Sr Buyer Indirect (Capex & Opex)

Location: São Paulo – SP or Paulínia – SP 

Role purpose
•    To procure an assigned services and materials portfolio for Indirect Procurement Categories (Capex/Opex), ensuring tecnical requirements, on time, on specification supply delivering minimum total cost of ownership.
•    To establish purchasing tenders, negotiate prices and establish contracts or orders in line with demand.
•    To provide local market knowledge / intelligence for components within the portfolio.
•    Business Partnering with main Stakeholders

Accountabilities

For the assigned portfolio:
•    Negotiate contracts and maintain day to day relationships with suppliers, including establishing supplier performance measures, conducting regular reviews focused on achieving “deal delivery”.
•    Provide local market intelligence for assigned portfolio including documented sourcing analyses, supply scenario comparisons and supplier research / new suppliers.
•    Demonstrate compliance with procurement processes regarding e-tendering, Supplier Relationship Management (including performance management) and Contract Management.
•    Build strong internal client and procurement networks to raise awareness, support internal clients and share best practice. 
•    Actively participate in multi-functional sourcing teams and projects. 
•    Partner with internal clients to provide operational purchasing support.
•    Registration of suppliers in Syngenta's Procurement platform – SAP and Ariba;
•    Assist in the due diligence process (evaluation of suppliers before the bidding stage);
•    Support Tenders preparation  and documentation required 
•    Clarify doubts about tenders through Syngenta's Procurement platform;
•    Support contracts analysis / preparation  in conjunction  with Syngenta's legal team;
•    Follow-up of the contracting processes in progress 
•    Carry out a commercial evaluation and payment terms conditions. 
•    Conduct evaluation / feedback of suppliers, to identify high performance  suppliers and prepare an  Improvement action plan for low-performing suppliers

WL: 4B
 

Syngenta is a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources. Through world class science and innovative crop solutions, our 28,000 people in over 90 countries are working to transform how crops are grown.   We are committed to rescuing land from degradation, enhancing biodiversity and revitalizing rural communities.

Critical knowledge

•    Detailed knowledge of purchasing systems (desirable SAP and  Ariba knowledge) 
•    Ability to handle detailed information and analyse and extract critical issues
•    Good knowledge of supply markets and market cost drivers. 
•    Working knowledge of purchasing policies and procedures

Critical skills
 
•    Negotiation, contract creation, and  management skills  of equipment and engineering service providers 
•    Ability to build up and maintain good communication internally and with suppliers
•    Stakeholder Mangement
•    Good interpersonal skills; ability to work in cross functional teams; organisation skills
•    Excel - Intermediate Level
•    Strong implementation skills 

Critical experience

•    Experience of working in a procurement or functional role