Purchasing Manager

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You will be working as Purchasing Manager/Buyer and will be the part of Electrification business area for Smart Buildings division based in Cairo, Egypt. In this role you will be reporting to TMC Manager and will be responsible to manage, oversee and perform direct materials’ purchasing strategies and activities, so as to maintain and develop purchasing strategies and function team performance in accordance with agreed business plans

Your responsibilities

• Releasing PO’s once buyers finish, splits as per the customs authority guidelines (Material Origin EURO/NON, special 3rd party inspection, Feeder Factories (FF) requirements, special offers, Inco terms, review shipping instructions) and updating the PO
• Monitoring that PO’s are being sent by EDI or BOL to FF appropriately and that the buyers are checking the FF’s OA’s to confirm /expedite/Report in case of discrepancy in delivery date than the customer RDD, overseeing and making sure that the buyers are checking the received invoices from FF’s, comparing to the OA’s and confirm / expedite the shortage if any
• Making sure that the buyers are obtaining pre-shipping approval as per the customs law and providing ACID’s for the FF’s within 48 hours to start the shipping process, also to make sure they are following the upload of the original shipping docs uploading on Cargo-X according to EG Authority requirements and ensuring that buyers are updating the AUTO Inbound to include the shipment No. as per the received BOL/AWB
• Following buyers to open IDC’s (form 4 ) and sending complete set of original shipping docs. to sales operation/ trade operations team to start the customs clearance process in timely manner, including special requirements (i.e. catalogues, COO’s, EUR1 declarations, insurance certificates … etc.).
• Ensuring that buyers are following GR with the WH & to follow up receipt of lab test samples with trade operations team, otherwise to make sure they are opening NCR/CCRP for any FF shortage, deficits as well as warranty cases, then follow GR/IR with the financial team to ensure closing any discrepancies within their PO’s and invoices and finally to follow CIT to ensure FF’s payments are properly secured with GBS team
• Ensuring updating the info record – source list periodically as per price list latest updates, ensuring the TCT KPI not to exceeds 24hr from PR up to sending order to FF, ensuring that PO’s are sent according to minimum/standard material LT, minimum batch size, Latest FF price list/Offer, ensuring closing GR/IR, clear MTC over 90 day, clear invoices in CIT and pay FFs dues on time in order to decrease Inventory GIT/WIP
• Ensuring Misc. % & Customs % on Info record are updated & reflected in P.O to balance the actual material overhead, ensuring updating material master team with LCT of the material, flagging the obsolete material, and update the MOQ/Minimum batch size as well as rounding values in MM
• Ensuring having a periodic meeting with the FF and buyers to ensure covering any gaps or delays and following up critical deliveries and most important capture areas for improvement whenever possible

Your background

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical engineering
• Minimum 2 to 3 years of experience in purchasing/supply chain/sourcing
• Knowledge of the industry, local governmental requirements, today’s global market conditions, not to mention full awareness of the purchasing function technicalities/ methodologies, usage of SAP and other modern day smart tools, and how to use them to serve business and customer requirements
• Fluency in both English and Arabic language is mandatory

Benefits

• Retirement plan

More about us

ABB Smart Buildings digitally transforms commercial, industrial and residential buildings for the highest comfort, efficiency, safety and security - enhancing quality of life in buildings of the future through safe, smart and sustainable electrification solutions, services and products Work model: on site #LI-onsite