Position: Buyer – Commercial Components & Manufacturing Parts(Fere)
Reporting To Head of Purchasing
Job Purpose
The Buyer is responsible for sourcing, supplier selection, commercial negotiations, purchase order management, and supplier performance monitoring for commercial components and manufacturing parts. The role ensures cost competitiveness, on-time delivery, quality compliance, and supply continuity while supporting business and production requirements.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development
- Identify, evaluate, and develop qualified suppliers for commercial components and manufacturing parts.
- Define the strategy of main material groups and deploy long-term cooperation w. key suppliers.
- Conduct market research to identify potential suppliers, new technologies, and cost reduction opportunities.
- Lead supplier qualification and onboarding activities in collaboration with Quality, Engineering, and Operations teams.
- Maintain and continuously improve the approved supplier base.
- Drive dual-sourcing and risk mitigation strategies for critical components.
- Lead commercial negotiations covering:
- Payment terms
- Delivery conditions
- Warranty and service agreements
- Long-term supply contracts
- Achieve cost reduction and savings targets.
- Establish framework agreements and commercial contracts with key suppliers.
- Ensure all purchasing activities comply with company policies and procurement procedures.
3. Purchase Order Management
- Convert approved purchase requisitions into purchase orders.
- Manage the complete P2P (Procure-to-Pay) process from sourcing through order placement and delivery.
- Ensure timely order placement based on project schedules and production requirements.
- Monitor order confirmations and maintain accurate purchasing data in ERP systems.
- Resolve order discrepancies, delivery issues, and invoice-related matters.
4. Supplier Performance & Delivery Management
- Quality
- Cost
- Delivery
- Work with suppliers to improve delivery reliability and overall service performance.
- Support escalation management for supply shortages, quality concerns, and urgent procurement requirements.
- Conduct regular supplier reviews and performance evaluations.
5. Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate closely with internal cross-functional colleagues
- Support new product introductions and project procurement activities.
- Ensure supply availability while balancing inventory and working capital objectives.
- Analyze cost structures and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Track commodity market trends and supplier capacity risks.
- Develop contingency plans for supply disruptions.
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree or above in Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
Experience
- 3+ years of purchasing, sourcing, or procurement experience in manufacturing industries as a plus.
- Experience with ERP systems.
Skills
- Strong willingness on communications and collaborations.
- Solid negotiation and influencing skills.
- Supplier development and supplier relationship management.
- Cost analysis and commercial acumen.
- Contract and purchasing process knowledge.
- Good analytical and problem-solving capability.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Cost savings achieved (% and value)
- Supplier On-Time Delivery (OTD)
- Purchase Order cycle time
- Dual-source coverage rate for critical partsInventory and working capital optimization
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