Indirect Material Buyer

Developing and maintaining working relations with suppliers assigned. Sourcing of materials, service and spare parts. Negotiating contracts and specific conditions for delivery of parts, materials or services. Ensuring timely procurement and order management to ensure parts and materials are appropriately delivered. Ensuring supplier performance reporting, announcing and clarifying claims, if necessary. A job at this level… Supports/executes the procurement process for all parts, materials or services assigned, usually in a local (plant or site) organization. Regularly checks local inventories, and places respective orders with the supplier. Interacts with suppliers, forwarding agencies and own organization, to optimize the material flow, according to the plans. Takes over operational management of claims and interacts with supplier to settle (routine) claims, if possible. Ensures proper administration and filing of all procurement cases, in the respective systems.