key suppliers
- Lead development and execution of a performance driven supplier management process
- Build vendor relationships
- Develop and maintain commodity purchasing and analysis processes
- Coordinate and manage strategic sourcing activities and sourcing decisions ensuring the Supplier Selection Process is followed
- Evaluate supplier capabilities and processes
- Perform supplier audits and surveys for sourcing selection
- Assist internal customers with any procurement requirements
- Manage key suppliers from quote to delivery as required through both discrete Purchase Orders and Supplier Schedules
- Where possible and appropriate ensure all procurement is completed over Supplier Schedules
- Assist Buyer/Planners with suppliers to ensure material plan is met or recovered
- Develop clear goals and objectives for direct reports that flow to all staff
- Coordinate with the team to complete work on time and to expectations
- Monitor and review team performance and behavior in areas such as productivity, attendance, OH&S, work quality and general morale
- Mentoring, coaching and development of direct reports and wider Supply Chain team
- Implement job rotation, multi skilling and training where appropriate
- Monitor, maintain and participate in safety awareness and activities that encourage cross functional teams that drive safety improvement
- Communicate company and departmental directional objectives, progress against plans, initiatives, changes and successes
- Ensure effective improvement plans or disciplinary actions are instigated where work performance does not meet the required standards or department objectives.
- Support the development of employee welfare
- Drive buyer/planners to get optimal outcomes for purchasing
- Ensure purchasing activities are working with global purchasing teams and benefits are leveraged globally
- Develop, drive and communicate to organization strategic procurement, supplier and other applicable KPI’s
- Ensure Purchasing supports business requirements especially Engineering R&D
- Have overall responsibility that purchasing policy is correct within ERP system
- Implement and maintain best practice procurement and supplier management processes
- Drive down lead-times on a continuing basis
- Ensure the working environment is safe at all times and activities conducted are safe and don't harm self or other employees
- Eliminate risks in the working environment by conducting housekeeping, conducting risk assessments and working the line manager to eliminate or at least mitigate the hazards
- Participate and conduct safety audits for assigned areas
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Relevant tertiary qualification(s), in either a Supply Chain or Engineering
- 8+ years’ experience in Procurement
- Experience managing/building procurement teams
- Sound understanding of purchasing management systems and processes
- Skills and experience in supplier negotiations and management
- Experience in using ERP systems
- Must have moderate computer skills knowledge including knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook software
- Good English speaking skills
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(*Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.)