Procurement Buyer II

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ESS SR Operational Buyer

Role and Responsibilities

Job Summary

The Operational Buyer is responsible to plan, organize, and control operational activities surrounding the acquisition of materials and services. The focus will be on the Supply Base Management strategy to achieve lowest total costs, effective asset management, continuous quality improvement, delivery and cycle time performance improvement, and early supplier involvement in product development.

Key Tasks/Responsibilities

• Work with suppliers to provide right material at the right time and ensure world-class supplier delivery performance
• Develop and deploy consistent processes globally
• Monitor and improve operational metrics (PR to PO conversion time, PO acknowledgement, PO Past Due to Confirmation, PO Past Due to Delivery and supplier Late Commits)
• Expedite material and work with supplier on Root cause and Corrective action on the material delay
• Work with suppliers to confirm delivery status and fully manage the PO Placement process
• Negotiate best possible delivery date from suppliers for short-to-lead-time orders
• Work on resolving the Invoices and ensure work with supplier and internal teams to implement corrective actions to avoid future repeated issues. Work with ESS FE to implement system / Ariba / SAP enhancement to avoid future repeated issues.
• Work with Planning/Sourcing/Supplier to ensure Lead Time are correct in system and update as needed
• Partner with the Functional Excellence team in ESS to drive automation processes and other value-added services to increase productivity, reduce response times, simplify processes by eliminating nonvalue added steps,
• Partner with the Strategic Team to drive gross productivity and reduce working capital using of procurement tools
• Issue Purchase Orders in accordance with Order Policy to satisfy customer need
• Support the Key Delivery Metrics Supplier on Time to Request (SOTTR) and Supplier on Time to promise (SOTTP) and Inventory goals for Honeywell
• Partner Strategic Sourcing at supporting business project teams – in sourcing, submitting RFQs, negotiating and executing project terms
• Support Strategic Team in managing and developing suppliers base by negotiating and processing legal documents (NDA, Master Agreements) by using LEAP or another appropriate legal tool
• Support at maintaining vendors base by processing changes through Vendor Master tool
• Responsible for SAP Management (creating the new or update existing OA, PIR and PO and other information in SAP).

Qualifications/Experience/Skills

• Bachelor’s degree with minimum of 5 years of experience in Supply Chain Management
• Knowledge of Oil & Gas market is an advantage and project experience is preferred
• English fluent speaking and writing required
• Ability to work in a cross functional, team oriented global environment
• Superior oral and written communication skills
• Good organizational skills with an ability to prioritize
• Competent appearance, negotiation skills and assertiveness
• Ability to build teamwork to accomplish business objectives
• Rapid problem-solving skills
• Good knowledge in SAP and MS Office
• Good knowledge of MS Excel (PIVOT tables, V-Look up is preferred)
• Good understanding of business/ business-oriented mind
• Open minded for new opportunities and challenges with proactive approach
• Understands organization chart and able to address questions/requests to the right function

WE VALUE

• Knowledge of purchasing systems
• Strong communication skills and a team player
• Good organizational – ability to prioritize and do problem solving
• Medium amount of years of experience in a purchasing
• English fluent, any other language is a plus
• Planning, negotiations and agreements/contract management experience
• Good technical knowledge of Procurement/sourcing

Additional Information

• JOB ID: HRD9085271
• Category: Procurement
• Location: Devarabisanahalli Village, KR Varturhobli,,East Taluk – Phase I,Bangalore,KARNATAKA,560103,India
• Exempt