Senior Procurement Support Specialist

JBT Marel•Gainesville, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At JBT Marel, what we do matters. Our purpose is to transform the future of food, guiding our vision of being the global leader in food and beverage technology by harnessing the full power of JBT Marel to partner with our customers and pioneer sustainable innovation. Our values show who we are at our best: Create with Collaboration, Serve with Integrity, Grow with Excellence, and Advance with Innovation. As our Sr. Service Coordinator for Procurement, you will report to the Manager Procurement Support Specialists for our Poultry Division within JBT Marel. The Senior Procurement Support Specialist is a mature and experienced (strategic) procurement co-worker, able to act as process and/or system owner of specific procurement support processes. They are able to manage the RFQ process and supplier selection process individually for the main flow of more common production techniques or commodities. This role assists Strategic Purchasing / a dedicated procurement team for tasks such as supplier meetings, preparation of presentations, clarification of incoming requests, executing project-related purchase orders, updating the ERP system with initial purchasing vendor and material data, performing specific spend analysis, and maintaining the contract database as relevant.

Requirements

Experienced and mature coworker within a strategic procurement team
Can (globally) take ownership for (specific) procurement processes and able to initiate, align and implement process and tooling improvements needed
Take initiative to automate processes (eg with a robot-tool)
Decisive, initiative, takes responsibility, self-starting
Team Player; ability to work with people, empathetic and build team spirit.
Acts with integrity, upholds Marel ethics and values
Strong communication skills; able to communicate information effectively to many (international) stakeholders, persuasive, good presenting skills
Analytical; quick learner, ability to gather, interpret and evaluate information
Organized and detailed; strong planning skills, good at delivering customer expectations and following instructions
Ability to work under pressure, setbacks and open to organizational change
Driven to achieve personal and organizational goals
Perfect track record of ethical behavior
Knowledge of SAP MM, SRM, EP, BW and able/willing to operationally contribute in tactical procurement/disposition tasks and related improvement activities

Nice To Haves

Bachelors degree preferred
Minimum of 3 years of experience / vocational training in strategic purchasing / purchasing project management
Experience working within a manufacturing environment is desired
Experience with and comfort working in multi-cultural, multi-discipline organization is an advantage

Responsibilities

Responsible for (global) strategic procurement support processes, systems and tools related.
Managing the new parts requisition list: set priorities and run process to add new parts to SAP with the correct data in time.
Running RFQ and supplier selection process individually on behalf of the strategic purchaser, related to common production techniques and/or commodities.
Responsible for updating ERP database with vendor and material related master data and info records (contracts, credentials, prices, LT, MOQ).
Guide both external contacts and internal customers in working according to agreed process.
Responsible to perform spend related analysis such as costing sheets and weekly price comparison including ad hoc spend analysis tasks.
Manage Request for Quotation process, send out this RFQ, follow up and pre-analyze data and inform the strategic purchasers correctly.
Support Procurement Project Leaders / NPI-team/ Strategic Procurement in daily operational activities like new parts set-up in ERP.
Managing purchase orders of non-regular flows (e.g. samples, proto part).
Manage non-defined spare parts flow in close cooperation with Service.
Manage the process of documentation changes of parts / source able items in close cooperation with engineering, sales, service, manufacturing and the supplier(s).
Manage intercompany buying flows.
Support / join suppliers' visits on request.
Supplier relationship management: able to manage the relationship for tactical relationships, as well able to support the strategic purchaser for strategic and partner relationships.
Organize the return for non-conforming materials and discuss with suppliers potential solutions.
Perform warranty claims of globally located customers as received via Service organization, return for non-conforming materials and discuss with suppliers potential solutions.
Decide on disputed invoices on behalf of strategic purchasers, therefore communicate with global situated suppliers with the aim to reduce % of non-automated matched invoices.
Act as support line to purchasers to manage the Gateway / Portal regarding price deviations at order confirmation management.
Manage signing process and recording of NDA's and contracts in relevant databases.