MRO Indirect Buyer

OPmobility SE; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

OPmobility SE is seeking a Purchasing lead responsible for managing the plant supply base, conducting vendor evaluations, and driving supplier negotiations to achieve best technical solutions and lowest landed costs. The role includes RFQ management, sourcing recommendations, and strict adherence to policy and legal constraints.

The ideal candidate has a technical or business background with 3 years in industrial procurement, and strong knowledge of local to global markets, coupled with KPI

Qualifications

• 3 years in a purchasing department in an industrial & international environment
• Experience in industrial indirect purchasing is a plus (maintenance, repair, industrial consumables and services)
• Knowledge of local, regional and global markets and purchasing processes

Responsibilities

• Owns the plant supply base and vendor rating annually
• Leads supplier negotiations with at least 3 competitors
• Manages RFQ process and plant sourcing approvals
• Prepares sourcing recommendations and presents them in sourcing
• Manages ordering process in line with OP policy and legal constraints
• Optimizes order-to-pay process and leverages plant contracts

Skills

Vendor management

Negotiation

RFQ process

Cost optimization

KPI reporting

Education

Technical or business background

Industrial purchasing experience

Tools

ERP systems

Procurement software

Job description

• Manages the activities in line with the E&L BG governance rules, purchasing policy and in the respect of the processes in place.
• Is the owner of the plant supply base: is accountable for the local supply base and evaluate it through a vendor rating process once a year.
• Is responsible for the risk management with the support of the Finance department (financial health of suppliers, penetration rate, …)
• Compares the MRO costs and purchasing conditions with the ones of the other E&L BG plants – Benchmark the data and identify opportunities of improvement
• Contributes to the plant's synergies, developing the conditions with the other buyers to leverage the volumes and optimize the costs
• Manages the supply base relationships according to OP purchasing policy. Solve the issues with the suppliers
• Follows and reports the MRO performance through the standard KPIs. Commit on savings. Reports monthly and declare the savings achieved in the respect of the processes and rules in place.
• Leads the negotiation with the suppliers: Ensures a fair competition between suppliers. Makes sure 3 competitors at least compete to provide best technical solution and lowest landed cost.
• Manages the Purchasing requests flow and launch the RFQ process for the plant.
• Prepares the sourcing recommendations and present them in sourcing.
• After sourcing approval, manages the ordering process in the respect of the law, in line with the legal constraints and obligations and OP policy.
• Manages the plant contracts and implement, for the plant, the global contracts managed by the lead buyer.
• Optimizes the order to pay process, proposing solutions for recurrent purchases.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Technical or business background with specialty in purchasing
• Previous experience 3 years in a purchasing department in an industrial & international environment
• Previous experience in industrial indirect purchasing is a + (Scope Maintenance, Repair, industrial consumables and services, CAPEX and lost packaging)
• Knowledge of the markets (local, regional, global)
• Purchasing process knowledge: