Indirect Purchasing Resume Samples
4.9
(89 votes) for
Indirect Purchasing Resume Samples
The Guide To Resume Tailoring
Guide the recruiter to the conclusion that you are the best candidate for the indirect purchasing job. It’s actually very simple. Tailor your resume by picking relevant responsibilities from the examples below and then add your accomplishments. This way, you can position yourself in the best way to get hired.
Craft your perfect resume by picking job responsibilities written by professional recruiters
Pick from the thousands of curated job responsibilities used by the leading companies
Tailor your resume & cover letter with wording that best fits for each job you apply
Resume Builder
Create a Resume in Minutes with Professional Resume Templates
CHOOSE THE BEST TEMPLATE
- Choose from 15 Leading Templates. No need to think about design details.
USE PRE-WRITTEN BULLET POINTS
- Select from thousands of pre-written bullet points.
SAVE YOUR DOCUMENTS IN PDF FILES
- Instantly download in PDF format or share a custom link.
MZ
M Zulauf
Marlen
Zulauf
28614 Kariane Park
Dallas
TX
+1 (555) 653 5931
28614 Kariane Park
Dallas
TX
Phone
p
+1 (555) 653 5931
Experience
Experience
New York, NY
Indirect Purchasing Segment Buyer
New York, NY
Oberbrunner, Hane and Reilly
New York, NY
Indirect Purchasing Segment Buyer
- To manage the PAP database (Purchasing Action Plan) for the project follow-up and saving reporting
- To manage and keep updated the Contract database (GPS - Global Purchasing System) for the record and management of the contracts
- Lead productivity action plan involving suppliers
- Lead or contribute to productivity and cost saving actions
- Master in Purchasing or postgraduate studies is a plus
- Purchasing management tools: To use and get used with the tools implemented by the group, such as
- Consolidate follow-up and reporting for these contracts,
Houston, TX
Indirect Purchasing Manager
Houston, TX
Thiel, Anderson and Beer
Houston, TX
Indirect Purchasing Manager
- Define and drive continuous improvement through standardized processes and approval workflow for indirect purchasing
- Provide Management with spend reporting and analysis for their respective spend activity
- Develop recommendations for management based on the results
- In response to management, scientific community and other service departments, provide advanced research and analysis of trends
- Manager responsibilities for own purchasing staff
- Excellent knowledge working with ERP and procurement software systems
- Develops policies and procedures for the operation of procurement activities
present
Philadelphia, PA
Indirect Purchasing Leader
Philadelphia, PA
Lesch and Sons
present
Philadelphia, PA
Indirect Purchasing Leader
present
- Provide leadership to the team including performance feedback and professional development
- Provide a vision for change and improvement within the team and drive to accomplish
- Ensure crib cycle counts and inventory are performed as necessary
- Negotiate, source, create, print and confirm PO’s to order and expedite tools / parts
- Develop annual objectives to support departmental, company, and purchasing goals
- Create, maintain, and monitor departmental expense and capital budgets
- Maintain records and performance of current supplier base
Education
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
Skills
Skills
- Excellent analytical and negotiation skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders in a complex and decentralized international environment
- Ability to engage stakeholders with no reporting authority towards a common goal
- Understanding of business finance structure
- 3-5 year experience in indirect procurement and or business related function
- Service oriented, committed, creative and proactive mindset
- Entrepreneurial motivation
- MS office skills – advanced in excel
- Fluent in English - Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or French is
15 Indirect Purchasing resume templates
Read our complete resume writing guides
1
Global Indirect Purchasing Manager Resume Examples & Samples
- Develop the Global Indirect Purchasing strategy
- Implement a Preffered Supplier List strategy
- Personnel development and management
- Ensuring that local spend is under management and contract compliance
- Supporting site business planning and savings
- Implementing regional/country agreements to consolidate suppliers/spend
- Provide analysis of existing requirements and pricing to ensure the most cost-effective options
- Analyze historical spend as well as forecast spend and savings by commodity/business
- Maintain day-to-day supplier relationships; act as the lead point of contact for all commercial issues
- Issue new PO’s for any commodity price changes
2
Group Manager, Service Indirect Purchasing Resume Examples & Samples
- Develop and execute Global service strategy
- Ensuring that local Global spend is under management and contract compliance
- Supporting site service savings that is aligned with Tesla cost models
