Purchasing Support Office Buyer I

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As a member of  Global Purchasing  team, the  Tactical Buyer  to focus on tactical and transactional sourcing activities in relation to non-production spend, not covered by strategic category management teams. Based at UOA Business Park, Shah Alam, this role reports to the Senior Buyer.

The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Handling inbound and outbound Requests / calls / email.
• Lead the delivery of tactical buying activity for operational planned spend opportunities within defined operational spend levels.
• Manage transactional buying desk activities and support wider strategic category management including raising purchase orders in line with Lear P2P system.
• Deliver additional value to operational buying on orders – interpreting and meeting operational requirements / specifications, demand and delivery of solutions.
• Support of category sourcing that continuously improves suppliers’ and contractors’ compliance with Global, Category and Regionals standards.
• Work closely with category managers and business units to establish and deliver procurement requirements, strategic benefits and compliance to existing procurement contracts.
• Ensures products and services are purchased in the most cost- and time-efficient manner, delivering ‘agile’ solutions to implement and ensure purchasing best practices
• Evaluates, re-tenders, renegotiates or extends contracts and suppliers in order to facilitate tactical and strategic sourcing with relevant stakeholders.
• Engagement with operational teams to review pipeline and track regional and national opportunities.
• Deliver additional value to operational buying activities - supporting operational requirements / specifications, demand and delivery of solutions
• Identification of suppliers and supplier engagement in buying activities.
• Quotation analysis and recommendations, consideration suitability / reliability of suppliers to meet operational requirements
• Monitor and challenge non-compliant buying activities.
• Report on compliance, procurement and operational KPIs.
• Utilization of eProcurement solutions, including eAuctions.

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