Buyer Country Lead

Messer Americas

16h

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading sourcing efforts, managing spend, and ensuring compliance with global contracts. The Buyer Country Lead will analyze internal demand and external market conditions to identify opportunities for improvement, negotiate contract terms, and oversee the entire procurement process from requisition to payment. The position also involves process improvement, training internal business partners, and supporting audits to achieve savings and value-add targets.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree , preferable within Discipline Supply Chain, Business, Engineering
Experienced minimum 10 years in Procurement or Supply Chain Management roles, or in a commercial environment
Proven negotiation skills
Proven ability for continuous improvement/savings/value add and a strong advocate of best practice
Strong communication (written and verbal), organizational and interpersonal skills
Excellent analytical and independent thinking skills
Ability to interface with individuals at all levels of the organization to understand Business Partner's needs
Must be able to prioritize workload with minimum supervision
Teamwork and collaboration skills
Customer focus; excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Able to work across all functions and levels of an organization
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change effectively; a change leader and team player
Finance and Accounts Payable, Commercial Awareness
Strong understanding and adherence to policies and procedures
Strategic thinker with strong business acumen. Able to think beyond function and drive strategic solutions
Committed to ongoing improvement
Very strong technically: sourcing process, IT systems, negotiating, and supply chain management
Advanced level in Excel and Powerpoint
Quality and safety focus oriented
Supervisory skills & team management
Project management
Contract negotiation and ideally drafting
Bilingual Spanish/ English Required key skills (functional/technical)
Fluent in English

Nice To Haves

French and / or Spanish a plus

Responsibilities

Negotiation and Management of Spend ($25 to $50 Million/yr)
Review and analyse purchase requisitions, investigates and develops sources of supplies, prepares bid specifications, issues bid requests and reviews quotations
Analyse internal demand requirements and external market condition to identify areas of opportunity and improvement
Lead sourcing efforts with Internal Business Partners and External Vendors
Coordinate with global buyers where appropriate and ensure Hub compliance with global contracts
Perform bid comparison and vendor evaluation, lead award decisions, negotiate contract terms, coordinate with Legal, and ensure on-going contract compliance
Ensure purchase order is consistent with buyer/seller contractual obligations
Experience with analysing data to assist in compliance reporting
Track progress with regard to compliance with preferred, use of appropriate process and controls, and savings
Report savings and compliance metrics monthly
Troubleshoot questions from vendors and field personnel to identify preferred purchase to pay method and to assist in questions related to, SAP and/or Coupa
Identify root causes and propose solutions when invoice and Purchase Order do not match
Good understanding of PO and Non/PO invoice process
Assist vendors and field personnel in research and reconciliation of past due invoices
Seek out opportunities for continuous improvement, increasing knowledge of the business, systems, procurement and finance department responsibilities
Provide training to all Internal Business Partners in the requisition to pay process
Advanced knowledge of requisitioning, purchasing and receiving modules in SAP and Coupa
Support internal audits and external audits
Achieve the benefits (savings and value add targets) and objectives set
Ensure that all savings whether made by Procurement or the business which is supplier facing are recorded
Network within the business to identify opportunities for procurement to deliver value and savings
Monitor agreed processes with the key Internal Business Partners to ensure procurement's early involvement in projects which will incur external spend
Ensure that where appropriate contracts exist which provide suitable levels of risk mitigation and prevention
Negotiate supply agreements with “A” suppliers and filler metal suppliers
Promote corporate values of the company
Ensure code of conduct is observed in all dealings with our suppliers and business partners, fostering relationships and the basis of mutual respect
Ensure staff and suppliers act in accordance with all appropriate safety legislation and guidelines
Work with suppliers and internally to ensure that they comply with the Ethical Purchasing Policy