- Respond to service interruptions
- Implement new service programs as identified by Service management
3
Senior Buyer Indirect Purchasing Resume Examples & Samples
- Analyses business needs and challenges demand:Anticipate major evolution of needs. Uses VA methodology as a part of the culture of need expression
- Defines purchasing strategy:define the best suited supplier portfolio (for a division or a category). Develop Market intelligence tool on categories
- Optimizes costs:Maximize TCO vision opportunities impacting P&L and Top Line. Activate all levers of the value chain through the Cost Models
- Maximizes Supplier Relationships: Create a preferred customer relationship with strategic suppliers. Develop strategic suppliers to sustain growth
- Creates value and innovates: Capture innovation opportunities form internal & external sources. Lead strategic projects
- Negotiates with integrity: Coach and challenge teams in terms of negotiation strategy, use innovative negotiation levers
- Supports and manages stakeholders’ relationships:Communicate / manage projects /share suppliers’ information with stakeholders, influence stakeholders. Drive and grow Purchasing Share of Voice among stakeholders
- Extensive experience in an FMCG indirect buying environment
- Experience of indirect sourcing processes, data management and contract management
- Experience of strategy development and deployment
- Excellent interpersonal skills to include: Strong cultural awareness with the ability to develop and maintain strong effective relationships
- Engineering or Economics BA required
- Fluency in English; French would be a plus
- In depth knowledge of SAP
- Time management & Organizational Skills
- Flexibility and Adaptability
4
Indirect Purchasing Manager Resume Examples & Samples
- Responsible for indirect purchasing operations in China
- Lead and manage indirect purchasing activities within region
- Support global team sourcing strategy implementation
- Support local sourcing strategy implementation
- Target setting within region & Country in co-operation with global Indirect Category managers and regular tracking on KPIs
- Devote to communicate the operations model and analyze the local procurement
- Govern regional sourcing activities to secure sourcing competence with in region
- Implement and support negotiations and supplier relations on regional level
- Ongoing communication and chance management within regions
- Manager responsibilities for own purchasing staff
5
Indirect Purchasing Manager Resume Examples & Samples
- To manage supplier relationships and performance and to build effective partnerships
- To manage and negotiate supply contracts in order to ensure full compliance with the Company guidelines and standards
- To order materials and products (as per negotiated and appropriately approved) and to review quotations
- To manage the procurement of all the packaging and visual materials
- To implement knowledge and share information about global best practices and innovative ideas
- Solid experience in the role, gained in International Companies, preferably in the luxury sector
- Great business and numerical skills; strong organizational and time management skills
- Excellent negotiation and problem solving abilities
- Strong aesthetic sensibility and interest in the world of luxury
- Ability to manage a team and to work with other colleagues within the organization
- Proactive, motivated and with a positive attitude
- Excellent computer skills, proficient in MS Office and Excel
- Fluent in English and Italian
6
Indirect Purchasing, Category Lead Resume Examples & Samples
- BA/BS or equivalent degree in Finance/Business
- Excellent analytical and negotiation skills
- Entrepreneurial motivation
- Fluent in English - Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or French is a plus
7
Indirect Purchasing Resume Examples & Samples
- Responsible for Asia Pacific indirect (MKT/Admin/Travel etc.) procurement strategic plan
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Work closely with stakeholders to identify, develop and implement commercial cost savings opportunities
- Provide procurement system support to all the stakeholders and procurement internally
- Ensure full Compliance Reporting in accordance with approved policies and procedures
- 5+ years experience
- Procurement knowledge and basic financial knowledge
- Good communication and interpersonal skills required to influence and convince stakeholders at all levels
8
Indirect Purchasing Manager Resume Examples & Samples
- Ensure proper market screening and supply base annual benchmarking
- Drive Indirect Team activities in order to achieve cost reduction target
- Define bundling opportunities based on the consolidated spend forecasts from the individual plants and create a negotiation strategy plan
- Ensure the implementation of ZF TRW Global Purchasing activities
- Communicate with global Commodity Managers for the individual commodities to align global strategies and to implement global negotiated agreements
