Purchasing Specialist
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About the Role
KONE seeks a Purchasing Specialist to support sourcing plans for a unit in Dubai. The role involves identifying local sourcing opportunities, negotiating contracts, managing supplier relationships, and supporting customer projects.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Work with the unit’s business functions to understand needs for direct material and spares
- Identify local sourcing opportunities for direct materials and spare parts
- Negotiate frame contracts and price lists with suppliers for direct materials/spares
- Act as contract owner for direct material/spares suppliers
- Support implementation of global/area category plans within the unit
- Define source plans for customer projects and work closely with project team
- Run RFQs for customer project specific materials and negotiate contracts
- Advise customer facing roles on preferred suppliers and decide on suppliers for customer projects
- Identify local sourcing opportunities for installation subcontracting
- Negotiate frame contracts and price lists for installation subcontracting
- Act as contract owner for local installation subcontractor suppliers
- Collect business requirements for indirect spend sourcing projects
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field
- Additional qualifications in Supply Chain Management or Procurement advantageous
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- Strong supply market knowledge in the relevant area of spend
- Proficiency in supplier tendering, negotiation, and contract management
- Familiarity with supplier performance, quality management, and relationship management
- Knowledge of relevant technologies and systems in procurement
- Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management
- Familiarity with local procurement laws and supplier networks is a plus
- Experience working in an international/multinational environment is an advantage
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Role Overview
- The Purchasing Specialist supports the Unit Purchasing Manager in executing sourcing plans for a specific unit and works closely with other functions within the unit. He/she identifies local sourcing opportunities, manages supplier tenders, acts as contract owner for selected suppliers, and manages related supplier relationships. He/she also supports individual customer projects with their specific needs and helps identify the optimal supplier setup for these projects.
Key Responsibilities and Activities
- Direct Material & Spares: Works with the unit’s business functions to understand needs; Identifies local Sourcing opportunities for direct materials and spare parts; Negotiates frame contracts and price lists with suppliers to be used within the unit for direct materials/spares; Acts as contract owner for direct material/spares suppliers; Supports the implementation of global/area category plans within his/her unit; Can act as a sourcing specialist also for the needs of other units in specific cases, representing the needs of these other units towards suppliers.
- Customer Projects: Defines source plans for customer projects and works closely with the project team to understand real customer needs; Runs RFQs for customer project specific materials and negotiates contracts with suppliers for customer projects; Advises customer facing roles on preferred suppliers and decides on suppliers for customer projects.
- Installations: Works with the unit’s business functions to understand needs; Identifies local Sourcing opportunities for Installation subcontracting/subcontracted installation services; Negotiates frame contracts and price lists with suppliers to be used by the business for locally sourced installation subcontracting; Acts as contract owner for local installation subcontractor suppliers; Supports the implementation of global/Area category plans within his/her unit.
- Indirect: Collects business requirements from the unit to support sourcing projects for indirect spend; Supports the implementation of area/global level category plans and sourcing projects in a unit through additional local contract negotiations as needed; Supports the update of local instructions and policies, provides guidance, and supports the business in following/using preferred suppliers and ensuring compliance.
Are you the one?
- Educational and Language Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field. Additional qualifications in Supply Chain Management or Procurement are advantageous. Proficiency in spoken and written English is essential.
- Professional and Technical Skills: Strong supply market knowledge in the relevant area of spend. Proficiency in supplier tendering, negotiation, and contract management. Familiarity with supplier performance, quality management, and relationship management. Knowledge of relevant technologies and systems in procurement.
- Experience Requirements: Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management. Familiarity with local procurement laws and supplier networks is a plus. Experience working in an international/multinational environment is an advantage.
- Core Competencies: Effective stakeholder management abilities. Expertise in change management processes. Strategic and analytical mindset for cost optimization.
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