Corporate Category Buyer - Vallourec

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Apply best-practice processes, tools, and techniques to:

· Supports internal customers, and interfaces with them to ensure the best overall value is being taken into consideration on all product/commodity acquisitions

· Consolidate the needs on an N.A. basis to achieve competitive advantage and cost savings.

· Perform analysis on cost data and provide recommendations for cost savings, and additional value add items to Internal Stakeholders

· Create and develop Purchasing Strategies for the commodities in line with facilities’ strategic targets and Vallourec Group Purchasing Strategies and Policies.

· Interface and communicate with the global lead buyer to identify opportunities to leverage the spending on a worldwide basis

· Prepares invitations to quote (RFQs), effectively sources and obtains proposals on assigned requirements

· Analyze commercial offers and proceed to their comparison and recommendations for equalization.

· Elaborate negotiation strategies, taking into consideration the targets of the acquisition process. Lead the negotiations with the selected suppliers, according to the defined strategy.

· Optimize the supplier base through evaluation of information and benchmarking of suppliers.

· Continuously evaluate the supplier market and market trends.

· Identify and implement purchasing levers to reduce the total cost of ownership by submitting recommendations for savings or process improvement initiatives.

· Manage all aspects of the purchasing contracts and agreements for the commodity, including contract review, negotiation, writing and approval, release, compliance to terms and conditions, and contract compliance throughout the term of the agreement.

· Manage relationships between Vallourec companies and the suppliers on his/her scope, including assisting with the qualification and evaluation of these

· Manage and optimize supplier performance, including continuous improvement, and innovations.

· Find, assist, and counsel prospective suppliers to enhance their abilities to compete.

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Education & Experience:

· A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required; concentration in supplier negotiation or a related field of study is a plus.

· A minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in Sourcing/Purchasing in a Corporate environment is required.

· Must demonstrate leadership skills and desire to move to positions of greater responsibility.

Preferred Skills and Knowledge:

· Strong oral and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, effective negotiation skills, a good understanding of cost-price analysis techniques, and a basic understanding of contract law.

· Ability to read, analyze, and understand technical subjects, such as technical specifications, procedures, and process descriptions.

· Ability to write reports and business correspondences, effectively present information, and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

· Ability to calculate figures and work formulas to achieve amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume; ability to apply basic algebra and geometry concepts.

· Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

· Must be knowledgeable of ERP systems and proficient in Microsoft Office environments (Excel, Word, PowerPoint…)