MRO Indirect Buyer

Position Details :
• Job Title : Site MRO/Indirect Buyer
• Location : Kansas City Metro
• Hiring Timeline : January 2027
Responsibilities
• 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
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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:
• In supply base management (supplier selection, supplier ranking, supplier development, commodity strategy)
• Sourcing process
• Order to pay process
• Technical negotiations

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