Job Description Summary

The Sourcing associate will manage the procurement process for a given number of projects. Must be able to negotiate, make decisions and issue purchase order within given time frame. Negotiate requirements with respect to budget, schedule and quality. Must apply sourcing policy, interface with supplier in respect to RFQ/Purchase Orders/PO execution and on time delivery.

Job Description

The Sourcing associate will manage the procurement process for a given number of projects. Must be able to negotiate, make decisions and issue purchase order within given time frame. Negotiate requirements with respect to budget, schedule and quality. Must apply sourcing policy, interface with supplier in respect to RFQ/Purchase Orders/PO execution and on time delivery.

Qualification

Education: Higher Education in Engineering, Administration or similar.

Language: Advanced English.

ERP: Desired knowledge in SAP.

Experience in national and international purchases & negotiation.

Knowledge in sourcing routines:

• -> Supplier selection & relationship management

• ensure proper supplier selection to address our business requirements in line with internal rules.
• select the right supplier management approach according to risks & stakes assessment.
• coordinate supplier assessment based on capability and competitiveness
• Manages supplier performance (Quality, Cost, Delivery)

• -> Preparing and leading negotiation with suppliers

• Prepare and send RFQ
• Achieve the best negotiation results by careful target preparation to reach identified needs
• Be able to close or break negotiation in line with your negotiation strategy

• -> Understanding the products and using technical knowledge & skills

• Understand and analyses the functionalities/requirements of a product, system or service. Also aware of main technologies involved to support and challenge internal and external stakeholders’ solutions/proposals.
• Be involved upstream with technical teams and understand technical requirements and looks for additional information when necessary.
• Able to deal with suppliers on basic technical issues, negotiation on technical specifications, technical assessment.
• Manages risk and opportunity plan with respect to the technical requirements.

• -> Contract Management & Legal Awareness

• Negotiate and establish, with suppliers, terms and conditions complying with the Company’s policies and legal rules, to secure the company's best interests.
• Ensure appropriate collaboration with legal department to achieve optimized contractual agreement
• Negotiates terms and conditions of contract and ensures proper application (compliance with GE rules & local laws)

• -> Target Costing & TCO

• Apply and use all available information to determine the best estimation of what the purchase price of the equipment or service should be.
• Understands technical, quality & industrial requirements and evaluates impacts on cost (work upstream design phase, (re)design-to-cost)
• Benchmark on a permanent basis to challenge cost
• Build cost models with the support of internal teams (technical experts, supply chain, industrial, maintenance/after-sales…)
• Build and maintain a cost database
• Takes sourcing decisions with fully understanding of the impact of the cost to the company (Total Cost of Ownership)

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