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Procurement Buyer
Chain IQ Group AG. Review and process purchase requisitions for direct and indirect materials, spare parts, consumables, MRO, tooling, and manufacturing services .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in Procurement and Purchasing within a manufacturing environment, with a strong understanding of the PR-to-PO-to-GR-to-Invoice-to-Payment lifecycle. Capable of managing supplier relationships, conducting commercial negotiations, and ensuring compliance with procurement policies and processes.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Procurement ExperienceSupplier ManagementCommercial Negotiation SkillsERP Purchasing ProcessesAnalytical Problem-Solving Skills
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Hard Skills
Purchase Requisition ProcessingPurchase Order ManagementSupplier Quotation AnalysisMRO ProcurementP2P Lifecycle KnowledgeInvoice Discrepancy ResolutionOperational Procurement KPIsContinuous Improvement InitiativesReporting CapabilitiesManufacturing Purchases
Soft Skills
Stakeholder ManagementGood Written CommunicationGood Verbal CommunicationOwnershipAccountability
Tools & Technologies
SAPMicrosoft Excel
Industry Keywords
Manufacturing EnvironmentProcurement PoliciesApproval MatricesAudit DocumentationSupplier Acknowledgements
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Review and process purchase requisitions for direct and indirect materials, spare parts, consumables, MRO, tooling, and manufacturing services
- Validate specifications, quantities, delivery dates, supplier details, prices, cost centers, and approvals
- Convert approved purchase requisitions into purchase orders within SLA timelines
- Issue purchase order amendments and monitor open, overdue, blocked, and incomplete purchase orders
- Coordinate supplier acknowledgements and committed delivery dates
- Expedite critical materials and services and escalate supply risks
- Coordinate with production planning, warehouse, quality, and requestors to resolve delivery issues
- Resolve purchase order, goods receipt, invoice, pricing, quantity, and payment exceptions
- Support two-way and three-way matching discrepancy resolution and blocked invoice clearance
- Obtain and evaluate supplier quotations and conduct basic commercial negotiations
- Prepare commercial comparisons and supplier recommendations
- Support procurement of MRO, spare parts, tooling, machinery-related services, consumables, packaging, and factory services
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, approval matrices, P2P controls, preferred suppliers, contracts, bidding, and audit documentation requirements
- Monitor operational procurement KPIs and implement corrective actions
- Support process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Interface with Manufacturing, Engineering, Planning, Procurement, Finance/AP, and suppliers to ensure material and service availability
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10-12 years of experience in Procurement, Purchasing, Operational Buying, or P2P, preferably within a manufacturing environment
- Strong understanding of the PR-to-PO-to-GR-to-Invoice-to-Payment lifecycle
- Experience handling manufacturing purchases, MRO, spare parts, consumables, tooling, and services
- Practical experience in supplier follow-up, expediting, quotation analysis, and tactical negotiations
- Experience resolving PO and invoice discrepancies
- Knowledge of manufacturing procurement and P2P
- Supplier management and expediting skills
- Commercial negotiation skills
- RFQ and quotation analysis
- ERP purchasing processes, preferably SAP or equivalent ERP
- Microsoft Excel and reporting capabilities
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Stakeholder management
- Ability to manage multiple urgent requirements
- Good written and verbal communication
- Ownership, accountability, and customer orientation
Benefits
Comp & perks- Dynamic and international environment
- Great Place to Work-certified employer