- Support for the individual indirect Commodity Managers in regards to negotiations according to strategy plan, participation in the major negotiations
- Consolidate spend and supply base
- Ensure Indirect Purchasing processes implementation in the plants
- Manage contracts and ensure plants compliance
- Ensure effective Indirect Operation activities related to POs processing, catalogues, material planning, contract fulfillment, purchasing and customer specification
- Manage project teams of more than 10 people and develop their key competences
9
Plant Indirect Purchasing Manager Resume Examples & Samples
- A proven track record in sourcing, consulting, or a productivity improvement role, incorporating project management responsibility. Minimum 6 years’ experience in purchasing, with at least 3 years of purchasing in a manufacturing environment
- Experience in a medical / regulated industry
- Change agent, experience with business transformation
- Experience with MRP, JDE, SAP and EMS
- LI- CL
10
Indirect Purchasing Manager Resume Examples & Samples
- Plans and implements activities related to the procurement of indirect materials, parts, components, and equipment
- Directs the activities of buyers to accomplish company objectives
- Coordinates Vendor Management Program for company
- Develops policies and procedures for the operation of procurement activities
- Support procurement activities to drive significant measurable reductions in the cost of acquisition of goods and services
- Review commercial contracts and recommend action
- In response to management, scientific community and other service departments, provide advanced research and analysis of trends
- Research material sources for independent projects
- Develop recommendations for management based on the results
- Performs cost analysis and volume planning for major commodities
- Recommends cost saving proposals including make-versus-buy analysis, alternative sourcing and vendor evaluation criteria
- Conducts research into potential suppliers based on full understating of the technical requirements
- Checks requisitions, obtains quotations and examines bids
- Coordinates the procurement process for various commodities including sourcing
- Resolves discrepancies and vendor performance issues
- Participates in short term and long term procurement planning strategies
- Develops purchasing guidelines and SOPs as needed
- May also have responsibility for capital budget and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance tracking
- A minimum of a Bachelors degree is required. Equivalent experience may be accepted
- A minimum of 10 years industry experience in purchasing is required
- A minimum of 2-4 years previous supervisory experience is required
- Experience with establishing and implementing vendor management program
- Candidate should be experienced with SOP's, GMP, JIT, MRP and should have experience with APICS principles
- Must posses a thorough understanding of purchasing principles, as well as legal principles as they apply to purchasing related activities
- Capability to understand requests for contracts, evaluate and analyze costs and data, handle problems and understand technical requirements
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as high ethical standards are essential
- Proven negotiation skills with the ability to effectively persuade internal and external upper management level contacts
- Strong analytical and financial skills with the ability to interpret and apply results to resolve issues
- Strong contract development and interpretation skills
- Strong PC skills with a solid understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel
- Experience working with SAP or other inventory management systems
- Capability to manage multiple priorities, organize complex request for proposal, and resolve issues creatively
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to coordinate and implement team projects
- Experience working in medical device or biotechnology industries is a plus
- CPM/APICS certification is preferred
11
Indirect Purchasing Manager Resume Examples & Samples
- Lead the transition from decentralized to a centralized indirect procurement function
- Participate in both short and long term strategy discussions concerning indirect materials and services, and make appropriate recommendations
- Define and drive continuous improvement through standardized processes and approval workflow for indirect purchasing
- Establish indirect supplier vetting and, in some cases, evaluation criteria for the selection of certain types of indirect spending (i.e. vendors not already managed by functional management groups)
- Critically review and drive improvement in the process for the indirect procurement process including purchase orders, indirect vendor evaluation (vendors not already managed by functional management), selection and approval, purchase order processing, and related spend analytics
