Senior Procurement Support Specialist

JBT Marel•Gainesville, GA

About The Position

At JBT Marel, what we do matters, we know that the contribution of our employees leads to the success of our business. Our purpose is to transform the future of food; this guides 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. As we 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.

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.