Summary
International Maritime Industries (IMI) is seeking a Buyer in Saudi Arabia to procure commodities, equipment, supplies, and services. The role includes managing purchase agreements, evaluating suppliers, coordinating timely and cost-effective purchasing, monitoring procurement KPIs, and supporting audits and spend analysis. Applicants should have 3–6 years of relevant purchasing experience and a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or a CIPS Diploma. Strong English communication is required; Arabic is advantageous.
The posting
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JOB PURPOSE / OBJECTIVE
The Buyer is responsible for the procurement of a wide variety of commodities, materials, supplies, equipment, and services for IMI functions, many of which are highly technical and require the application of complex procurement standards, identifies varied sources of commodities and services, evaluates bids, awards contracts and purchase orders, develops standards for new products or services, maintains contact with vendors, and maintains comprehensive descriptions of available products and current prices, also expedites the ordering and delivery process through the use of automated procurement systems, and assures invoice payment by monitoring the process from initiation of a purchase order through the receipt of the goods or services and billing from the vendor or supplier.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Procure different commodities of low complexity for various customers.
• Review and recommend revising purchasing practices to ensure their conformance with best industry practice, established laws, the Supply Chain Manuals, and approved processes.
• Conduct monthly file reviews.
• Identify potential items to be included under purchase agreements.
• Develop and maintain purchase agreements.
• Plan and monitor purchase agreement.
• Participate in development initiatives.
• Participate in cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate purchasing activities with internal partners to acquire products and services in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Maintain all procurement KPIs for assigned commodities and agreements including corrective actions to be taken.
• Manage supplier issue resolutions (lead time, drawing issues, etc.); work with business users, Supplier Quality, etc. to resolve supplier quality issues, identify sources for new products, and improve supplier performance; issue supplier corrective actions, and quality control instructions; and assess supplier responses to corrective action requests.
• Support internal, customer, and external compliance audits.
• Ensure communications regarding material status is being generated, presented, and distributed to appropriate personnel.
• Participate and prepare spend analysis for negotiations to be conducted with suppliers
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or equivalent
Professional Qualifications (Certifications & Accreditations)
• CIPS Diploma OR a supply chain degree OR a business degree (at bachelor’s level)
Professional Qualifications (Certifications & Accreditations) • CIPS Diploma OR a supply chain degree OR a business degree (at bachelor’s level)
Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)
• Possesses the ability to learn and communicate capabilities of different suppliers based on their current capacity, on time delivery, quality, and history with internal partners.
• Ability to work and succeed in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment while demonstrating superior presentation, communication, team building and leadership skills.
• Exercises good judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Demonstrated ability to work as an individual contributor or on a team. • Shows initiative on assignments, exercises independent judgment.
• Ability to interpret company’s policies/procedures, supply chain best practices, and applicable laws, and the to apply them in the procurements of commodities/services/purchase agreements. • Fair understanding of oil & gas and shipbuilding industry
• Strong organizational skills
• Detail oriented and organized with good project management skills.
• Experience working in large multicultural and multilingual teams.
• Assignment in a customer organization • Good negotiation skills and ability to develop win-win solutions
Experience
• 3 - 6 years of relevant experience in an international purchasing environment with positive results
• Procurement experience in working with different commodities with large volume purchases.
Languages
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English
• Arabic is advantageous