Strategic Buyer

6 days ago


Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Calo Full time

**Role overview**

We are looking for an experienced in-direct Strategic Buyer to create and maintain good relationships with key suppliers to ensure all kitchen equipment and services are of the highest quality and delivered on time. Someone focused on increasing productivity by introducing smart equipment and agile services to decrease manual work.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Responsible for capital equipment, services sourcing, and procurement activities within assigned categories/locations.
- Collaborates with the engineering team to establish requirements and execute the full sourcing process to meet the defined technical scope of projects.
- Develop, lead and execute assets/ equipment purchasing strategies
- Work closely with the Operations team, Automation team, and Maintenance teams to enable fast execution of assets/ equipment procurement decisions.
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve the effectiveness
- Communicate with stakeholders (Supply chain, engineering, Finance, and kitchen team) to ensure clear requirements and services documentation
- Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
- Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
- Assess, manage and mitigate risks
- Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers for Kitchen equipment and services
- Determine quantity and timing of deliveries
- Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand
- Focuses on increasing productivity by introducing smart equipment to decrease manual work
- Must have had a minimum of 2 years of previous proven experience as an equipment purchasing officer or similar position
- knowledge of the Saudi inbound logistics cycle
- Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management
- Interest in market dynamics along with a business sense
- A knack for negotiation and networking
- Ability to gather and analyze data
- Solid judgment along with decision-making skills
- Strong leadership capabilities

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