Senior Buyer – MRO

Job description / Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional teams in design and implementation of category sourcing strategies.
• Lead supplier selection and negotiation process.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key suppliers.
• Develop and manage suppliers for contract compliance and ongoing performance improvement opportunities.
• Provide best-in-class expertise in assigned spend categories
• Identify and communicate new technologies and solutions.
• Ensure all agreements are in place and catalogs are updated for every category within spend portfolio.
• Drive annual value improvements for categories.
• Forecast budgetary impact and track actual savings.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure savings are incorporated into annual operating plans.
• Work closely with functional stakeholder teams and suppliers to ensure effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans.
• Assess current and future supply needs within category.
• Work with appropriate engineering and site representatives to ensure adequate spec documentation and determine proper spec owner.
• Understand market trends, supplier base, and supplier economics for category.
• Follow sourcing best practices and policies as defined by Procurement Excellence.
• Monitor business unit satisfaction with key suppliers and support resolution of issues.
• Remain current with market trends and internal customer needs through relationships with suppliers and market experts.
• Monitor field compliance to strategy implementation and ensure TCO reductions are realized.
• Assist in development of procurement skills, tools and capabilities at the local level.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Engineering, Purchasing, Supply Chain or Business discipline

Minimum Experience:
• 7+ years of related professional experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Functional Knowledge:
• Strong working knowledge and experience with MS Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word and Pivot tables)
• Technology savvy and ease of use for procurement and production software tools such as ERP systems (ex. SAP, SharePoint).

About the Company

Agthia Group is a leading Abu Dhabi based food and beverage company established in 2004. The Company is listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and has the symbol Agthia. 51 percent of the Company’s shares are held by General Holding Corporation, an Abu Dhabi Government entity, with the balance held by individual and institutional investors.

The Company’s assets are located in the UAE, Egypt and Turkey. Agthia offers a world class portfolio of integrated businesses providing high quality, trusted and innovative food and beverage products for customers and consumers across the UAE, GCC, Turkey and the wider Middle East.