Project Buyer Expeditor

Pay Range: $25.55hr - $30.55hr

Job Overview:

As a Project Buyer Expeditor, the successful candidate will have day-to-day involvement in procurement activity within the business to ensure efficient management of required targets. The role focuses on tactical execution of purchase order schedules related to material for multiple projects within the New Unit Gas Turbine Business. The candidate will focus on internal customers and partners, solving short-term and daily issues while creating value. The candidate will become an expert in tactical execution, expediting, and supply chain performance management.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a work queue and ensure that Purchase Orders are issued in due time.
• Ensure close cooperation with internal customers to ensure customer care and early involvement.
• Manage a portfolio of suppliers, negotiate price increase requests, and resolve issues pertaining to invoicing and payment.
• Contribute to implementation and ensure usage of globally defined methods, processes, and systems to ensure high process efficiency and process compliance (e.g. compliant Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process, procurement guidelines, IT systems).
• Support Supplier Management processes (e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation, development, classification).
• Maintain records of all documentation and adhere to online purchasing and contract management systems.
• Support and/or lead Procurement Business Plan activities.
• Collaborate strongly with global and local project management and the operational material requirements planning team to achieve maximum effectiveness in planning, alignment, and execution.
• Continuously monitor procurement lists and follow up on execution such as order confirmation, progress, and compliance with quality requirements.
• Support and ensure compliance with transportation and customs requirements in close collaboration with the Logistics team.
• Provide weekly interval schedule progress reports.

Requirements:

• Strong SAP transactional experience.
• Outstanding Excel skills.
• 3+ years of experience in direct procurement.
• Team player with the ability to work independently to meet fixed deadlines, goals, and objectives.
• Ability to work in a complex, fast-changing global organizational environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, collaboration and influencing techniques, result-orientation, and strategic-innovative thinking.