Internal Job Title:
Purchasing Specialist
Business:
Lucy Switchgear Arabia
Location:
Dammam
Job Reference No:
3679
Job Purpose
- Vendor development for localization
- Purchase Direct & Indirect material as per demand
- Settle the purchase rate & negotiate with supplier.
- Supplier Quality Audit.
- Commodities: Mechanical machined, Electrical, fabricated, press, forged, casted parts of switchgear industry or manufacturing industry & Consumables bought outs items.
Job Context
Ensure all rate settlement will done as per purchasing policy, new vendor development for localization, cost reduction need to achieve through different methods, supplier quality improvements.
Job Dimensions
The Job involves to develop vendor for direct & indirect material based on demand, find alternate supplier, cost reduction ,coordinate with cross function team to achieve business goal.
Key Accountabilities
These will include:
- Source new suppliers as per QMS guidelines of LSA.
- Drawing / specification review.
- Localization development of different commodity in KSA.
- Should cost analysis for the requirements.
- Coordinate with technical internal stake older for the due diligence of new suppliers/ parts to be developed.
- Float formal enquiries in favor of LSA.
- Handhold with suppliers for development & pass through the samples as per Global standards.
- Tool / die development along with its contract & log sheet management.
- Supplier improvement for quality & delivery.
- Cost reduction for existing sources YoY.
Qualifications, Experience & Skills
Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience
- More than 4 years experience as a purchasing or vendor development area., i.e., electrical/mechanical /consumables parts procurement & development.
- Delivery OTIF: 96% at least
- Quality PPM: 250 for the assigned commodities.
- Cost: 3 % reduction in spend for the assigned commodities.
- QMS/ Contract management: 100 % adherence to QMS, its continual improvement & contract sign off.
- PR to PO conversion process to support production team.
- Follow up with supplier & bring the material on time for delivery.
- More than 4 years experience in Direct/Indirect Purchase department in a manufacturing company, (experience in procurement in a reputed organization, preferably switchgear industry will be added as advantage).
- Graduate bachelor's degree in preferably Supply Chain, Logistics Management, however engineering degree with Supply Chain Professional certificate is acceptable.
- Excellent negotiation & persuasive skills with high level technical knowledge in overall electrical, mechanical materials and suppliers in the region and abroad.
- Experience in vendor development and resourcing supplies.
- Experience of working with suppliers across the world.
- Self-starter and takes initiative for additional responsibilities and challenges.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Data orientated and logical thinking are key attributes required in the candidate.
- Impeccable integrity is a must.
- Hands on experience in reputed ERP packages (experience in Microsoft AX will be added advantage).
- Good communication skills.
Experience in Middle East market will be added advantage.
Behavioural Competencies
- Interpersonal skills in handling inter-department day to day issues.
- Positive attitude and emotional intelligence skills.
- Competent time management and multi-tasking abilities.
- Ability to work with people from different nationalities.
- Self-starter and takes initiative for additional responsibilities and challenges.
About Us:
Lucy Electric is a global business that provides medium voltage switching and protection solutions for electrical distribution systems. Our dedication to cultivating our service provision allows Lucy Electric to offer a complete solutions package to our customers; facilitating the delivery of electricity to homes and businesses worldwide.
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