Indirect Commodity Buyer

Job description

• Develop requests for quotations, analyze supplier responses, negotiate according to overall strategy and implement supplier business contracts for regional and national indirect commodities.
• Collaborate with Safran Purchasing (worldwide) teams to implement purchasing strategies.
• Define a Local Target Purchasing Strategy for the commodities in charge
• Develop road map through analyzing the spend and identifying cost reduction opportunities.
• Ensure productivity reporting (savings) in Safran Purchasing tools.
• Ensure all Purchase Orders are processed in a timely manner and at the best price available to meet the requester‘s time frames.
• Resolve issues concerning delivery delays, damaged goods, incorrect merchandise, or problems in billing and payment as necessary.
• Establish records and review documents for compliance with purchasing criteria.
• Coordinate delivery schedules with internal teams, including long lead purchases.
• Ensure that purchases are cost-effective and meet quality requirements.
• Monitor the performance of supplier to ensure continued quality and timely shipments.
• Drive improvements on delivery, cost, and quality of materials from suppliers.
• Collaborate and communicate with internal stakeholders such as Finance, Internal Control, Supply chain, Planning, Quality, Production, Engineering teams to drive successfully purchasing projects.

Set up common tools for the departments KPIs

• productivity, OTD, RFQs Lead time KPIs:
• Targeted and achieved savings
• Completeness and accuracy of purchasing reporting in the common tool
• Turnaround time for RFQ, PR, PO

Internal customer satisfaction feedback Required Skills

• Detailed and possess Organizational and prioritization skills to manage multiple tasks and concurrent projects simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal skills to develop good working relationships with suppliers and internal customers. Ability to adopt a win-win approach to negotiation.
• Self-started individual able to work both independently and with a team, within a process driven environment.
• Ability to adopt a corporate perspective.
• Job Knowledge and Expertise; Pro-active in problem solving
• Demonstrate knowledge of the procurement and supply chain industry

Have computer skills in Microsoft Office

• Excel, Word & Outlook
• Knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP is a plus
• Technical knowledge or Engineering background is a plus
• Analyze a cost breakdown and Total Cost Ownership
• Customer Orientation. Seek to understand customer needs and expectations; understand and deliver customer value; promote open and frequent communications with management, suppliers and customers; and develop partnerships.
• Knowledge in Power BI and/or RPA (Robotic Process Automation) is a plus to set up the common tools for KPIs Education and Experience:
• Diploma or Bachelors Degree in Purchasing or equivalent experience
• Preferably with aviation experience
• Minimum three years' experience in a buyer position