- Implement procurement policies and practices to ensure necessary oversight and controls of indirect spend
- Collaborate with business partners across the organization to assist them with indirect purchasing such as RFP process, supplier selection, and negotiation
- Assist the business with negotiating supplier agreements and contracts
- Review SOWs in accordance with agreement terms and conditions
- Identify savings opportunities and collaborate with internal business organizations
- Assess and improve existing tools to support spend visibility, dashboards, and reports. This will include the ability to monitor and provide management reporting to total vendor spending related to purchase order thresholds
- Develop sourcing initiatives, value improvement and cost reduction strategies to assist the business in delivering measurable cost savings
- Provide Management with spend reporting and analysis for their respective spend activity
- Five or more years of purchasing experience with at least 2 years of experience in a supervisory or project management role
- Knowledge of leading purchasing practices and sourcing tactics related to indirect spend, including procurement tools, professional services, office management and services, etc
- Experience in developing procurement strategies and process improvement
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for interaction at all levels
- Ability to lead and work on projects in a team environment and across functions
- Strong organizational and prioritizing skills
- Excellent knowledge working with ERP and procurement software systems
- Teamwork – must be able to work closely with other departments and business stakeholders
- CPM/CPSM Certification is a plus
12
Indirect Purchasing OSC Buyer Resume Examples & Samples
- Develop and update segment strategy
- Administrate supplier data
- Order and receive Indirect products and services
- Reasonable day to day communication in English and Japanese
- Able to learn new IT-system. Basic command of Microsoft Excel
13
Indirect Purchasing Regional Buyer Resume Examples & Samples
- Work closely with the Plant Managers and the Plants departments to identify and run saving actions beyond price negotiation, such as: best practices implementation, consumption reduction, technical optimization, standardization…
- Lead productivity action plan involving suppliers
- Drive benchmarking and best practices efforts at the plants in an effort to identify, implement, and contribute to cost savings at a plant, regional, national, and global level
- Be part of the IdP commodity projects
- Ensure follow-up of contract application and regular audit of contract compliance. Systematically deploy a reporting system with suppliers
- Assist in the management of the administrative purchase order process with IdP Procurement team
- Manage the supplier issues under purchasing responsibility, such as: contract non-compliance, price agreements to be updated in the IT system, price discrepancies between purchase order price and invoice prices,…
- Manage the supplier issues not under purchasing responsibility if they become recurrent and are escalated to purchasing, such as: repetitive quality or delivery problems, repetitive contract noncompliance in services contract,.
- Apply the methodology and tools defined and implemented by IdP, such as
- Project management and associated reporting process, including cost savings tracking
- Contract database to store and manage all contracts
- Proper application of SAP Purchasing modules
- Minimum 3 years’ experience as an Indirect Purchasing Buyer in an industrial environment
14
Indirect Purchasing Leader Resume Examples & Samples
- Drive compliance with all GKN driveline Purchasing Standards within the scope of authority – Tool Crib management and Indirect PO’s – through training and coaching
- Ensure compliance with all GKN Newton and departmental policies and procedures
- Provide a vision for change and improvement within the team and drive to accomplish
- Provide leadership to the team including performance feedback and professional development
- Review associates time sheets to ensure compliance with attendance policy
- Coordinate associates’ vacation schedules
- Drive disposition for scrap and obsolete materials
- Lead change efforts to ensure Requisitions have been properly quoted and include proper Terms & Conditions and Full Scope of Work
- Support GKN Indirect Materials Purchasing projects to insure full cooperation of Global initiatives
- Develop annual objectives to support departmental, company, and purchasing goals
- Obtain quotations and make comparisons to achieve best overall cost advantage
- Coordinate with departments and functions when substitutions may be advantageous. Secure samples, arrange for tests when necessary, place order and follow up on delivery
- Maintain records and performance of current supplier base
- Ensure lead times are updated in system to reflect actual delivery information from supplier
