Job TitleProject Buyer
Job Description
The Project Buyer will be accountable for project procurement, subcontract administration, supplier management and commercial risk management.
Working for the business across departments you are responsible for purchasing Third Party Equipment and Services from suppliers all over the world.
Role Responsibilities
This Role will be accountable for ensuring that projects are controlled and protected from commercial risk including contract negotiation. They will be involved in project delivery environment creating effective and good working customer/supplier relationships to ensure productive relationships and having a proactive approach towards Supply Chain management whilst maintaining strong partnerships with subcontractors.
Your responsibilities and activities will be:
- Determine, present, and implement the Procurement Plan for your projects based on solid analysis of amongst others the main contract, the needs of the project team and the category/sourcing strategy.
- Provide input, if requested, during the sales phase to assist the sales team in producing competitive but robust budget proposals and realistic first draft project supply plan.
- Identify and manage risks and opportunities.
- Select suppliers in conjunction with the Project Manager, project leader for engineering and contracts manager.
- Execute the RFQ process, negotiate the terms and conditions, contract suppliers and subcontractors.
- Manage OTIF (On Time In Full) delivery according with the project plans.
- Manage project performance of contracted suppliers.
- Support Contracts Manager in developing and maintaining supply base to meet long term strategic objectives
Role Requirements
- Excellent verbal and oral skills in English and Arabic language.
- Handling procurement cycle [P2P]
- Supplier and subcontractor management including pre and post contract, relationship management, procurement, and tendering
- M&E experience advantageous
- Experience in a project’s organization working closely with Project managers, project planners, engineering, and other stakeholders.
- Purchasing experience within a dynamic and international environment.
- Purchasing (creation, monitoring, and expediting)
- Good negotiating, contracting and procurement skills.
What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market.
Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation.
Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.
