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Alstom has been present in South Africa for more than a century. During these years the company provided a wide range of products and technologies which helped develop the country’s infrastructure. Alstom provided equipment for 12 of South Africa’s 13 coal-fired power plants and for the only nuclear power plant, but it also played a historical…
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PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
- Set up full supplier selection process
- Deploy commodities strategy
- Ensure project execution in line with Quality Cost Delivery & Technical (QCDT) objectives
- Pilot contractual relationships with suppliers for his/her scope on different sites
- Support supplier Panel relationship (supplier capacity; capability; negotiation and specific contract as per scope.
POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION –
MAIN OFFICE LOCATION:
- Located in Nigel (Ekurhuleni) at the production site
- May also be required to visit suppliers and other Alstom sites/offices
- Work with Cross Functional Teams to execute Sourcing Strategies i.e. Central Teams, Suppliers, Projects Team, Supplier Quality, Supplier Development, Supply-Chain, Quality, Engineering, Economic Development, Legal, Finance, etc.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Support Procurement Manager in leading the team
- Play in leading role in Sourcing Projects (RFx) supporting the Buyer
- To execute day-to-day buying at a specific region and ensure that purchasing transactions are directed through the correct procure-to-pay channel (e.g., emergency order vs pre-sourced order).
- Integrated in each domain team, the Buyer will deploy commodity strategy to serve local requirements while keeping in line with the Global Strategy at Central (ALSTOM)
- The Lead Buyer will also be required to manage the contractual relationship with suppliers.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
SET UP FULL SUPPLIER SELECTION PROCESS
- Prepare and launch of Request for Quotation with suppliers
- Lead project negotiation
- Monitor Procurement project QCDT & legal project evolution (FAI, Business Award, Product development)
- Ensure work package sheet commitment respect
- Prepare Business Award
- Promote the Alstom Code of Ethics and adhering to the highest standards of ethical conduct.
- Coordinate project with all métiers
- Ensure the on-time delivery and quality are secured especially during the ramp-up phase of the project
SUPPORT COMMODITY STRATEGY
- Consolidate the commodity needs, inputs
- Participate actively to commodity strategy and panel elaboration
- Provide imputes to build differentiation
- Support of Commodity Manager in tender phase
- Represent the commodities towards projects, platforms and solutions.
- Ensure effective teamwork with internal customers and stakeholders in problem solving
- Apply the Alstom Procurement process and provide return on experience.
BUILD SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP
- Support global supplier panel relationship
- Manage specific supplier panel relationship (negotiation, specific agreement, local supplier QCDT performances)
- Measure the supplier’s performance and develop them in coordination with supplier Quality Team
- Assess properly all risky suppliers and manage the associated mitigation plan
- Manage initial issues before escalation to line manager
- Monitor Corporate Social Responsibility engagements and deviations
- Respect Alstom code of ethics and guidelines
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS:
- Savings P&L and Cost to Complete
- Non Conformities Event and On Time Delivery
- Panel situation Supplier compliancy status rate
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS/DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE & BEHAVIOUR
- National Diploma in Purchasing or equivalent. BS or BA in Purchasing, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Information Technology or other business-related field.
- Minimum 5-7 years of experience in Procurement, or same/similar Industry work experience (e.g., quality/engineering/costing/ etc).
- Procurement professional background and/or Quality /supply chain/technical background.
- Solid working experience, with sourcing/supply chain exposure (manufacturing / automotive / rail industries preferred), with at least 3 years in management
- Purchasing professional background and/or Quality /supply chain/technical background
- Fluent English
- International mind-set
- Communication (both verbal and non-verbal)
- Internal and external influencing skills
- Pro-active, autonomous
- Ability to work in complex organization and to manage wide transversal network
- Negotiation Skills
- Strategic vision
- Ability to work independently
- Willingness to travel
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Strong leadership (in front of Supplier Top Management and Alstom Top Management)
- Cross Functional coordination between external and internal stakeholders
- Can drive the Change/ is a Change Agent
- Autonomous
- Agile and innovative, open to new concepts to improve overall Supplier ED performance
- Able to get global vision of the business, risks & opportunities
- Ability to train and advise