- Interface with Operations and Engineering to ensure correct tools are stocked
- Periodically assess tool / parts consumption to ensure proper min / max levels
- Ensure Parts/Tools storage locations are created and maintained in SAP
- Ensure crib cycle counts and inventory are performed as necessary
- Negotiate, source, create, print and confirm PO’s to order and expedite tools / parts
- Set up and maintain standard text for Purchase Orders
- Ensure information records are maintained in SAP
- Maintain MRP views for tooling and spare parts
- Interface with accounting to correct supplier invoicing errors
- Create, maintain, and monitor departmental expense and capital budgets
- Ensure role profiles accurately reflect associates’ qualifications, tasks, and responsibilities
- Ensure adherence to administrative requirements regarding OSHA, ISO/TS 16949, and ISO 14001
- Screen and respond to internal customer complaints
- Formulate presentations as needed
15
Indirect Purchasing Segment Buyer Resume Examples & Samples
- Lead or contribute to productivity and cost saving actions
- Work closely with the Plant Managers and the Plants and Headquarters departments to identify and run saving actions beyond price negotiation, such as : best practices implementation, consumption reduction, technical optimization, standardization…
- Drive benchmarking studies and comparisons and best practices efforts at the plants in an effort to identify, implement, and contribute to cost savings at a plant, regional, national, and at North America level
- Be part of the IdP segments (commodity) projects
- Optimize purchases portfolio not covered by Commodity contracts or projects in progress
- Take in charge local one-shot needs, projects, negotiation and contracts
- Make sure that the above actions are consistent with the Global Segments (Commodity) Managers strategy and identify subjects that could be generalized at national or corporate level to get a better benefit
- Structure the building of the panel: participate in the definition and the implementation of the purchasing panel policy for assigned commodities, manage supplier selection according to Group criteria
- Supplier Management and Project Management, Price List / Catalogue management
- Ensure the utilization of the panel by project / operations buyers
- Supplier Management & Project
- Develop a real partnership and lead framework agreement
- Lead business review and supplier performance evaluation
- Identify synergies cross BG and take in charge transversal group projects, Manage end year rebate, savings and productivity as per agreement with vendors
- Price Lists / Catalogue management
- Define pricelists and manage pricelist revision,
- Enrich catalogues, integrate missing items, remove obsolete items,
- Lead and follow up implementation of contracts,
- Define and manage deployment and communication plan in all regions,
- Consolidate follow-up and reporting for these contracts,
- Purchasing management tools: To use and get used with the tools implemented by the group, such as
- Tools for RFI, RFQ, e-auctions, etc
- To manage and keep updated the Contract database (GPS - Global Purchasing System) for the record and management of the contracts
- To manage the PAP database (Purchasing Action Plan) for the project follow-up and saving reporting
- To make the data collection of IdP spends and to prepare complete spend analysis of the segments under his/her control
- Technical requirements/ Behavioral
- The ideal candidate will have/be
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Administration, Business or related field
- Master in Purchasing or postgraduate studies is a plus
- Ability to work in a matrix organization
- Availability for frequent business trips (MEX/USA)
- Bi/multi-lingual (Spanish and English) is required / French is desirable
- Advanced level of MS Office tools (MS-Excel / MS-Powerpoint / MS-Outlook)
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Purchasing. Minimum of five year of working experience
- Desirable experience with management of price lists / contracts / supplier partnership
- Desirable experience in Indirect Purchasing or Purchasing of Services with clear purchasing procedures and methods
- Knowledge in Supplier Development methodology / process
16
Indirect Purchasing Product & Operations Services Buyer Resume Examples & Samples
- Lead, negotiate and execute all sourcing activities to the defined project timelines and approved sourcing strategies
- Issue RFQ’s, negotiate an optimal cost level for areas of responsibility and carry out Contract negotiations and management
- Support the development of new segment strategies and lead the execution of actions agreed in these strategies
17
Indirect Purchasing Senior Professional Resume Examples & Samples
- Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited university in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related discipline
- 8+ years of experience in business, engineering, and/or manufacturing
