NPR Industrial Buyer - USA & Canada

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ROLE

 

• To procure industrial goods and services, major capital expenditure equipment and other spend categories under the guidance of the Procurement Manager – SC NPR, North Cluster (Jamaica, USA and Canada) as well as autonomously, ensuring efficient, effective and continuous supply at competitive costs, quality and lead time through market research, strategic sourcing activities and superb business partnering.
• He/she is responsible for the procurement of the materials/services in respective procurement category assigned, in line with Gruppo Campari global/local procurement guidelines and the relevant category strategy.
• He/she reports to Procurement Manager – North Cluster
• Ensures efficient and effective procurement coverage of procurement activities intended for Local Market in assigned category.
• To execute the sourcing function in such a way as to derive maximum value for the company’s procurement spend and to ensure business continuity.
• Execute business solutions and best practices developed at Global/Regional level for maximizing the Jamaica & Global procurement results.

 

MISSION/OBJECTIVES

 

In line with the procurement mission, the objectives of this role are to ensure efficient, effective, and continuous supply of materials and services for Campari Jamaica and to support the design and the implementation of the most appropriate sourcing solution through negotiation and contracting process, constantly investigating opportunities to improve our cost-base in a sustainable way.

 

BUSINESS IMPACT

 

The Buyer shall deliver:

• CoGS reduction initiatives to achieve Cost Per Serve targets fueling margin growth and improved P&L performance on assigned projects in category
• Deliver Balance Sheet improvement by applying best suited sourcing methodologies as well as implementation and management service level agreements and payment terms rationalization in contracting of capital expenditure projects.
• Improved risk and governance enabled through the best practice execution of Contract Management, Category Strategy Execution, Risk Management, and other key procurement processes.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES

 

The Buyer responsibilities include but is not limited to:

 

Strategy implementation

• Support Procurement Team Leader and Procurement Director with market analysis including SWOT, Porter and other models to assist in negotiation process and supplier development
• Conduct research on market developments, price and cost developments by applying cost models
• Negotiate best total value for all categories include supplier selection, pricing model/formula, contract negotiation.
• Ensure the delivery of productivity via creativity, leveraging scale, new supplier introduction, threat of competition, and other procurement tools.
• Maintains a cost-savings list for implementation and influences decision making to provide resources and time.
• During the contractual phase contributes and supports procurement project teams in global in the definition of the legal protection, SLA’s and operative clauses.
• Coordinates the vendor qualification and vendor rating processes for the materials/services he/she is responsible for. In conjunction with the business stakeholders, carries out vendor audits, and supervises the supplier development process.
• Take ownership in implementing the global procurement strategy at local level for the relevant category

 

Budgeting

• Provides input for macro-economic analysis and material cost hypothesis and analysis.
• Calculate should cost models and estimate related to the materials/services under his/her area of responsibility to be included in the budget for the assigned category/ies.
• Contribute information and market guidance in budget preparation and highlighting business impacts, such as cost, productivity, etc.
• Preparing the needed documentation for the revised budget sessions.
• Provide value added ideas and projects to reduce cost and increase productivity.

 

Innovation

• Research solutions to fulfill needs required in the sourcing of for key business projects in engineering, maintenance and capital expenditure projects.
• Proactively provides insights on market trends