Job Title: Category Buyer
Location: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & Egypt
Our Opportunity:
Reporting to the relevant Global Category Manager and / or Category(ies) Team leader (CTL) depending of geographic location.
The Category Buyer (CB) supports one or several procurement categories.
The CB works in close relation with the relevant Global Category Managers (GCM), the Categories Team leader (CTL), the Category Manager(CM) and the Tactical Buyer (TB).
All actions have to be in line with the strategy defined by the Global Category Manager and the CM. The CB's prime role is the management of the RFI or/and RFP's until PVet 4 stage (up to PVet 5 based on some Regions) in order to provide the competiveness to the business.
Responsibilities:
The main tasks are:
Operational Support :
Ensure the BA's receive all required information to raise the Procurement Orders.
Procurement Competitiveness Capture:
• Monitor the markets for defined categories including key players, newcomers, economic evolutions, market or regulation constraints, innovations and technology in order to support the development of the most up to date category strategies to the businesses.
• Based on the above provide insights as to how products / projects could be more competitive via the adoption of different suppliers / methodologies / technology etc.
Governance, Leadership and Performance Management:
• Ensure appropriate governance is applied using KPI's and root cause corrective actions
Supplier / Acquisition Management:
• Performance management of the supply base in line with the standards set out by the Global Category Manager .
• Ensure that supplier competitions follow the governance process and are balanced and fair in order to improve business and customer performance.
• Ensure that global contracts / framework agreements are adopted and utilised.
• Ensure that Thales e-Acquisition and all THALES procurement tools are fully used.
• Based on the performance management of the supply base identify the suppliers who require focused development actions and ensure that the Supplier Development Team have the required support / leverage in order for these actions to be successful.
About You:
3+ years experience in Procurement
Experience working in project/program, design / product development with cross functional teams. Demonstratable experience in negotiation projects &/or categories is desirable.
Ability to implement operational supply chain strategy
Contractual knowledge especially of framework agreements, Liability & insurance.
Ability to lead negotiation including import / export considerations
Understanding of the market for the categories under his/her control but also ability to understand the customer’s needs and program issues.
Good knowledge of a best practice acquisition Process.
Capability to work within cross functional and international multi organisational teams (teamwork)
Open minded (listen, share ideas etc.) and able to bring added value and new ideas
Ability to take initiatives with a good capacity of analysis and of synthesis
Ability to prioritise tasks and represent Thales
Good written and verbal communication skills
English language fluency is desirable
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
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