Manufacturing/Fabrication company in the 77484 area is looking to add a Buyer to the team. This company is busy and needs someone with some get up and go. An experienced buyer/purchaser in the Oil and Gas industry Upstream, Midstream, or even Manufacturing would be a great fit.
Responsibilities:
- Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
- Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations.
- Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities.
- Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organization.
- Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers.
- Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities.
- Prepare reports and updates as and when required.
- Work closely with others in the company and review opportunities for continuous improvement and business improvements.
- Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
- Prepare, maintain purchase orders, and order schedules.
- Build, maintain and manage Project BOMs.
- Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications.
- Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships.
- Compile data relating to supplier offering for evaluation.
- Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues
Self-Management
- Assertive, resilient and welcomes change.
- Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working together.
- Proactively contributes to the team.
- Actively committed to teams development
- Is self-aware and optimistic
- Shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all dealings
Skills and Attributes:
- Able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers
- Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills
- Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem-solving abilities
- Able to manage time effectively, prioritize tasks and achieve set targets
- Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the production, manufacture and customer order fulfilment
- Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations
- Keen attention to detail and accuracy
Qualifications and Experience Levels:
- Previous experience of working in a purchasing team preferably within a fabrication or manufacturing environment
- Good knowledge of purchasing, negotiation, commercial understanding and cost breakdown
- Experience of working closely with suppliers
- Able to add value, reduce costs and input to business improvements
- An understanding of fabrication processes and components would be advantageous
- Computer literate, with advanced Excel skills/abilities
