Buying Professional

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Buying Professional

Location(s): Houston, TX

Position Description:

• Implements Commodity strategies to ensure long-term, cost-efficient supply of materials.
• Contributes to implementation and ensure usage of globally defined methods, processes and systems to ensure high process efficiency and process compliance (e.g. compliant Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process, Procurement guidelines, IT systems).
• Prepares and conducts negotiations to obtain highest feasible savings.
• Generates, documents and implements savings to contribute to the success of the business and make results transparent.
• Executes Supplier Management processes (e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation, development, classification).
• Ensures a close cooperation with Internal Customers (requisitioners) to ensure customer care and early involvement.
• Provides supplier information to the project and conducts project-specific supplier evaluations (project evaluations).

Key Responsibilities:

• "Senior Professional" Positions which need senior professional expertise, with extensive functional, commercial and/or technical knowledge in an area of competence.
• They integrate analysis, development, testing and implementation.
• They interpret and functionally influence policy and guidelines in their area of business / technology, and develop processes and systems to deliver functional objectives.
• They typically plan own work according to targets agreed, within a quarterly up to an annual cycle, by integrating resources in a project driven environment.
• They provide functional advice and guidance to colleagues and customers.
• A chartered professional qualification or equivalent is typically associated with grades (though not necessary).

Experience: 10+/- years.

Knowledge:

• Deep professional know-how and experience in one Sub Job Family.
• Masters domain.
• Transfers and applies know-how to / in various contexts.
• Solid professional judgment and problem solving competence.
• Improves existing processes and approaches