Description
Requirement:
- Looking for a Buyer that has a strong background in purchasing. Prefer to find someone who has been a Team Lead within a buying department.
- If candidate has a strong purchasing background and less experience buying IT, that could work as well depending on level of IT HW and SW knowledge.
Skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent customer service, organizational, presentation skills. Excellent analytical or critical thinking skills. Proficiency in spelling, punctuation, grammar skills. Good judgment skills. Basic business math proficiency skills.
Job description:
- Purchases goods and services through the use of formal procurement processes such as Requests for Proposal (RFP) and Requests for Quotation (RFQ).
- Manages development of business opportunities and restructures existing supplier partnerships to maximize value and secure cost savings while maximizing profit for the company. Interacts with company staff and management to build relationships to increase company participation in corporate contracts.
- Reports workloads and writes procedures to support work flow.
Behaviour Characteristics:
- Looking for a Buyer that has a strong background in IT purchasing. If candidate has a strong purchasing background and less experience buying IT, that could work as well depending on level of IT HW and SW knowledge.