Purchasing Specialist

2 weeks ago


Greater Adelaide SA, Australia Grundfos Full time

Hybrid
- Adelaide Office_

**What is the Job all about?**

**Your main responsibilities**:
Provide administrative support to categories related to sourcing and relationship activities in close cooperation with the Category Manager. In addition, role model in below mentioned key activities.

**Value based sourcing related activities**:

- Responsible for local suppliers
- Responsible for the tendering process (eRFI & RFQs and e-auctions).
- Responsible for the creation and updating of contracts
- Responsible for price (MPI) and contract negotiations.
- Responsible for budgeting MPI and investments in alignment with category targets
- Responsible for driving cost out activities
- Responsible for building the yearly roadmap based on Group Purchasing priorities in alignment with Production Plant priorities.
- Agree on responsibilities and timing of the sub-projects of the yearly roadmap
- Responsible to drive/support supplier related activities/ projects in collaboration with plants/ divisions
- Category team:

- Participate in developing the SRM strategies for key suppliers and relevant collaborative suppliers.
- Be part of a team of cross-functional key stakeholders.
- Develop supplier portfolio with a site focus
- Drive projects or activities aligned with category strategy and category team

**Operational Procurement Management related activities**
- Accountable for Vendor master data (Shared service task)
- Accountable for updating Purchasing conditions (Shared service task)
- Support solving suppliers or components related issues
- Act as Escalation point for plant according to escalation matrix
- Lead Purchasing tasks in temporary outsourcing due to capacity constraints **Supplier Relationship Management related activities**:

- Responsible for Local suppliers:

- Monitor the performance of suppliers (e.g., on-time deliveries, quality).
- Prepare and participate in follow-up with suppliers on performance against target and agreed development activities.
- Follow up on improvement initiatives.
- Classification of suppliers.
- Develop SRM strategies for selected Local suppliers based on risk assessment by the Purchasing Specialist.

**Your background**:

- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or related field.
- Knowledge of best practices and relevant practices, systems in administration and business support preferable from the purchasing field.
- Preferably have 2-3 years’ experience in similar work.
- Good command of English Language
- Worked experience collaborating with a globally arranged team.

**What’s in it for you?**

Whether it’s developing skills or advancing your expertise even further, we’ll support you with continuous learning and development opportunities, to help discuss and steer your long-term Grundfos career path. You’ll be welcomed from day one into an inclusive, trusting environment guided by six core values.
- Development opportunities in an international environment
- People
- and value-focused organization culture
- Social, team and sport events
- Training opportunities

**Do you want to learn more?**

If this job sounds appealing, please send your resume and cover letter by clicking “Apply”.

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**We look forward to hearing from you.


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