- Proven experience managing and negotiating contracts and have a strong understanding of contract law
- Ability to resolve conflict situations
- Proven leader with the ability to inspire others and build strong relationships
- Technical knowledge of BIW assembly capital equipment and processes and suppliers
18
Manager Indirect Purchasing Resume Examples & Samples
- Keep our purchasing process up to date and current with best in class on the market and corporate requirements
- Make sure that the process is well rooted within the organization, implemented and followed. This includes designing, developing and delivering purchasing awareness documentation & training to non-purchasing staff
- Act as document owner for all purchasing related Standard Operation Procedures (SOP)
- Identify, size, plan and execute on savings/cost avoidance opportunities. Drive an annual plan of purchase
- Develop and execute the purchasing/procurement strategy in collaboration with Sr Management
- Drive change across functional boundaries
- Identify risk areas in the supplier base, develop plans to address these and implement them
- Work with internal departments and suppliers to continuously reduce cost and improve payment terms whilst keeping or improving the quality of service
- Work with the different countries in EMEA to help consolidate spend and improve cost, quality and service
- Design & implement suppliers transition plans, with the goal to ensure business continuity and minimize cost of change
- Closely collaborate with Quality to ensure compliance of our supplier base
- Closely collaborate with global indirect sourcing, identifying opportunities to drive benefits
- Evaluates, reviews and makes recommendations on the company`s commodity coding to ensure optimal design for reporting and negotiations
- Maintain and identify/drive opportunities to enhance the company`s procure-2-pay solution and subsequent reports
- Ensure data standardization, security and establish data governance practices
- Evaluate new technology in order to improve our purchasing strategy & execution
- Explain proposed solutions to internal customers, management, or other interested parties through written proposals and oral presentations
- Good Relationship Management – Ability to work in good cooperation with other functional groups and 3rd party representatives
- Strong communication skills both oral and written
- Adaptability — Ability to react to change in an efficient manner
- Ability to successfully work to meet tight deadlines under pressure
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one
- Creative Thinking — Able to provide suggestions and solutions to facilitate complex problem solving
- Good Time Management — managing one’s own time and the time of others efficiently
- Prioritization — Ability to establish a hierarchy of importance to a number of tasks or needs and to organize work accordingly
- Proven ability to guide change, preferably across functional boundaries
- Proven ability to successfully manage
- Knowledge of Edwards’ products and company is an asset
- Bachelor’s degree in business studies / engineering / science, preferably and / or relevant purchasing background
- Knowledge and experience in purchasing – managing global contracts and the implementation of those
- Previous experience and understanding of a purchasing strategy and the processes connected to it
- Extensive negotiation experience
- Project and Change management experience
- Experience managing data and subsequent governance
- Strong problem solving skills essential
- Must be proficient with MS Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
- Experience working with JD Edwards ERP, Qlikview BI and Coupa Source-2-Pay solutions a plus
- Fluent in English, written & oral – Any other spoken language being an asset
19
Indirect Purchasing System Analyst Resume Examples & Samples
- Ensure data & system configuration are accurate and in line with policy and drive modifications were required
- Develop and maintain data structure and ensure data accuracy & governance
- System maintenance/support: resolve system issues; ensure user accounts are created/closed (leavers) and access rights are set-up correctly or modified to reflect organizational changes
- Manage vendor set-up in the source-2-pay system, setting up new vendors, removing old vendors and reporting on contract status
- Verify that source-2-pay system data is correctly transferred to Oracle JDEdwards and resolve potential discrepancies
- Conduct new user training
- Support existing users with first line support on questions/queries
- Validate user feedback regarding process improvements, come up with solutions, and propose changes to the purchasing policy & system
- Continuously challenge and improve existing processes, following up on change requests and ensure timelines are met/communicated upon
- Day-to-day cooperation and coordination with the US Corporate team regarding the system set up
- Develop, maintain and update user documentation & company standard operating procedures
