Job Role: Procurement Specialist
Job Type: Permanent / Full Time
Location: Canterbury
Category: Retail
Sub-Category: Buyer / Purchaser
Description:
About the company
Our client is locally owned and operated and has been providing goods and services to the building industry for 40 years in Christchurch. Our client is part of a wider group providing exceptional building services and solutions.
Their unique story has a classic kiwi ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit to go with their uniqueness. Passionate about their customers and exceptional service they provide we are assisting them in seeking an experienced Procurement specialist who is ready to make a direct impact for the business and industry.
For You
- Excellent support from Management
- Flexibility to make this role your own
- Company benefits – parking onsite, uniform, discounts
- Fantastic opportunity to grow
Your new role:
Obtain goods and services that are necessary for the operation of our client’s successful business. This involves reaching out to existing and potential suppliers, negotiating prices and terms of contracts, and managing the entire procurement process from start to finish.
Main Responsibilities
- Relationship Management – develop and maintain effective relations to foster and encourage collaboration
- Lead negotiation – develop and implement cost-saving strategies while upholding quality and supplier performance
- Strategic thinking – able to identify issues for procurement and contract management
- Risk management – identify, mitigate and monitor risk
Procurement plays a critical role in our client’s business by controlling costs, minimizing financial risks, and improving financial performance and ensuring that the company obtains the right goods and services at the right price, and of the right quality.
Looking for
- At least 5+ years in a strategic procurement role
- Experience with tendering, sourcing and lead negotiations
- Building and merchant knowledge will be highly favourable
- Resilient, Determined and adaptable to change
- Able to form a robust foundation for success
- Analytical thinker, logical and organised
The prime objective for our Procurement specialist is to Control, Consolidate and save Cost in the most convenient and conventional ways.
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