Job Description
Location: Cairo, EgyptIn fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.Thales has built a presence in Egypt for over 40 years and has today over 100 employees. Thales in Egypt is part of our Middle East business that has 1,800 people across Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and UAE.Together We delivered fare collection and control and communication systems for the first metro line in Africa, Metro Line 1 in Cairo. Since then we have continued to bring growth and security and safety to the country by upgrading these transportation systems as well as providing solutions for customers in air traffic management, air defence and Navy.
Job Profile:
- Within a regional procurement center, the Tactical Buyer is involved in the transactional procurement process of PR/PO (Procurement Requisition/Procurement Order).
- Also responsible for transforming a PR into a PO, in a time frame (SLA) and to follow up the PO.
- The Tactical Buyer may periodically be required to expedite and follow-up on Procurement orders to ensure specific timing and quality requirements are met, including post award responsibility for supplier deliveries.
- In addition, the Tactical Buyer will support in data analytics, quotes summaries, discrepant supplier inputs, and other tasks related to the sourcing process.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Receive procurement requests and verifying their conformity to operating methods.
- Transform procurement requests into procurement orders.
- Manage purchasing order cancellation, rescheduling or PO information change.
- Analyse of quotations and summarization for category buyers.
- Make sure that suppliers acknowledge P.O. receipt and provide delivery commitment.
- Follow-up and expediting of Procurement orders.
- Ensure accuracy of the order, GL account, or project number, ship to location, supplier information on Procurement order, and relevant notes/comments on the Procurement order document.
- Manage disputes and problem solution.
- Manage local negotiations within the DoA threshold.
- RFx management in e-ACQ under DoA.
- Prepare reports on Procurements, including cost analysis.
- Has a strong impact on the contribution of the services level by transforming the PR into PO in the dedicated time.
- Maintain close relationship with Suppliers.
- Identify, develop and make improvements to new ideas, techniques, procedures, services, and/ or products).
- Share ideas or approaches to aid in operational efficiency and improvements.
Education Requirements and Work Experience Requirements:
- 3 to 5 years of purchasing experience.
- Fluent English speaker, French is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in business, economics, or marketing.
- Familiar with Microsoft word , EXCEL.
- Familiarity with Procurement processes, RFP/RFQ, negotiation, contracting.
- SAP experience preferred, with particular attention to Contracts and Procure to Pay.
- Familiarity with Procurement processes, tender, negotiation, contracting.
- Local language native to the region.
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