Procurement Senior Buyer
Date: 6 Feb 2025
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Company: Beyti Egypt
General Purpose
Ensure smooth onground procurement operations execusion & consistent supply via relevant procurement tools
Key Responsibilities / Tasks
a.Procurement buyers should ensure that the prices maintained in SAP are accurate by updating prices when requested by the buyer or when a new price list is received from a supplier.
a.Procurement buyers will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of accurate purchasing documents as the Scheduling agreement or Purchase Order in SAP, in accordance with the SLA agreed with their customers.
a.Procurement buyers will resolve/take the necessary steps to resolve the payment issues for which they are responsible within SLA.
b.In the event of a price blocked invoice, Procurement buyer should investigate the root cause of the price discrepancy, and take the necessary action to resolve the issue.
•Accurate data and reports to support the Sourcing and Procurement work.
•Collects and prepares inquiry data from SAP for complex spending pools, on a needed basis.
•Customer Service.
•Database management.
•Ensures SLAs are met as agreed with the Customers (e.g. 10 working days for issuing the PO).
•Payment Issues Analysis & Resolution
•Price Blocked Invoice Resolution.
•Produces complex data analysis, at Customers’ request.
•Progress tracking reports (individual and GBS scorecards), root cause analysis of team issues and recommended actions, in collaboration with procurement supervisor.
•Protects confidential information.
•Provides monthly reports and follow-up for the number of PRS versus number of PO.
•Purchasing Document Creation and Maintenance.
•Understands and uses SAP functionality to gather and process data for the different reporting requirements.
•Understands and uses the tools functionality to gather and process data for the different reporting requirements.
•Works with team coordinators/Procurement supervisors in identifying opportunities for improvement and suggest solutions.
Experience
Minimum 3-5 years of experience in Procurement Department, preferably within food industries
Skills/Qualifications
Computer knowledge: Excel medium level, PowerPoint, Word, SAP.
Contributes and supports ideas to system improvements within the scope of their role. Participates and contributes to team generated improvement ideas and defect elimination activities.
Excellent customer service: commitment to solve problems and requests, understanding of the customer needs business and priorities.
Good administrative skills; particular emphasis on accuracy.
Good communication skills, as this role has many touch points with both internal and external customers. Ability to work well with diverse users/clients/business partners and team members is a key requirement.
Good problem solving abilities. Solves the majority of problems with no/minimal supervision. Recognizes developing problems and brings them to the attention of others to ensure the appropriate solution is reached / decision is taken.
Phone etiquette awareness.
Priority setting and ability to understand and follow standard processes.
Required level of good technical mastery typically achieved through completion of standard on-boarding training and on-the-job training.