- Monitor compliance to the purchasing policies and report deviations
- Identify deviations, analyze the root cause and propose action plans to management
- Ensure purchases are reflecting the correct commodity codes and are booked against the right general ledgers
- Provide reporting on purchasing spend, spend evolution, commodity evolution and partner with the other member of the purchasing department to drive action plans
- Partner with AP to resolve issues on vendor approval status, purchase approval status and payment status
- 1-4 yrs experience in procurement department, working within a source-2-pay environment (Coupa is a plus)
- Experience with Oracle JDEdwards a plus
- Strong affinity with sourcing practices
- Data management / Data governance experience required
- Organized, process-oriented with a sense of ownership
- Customer-focused attitude, good interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Excellent command of English, written and spoken
- Proactive, strong initiative, self-motivated
- Exposure to managing/participating in projects is a plus
- Comfortable with Microsoft Office (word/excel/powerpoint) – able to conduct data analysis
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced multinational organization
20
Houkipt Hp-head of UK Indirect Purchasing Team Resume Examples & Samples
- Build strong internal Board level relationships within HPL to allow purchasing to operate effectively
- Ensure the organisation continues to evolve and mature in line with business requirements so that the range of services it offers and its delivery capabilities remains appropriate
- Set define and communicate the UK Indirect Purchasing strategy and agenda on an annual basis and provide commercial thought leadership and guidance across HPL and to the team to improve the way HPL buys its third party indirect goods and services
- Formulate and gain acceptance to annual budgets to secure the resources necessary to achieve agreed outcomes. Manage the resulting cost base
- Lead, motivate, train and develop staff within agreed HPL policies and practices to maintain an effective workplace capable of meeting its objectives
- Deliver major sourcing initiatives as required to achieve defined business outcomes in line with strategy
- Achieve agreed cost savings and non-financial targets to support HPL margin improvement
- Reduce HPL’s associated risk profile from a commercial, reputational / brand, supply chain, financial and compliance/ regulatory perspective
- Proven leadership experience at a senior level within a FTSE 250 Purchasing function
- Experience of having directly led the functional evolution of Purchasing
- Broad experience in most facets of Purchasing (e.g. policy, supplier management, indirect category buying, purchasing systems)
- Proven leadership experience at a senior level within a FTSE 100 Purchasing function
- Excellent inter-personal / communication / influencing skills
- Good team leadership skills. Enthusiastic attitude with the ability to relate to all levels of staff. Collaborative mind-set
- Strategic thinker with ability to set the ‘’ Indirect Purchasing agenda’’ for HPL but whom also has a practical bias and can be ‘’hands on ‘’ when required
- Strong purchasing skillset including contracting, negotiation, strategic sourcing, and supplier management experience
- Relevant Industry sector experience
- CIPS Qualified - Desirable
21
Indirect Purchasing Apprentice Resume Examples & Samples
- Learning of the Indirect Purchasing position in an international group
- Internal customer / Supplier relationship management
- Purchasing group strategy deployment
- Contract negotiation and implementation
- Priorities management in a dynamic environment
- Understanding of the economic issues in an industrial environment
- The candidate shall prepare a Master 1 or 2 degree
- Rigorous, he/she has a team work mindset and he/she’s able to take initiatives
- Good relationship and entrepreneur
- He/she’s able to understand technical and industrial issues
- He/she’s fluent in French with a strong written and oral communication skills
- He/she’s is also able to speak and write in English when required
22
Indirect Purchasing Manager Resume Examples & Samples
- Brings productivities to the company
- Tracks and reports key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
- Collaborates with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications & expectations of the company
- Reports to Supply Chain & Purchaising Director
- University degree in preferably Business Administration or Engineering Department
- Should have proven, 7-8 years relevant experience within a purchasing related environment
- Strong analytical skills: able to question complex information to identify cause and effect and deliver attractive solutions, both tactical and strategic
- Good collaboration,communication and strong negotiation skills
- SAP knowledge preffered
- No military obligation for male candidates