Buyer

**Role Summary**:
Focus on and manage core site-based Procurement to Pay activities to meet operational objectives and provide outstanding service levels while achieving lowest total cost of acquisition for direct material, indirect goods, services and logistics. Be an integral part of site operational supply chain team helping on execute strategies and objectives set forth by the Global Supply Chain team (GSC).

**Responsibilities & Requirements**:SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY**
- For the named site, fulfill the Procure to Pay function; including:

- Work with suppliers and Flowserve personnel to purchase material as requested by the MRP system and requisitions and in compliance to the Procurement 101 Playbook. Some of the primary activities include, but are not limited to:

- Managing Purchase Requisitions
- Managing Spot Buy RFQs (under $100k net value)
- Managing the Purchase Orders
- Expediting & managing Open Purchase Orders
- Work with Customer Order Management and Planning to quote costs and deliveries for existing and new purchased components relevant for the site.
- Work with Supplier Performance Group, Engineering, Manufacturing and suppliers to fulfill quality, cost, and delivery needs.
- Management of Purchase Orders: Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries with formal issue and MRP date updates.
- Manage flow of documents, drawings, specifications, requirements with suppliers to receive material with correct quality and specifications. o
- Manage deliveries of material as necessary on a timely basis and for the commodities assigned to maximize customer satisfaction and on-time delivery.
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce related expenses and improve effectiveness.
- Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.
- Interface with Supply Chain organization (local and global) to resolve issues concerning order placement for assigned commodities.
- Support entire procurement team to implement Supply Strategies and standard work-processes.
- Collaborative effort with Supplier Performance Group to intervene with suppliers on applicable quality and performance issues (e.g. QC/QA).
- Resolve all issues relating to invoice discrepancies from suppliers for seamless payment processing.
- Manage and maintain all system ERP data as required.
- Coordinate with the Global Sourcing team for spot buy values greater than $100k and for general sourcing support as needed.
- Management of supplier deviation (concession) requests through to conclusion.
- Support any supply chain initiatives roll-out across the site/platform or any ad-hoc request as directed by line manager.

**MAIN OBJECTIVES**
- Cost Reduction: in line with the departmental or functional annual targets
- Timely delivery: ensure production lines run smoothly without any stoppages for shortages or Quality
- Purchase Requisition Conversion: quick turnaround time to convert material demand into Purchase Orders to ensure sufficient time is provided to suppliers for manufacturing
- Purchase Order Management: manage the exception messages generated from the ERP system to support optimum levels of inventory, revision changes, cancellations, PO confirmations, supporting the closure of supplier concessions and deviations
- At all times comply with Flowserve Safety, Integrity & Ethics procedures/policies
- Compliance with ALL Flowserve Supply Chain policies & procedures

**Preferred Experience / Skills**:COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS**
- Effective Communication skills
- Fluent verbal and communication skills in English; with preference to one or more additional languages.
- Reliable negotiation skills
- Basic data analysis skills
- Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers
- Proven working experience with SAP / Oracle
- Experience in collecting and analyzing data
- IT proficient (Microsoft Office)
- Results oriented
- Strong work ethic and responsiveness
- Problem solver

**PREFERENCES**
- 2 years of experience in a similar role
- Bachelor's Degree in Business (Supply Chain Management preferred)
- Willingness to travel (occasional)
- Product / Commodity intimacy
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations

**Primary Posting Location**: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia

**Job Posting Category**: Logistics

**Job Advertising Title**: Buyer

**Employment Type**: Full time

**Country**: Saudi Arabia

**Auto req ID**: 55049BR

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