Oceania Non-Raw Material Purchasing Buyer

Prysmian Group

Join Prysmian Group, an innovative and high-performing world leader in manufacturing energy and telecom cables and system. With over 100 years of experience and knowledge of making cables, Prysmian focuses on three core values: Drive, Trust & Simplicity.

Oceania - Non Raw Material Purchasing Buyer

Play a critical business support role focusing on Energy & Telecom Non Raw Material (NRM) categories in an exciting and fast-paced workplace. Work in a team of talented Procurement professionals and gain exposure to diverse tasks and stakeholders.

This role will be responsible for a number of Indirect categories and smaller spends, with the potential to quickly grow in responsibility and remuneration.

Key Responsibility

• Strategically source and qualify new suppliers in line with best practice, promoting positive business P&L and broadening of supply base
• Help in setting effective strategies and objectives to enhance productivity and management of NRM Report and Management Plan with a focus on Fleet, Facilities, MRO and packaging
• Ensure data integration and accurate analysis for categories regularly and through monthly Category Spends
• Promote compliance to all Quality and OHS&E requirements and policies through dynamic supplier performance management and effective documentation
• Manage all category purchase orders for DW and LP, following up on all backorders, and managing all intricacies for respective categories
• Enhance supplier and contract management through management of the ERP for category end to end purchasing processes alongside the procurement team, ensuring accuracy in all pricing and customer service
• Manage and follow-up on deliveries and ensure confirmation for service & goods are accurately recorded and monitored in the ERP system
• Train new employees and help will all ERP compliance and operating systems
• Run the source-to-contract activities for NRM through meticulous contract and tender negotiation, ensuring business objectives are pursued and excellent customer service is upheld
• Monitor all prices, payment conditions & incoterm further promoting customer services and accurate shipment interstate and overseas
• Continually support procurement team in promoting cost-saving and ensuring timely delivery of goods through optimization of supply and active supplier relationship management
• Aid in risk minimization for supplier contracts through supplier reviews, maintaining up to date documents and accurate contract registers and tracking all contract variations through specific indirect categories
• Promote the effective monitoring supplier contracts through proactive engagement and monitoring of expiry dates and price fluctuations
• Further promote key supplier relationships and ensure overall compliance to specification and payment terms across categories
• Ensure compliance with suppliers and internal departments for all specifications and payment terms, ensuring all invoicing authorization and clarification issues are adequately managed
• Identify and monitor new supply opportunities to encourage continual improvement of customer service and enhanced productivity
• Strategically monitor the alignment of all Procurement activities with overall business objectives and managerial prerogatives through collaborating effectively with team
• Promote adherence to best practice policies and tracking of procurement budget initiatives
• Help to negotiate forklift rentals for all DW and LP clients, ensure all invoices and split costs for Product and Logistic Cost Centre are accurate and running monthly meeting to check the fleet           

Candidate Profile

• Comprehensive understanding and exposure to end to end category management, having managed or support the full process of source to contract
• Understanding of Contract Law fundamentals and processes
• Exposure to import/export management and processing as well as an understanding of International Trade
• Strong computer literacy; experience managing data integrity and systems
• Stakeholder management and best practice negotiation skills, having dealt with a diverse group of stakeholders effectively
• Ability to understand the importance of and the management of quality, timelines, while pursuing cost savings
• Only for Australia citizen/PR

Candidate Capabilities

• Enthusiastic to pursue procurement objectives and work with numerous stakeholders
• Strong problem solving and data analysis
• Ability to work with highly technical staff productively, eliciting buy-in of business initiatives and compliance to procurement policies
• Highly developed Verbal & Written skills
• Ability to work both with supplier and customers effectively
• Strong analytic skills and financial and cost awareness
• Organized and proactive