UK Maintenance & Operational Buyer

• The role holder will be part of R2P team supporting the UK Ops
• The team will be responsible for sourcing, negotiating and buying of goods materials and services to ensure that the company operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of operations
• The role holder will also support the BU governance of procurement policy compliance and support sites on urgent material requests

Responsibilities

• Create and place all purchase orders;
• Logistics - with vendors for logistics services and coordinate proper invoicing
• HSE - Ordering PPE, vendor management, quality signage / local site based needs
• QFS - Procure chemicals / testing equipment / site calibration / Lab requirements.
• Approve requisitions and manage invoice queries
• Oversees order placement and delivery, governing requisition compliance and adherence
• initiate and support OEM conversion activities
• Managing SLA agreements with major suppliers
• Govern compliance, track and measure and manage escalations through lead as required.
• Managing SLA agreements with major suppliers
• Arrange Ad-hoc SP request from Sites, Sector teams
• Liaison with engineering regarding non-compliance report (NCR) and supplier quality issues
• Updating purchase info records and sourcing lists

Qualifications

• Education: Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Administration, Data Analytics or SC
• Minimum 4-5 years of P2P process
• Computer literate Advanced Excel, Power Point, Power BI, SAP
• Language: English Fluency both written and verbal required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in order to identify and formulate effective actions and prioritize
• Experience and comfort with digital systems and tools
• Technical knowledge and understanding of technical materials and parts and nature of works, demonstrated by a suitable HNC diploma and min 3 years experience in procurement admin of technical/non commercial items; OR University graduate in a technical discipline and 0-1 year working experience or internship in a procurement environment of technical items.
• Working knowledge of SAP & Buying plaforms (ie Ariba), Power Apps and BI