Buyer

Ensuring a cohesive and aligned approach to procurement across our clients group of companies the Buyer will be responsible for ensuring a positive and pro-active approach to managing all aspects of their client contracts. Full understanding of CI's approach to ethical procurement ensuring high standards are maintained throughout the supply chain cycle., Procurement Strategy

Pro-actively contributes towards the companies' global procurement vision of best practice and being the market leader in procurement by working with Senior Management to improve and promote high levels of operational performance.

Procurement Process

Sources and supply goods / services in line with client KPI's.

Achieve targets utilizing gainshare/baseline models and negotiating discounts to achieve additional profit.

Seeks new suppliers to enhance supply chain and ensure pre-qualification questionnaires are completed accordingly.

Negotiates costs and payment terms with suppliers to ensure quality, delivery and technical standards are met.

Ensures the procurement process operate in line with company QHSE standards, policies and procedures.

Ensures queries are resolved promptly whether internal or external.

Ensures customs paperwork is provided in a timely manner.

Ensures search and utilize client surplus stock for all RFQ's received.

Ensures source eco-friendly alternative products and offer to customers.

Ensures customer feedback is received on a monthly basis to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.

Proactively contributes to creating a good team atmosphere.

Assist with tender pricing as and when required ensuring market competitiveness.

Ensure systems are up to date at all times (ebuy expediting)

Financial Control

Assist credit controller resolve client and supplier invoice queries in a timely manner.

Customer Focus

Holds full knowledge of clients' business and objectives of the contract.

Develop customer relations with new and existing clients and attending internal marketing meetings.

Regularly attend and participates in a positive and constructive way in client meetings.

Manages client complaints and looks to problem solve where needed prior to be escalated.

Use of Computer based systems

Holds and promotes competent knowledge of the distribution and reporting systems.

Participates in the continuous improvement of CI's e-commerce sites and holds the ability to demonstrate its full capacity to clients (Energy Surplus, Expedite Function, Smartbuyer).

Familiar with all CI Policies and Procedures relating to Quality, Safety & Environmental standards. Works with CI suppliers to promote Environmentally Friendly alternatives where possible promoting our sustainable procurement initiative on reducing, reusing and recycling. Contributes towards CI's targets on Recycling and energy saving initiatives.

Environmental Awareness and understanding of the company's environmental management system; including environmental policies and operational controls.

Assistance with progress towards achievement of the company's environmental objectives and targets.

Full awareness of environmental emergency procedures and responsibilities for reporting of any environmental incidents.

Awareness of environmental legislation as it relates to current duties.

Awareness and implementation of environmental procurement policy

Adoption of recycling and energy saving initiatives within the office environment.

Adopting an environmentally responsible attitude to company business and reporting any environmental incidents or potential incidents to Supervision.

Awareness and understanding of the company's environmental management system; including environmental policies and operational controls.

Assistance with progress towards achievement of the company's environmental objectives and targets.

Full awareness of environmental emergency procedures and responsibilities for reporting of any environmental incidents.

Awareness of environmental legislation as it relates to current duties.

Awareness and implementation of environmental procurement policy

Adoption of recycling and energy saving initiatives within the office environment.

Adopting an environmentally responsible attitude to company business and reporting any environmental incidents or potential incidents to Supervision.

Qualifications and Training

Previous Procurement Experience2+ years

MRO Product Knowledge

Proficient in the Use of IT systems including Excel, Crystal Reports, Dynamics GP, Management Databases.