Buyer
Our client has an open-pit copper-gold mine located in Indonesia. They seek a Perth based Buyer to work as a part of the integrated Project Management Team. This is offered on a salaried, permanent basis
The project is the development of additional mineral processing capacity to more than double the existing production, this will include primary crushing station, overland conveyor, coarse ore stockpile and reclaim, milling with pebble crushing, flotation circuits and concentrate and tailings pipelines.
Some of your duties will include:
- Adhere to the domestic purchasing strategy and operational corporate requirements.
- Participate in the day-to-day operation of the SAP supply management and forward purchasing systems to process routine purchase electronically.
- Check the recommended supplier against records of approved, reliable suppliers so that prices and deliveries can be guaranteed in relation to the company’s experience of supplier performance.
- Check that the proposed purchase strategies are acceptable to the end user by sending quotations from the supplier to the end user for checking the proposed delivery time, the price quoted and proposed quality. In cases where there are disagreements from the end user, refer to the Supervisor Procurement for alternative strategies.
- Arrange for approval of quotation reviews according to relevant financial and end user authority level and once approval is received, process, distribute and file the completed purchase order.
- Monitor and rectify purchasing discrepancies.
- Deal with price variances and determine if charges from suppliers are consistent with purchase order details. Make narrative notations and forward changes to the Superintendent for implementation.
- Maintain records of all dealings with suppliers on computerized database in relation to domestic and international purchases.
- Develop contract plans and strategies based on user department contracting requirements and provide regular progress status reports of all contracting activities.
- Use, monitor and update the contracting components of the Ellipse contracts administration systems, online contracts request system, and related data and reporting systems.
- Administer contract matters relating to Government regulatory compliance, claims, disputes, invoicing/payments, correspondence, back charges, taxes, insurance, liability, indemnities, bonds, and retentions.
- Maintain standard contract documents and prepare formal contract documentation customized to suit specific contract requirements of company operational activities.
- Ensure timely and professional service to user departments in the preparation and evaluation of bids, negotiation with bidders, and recommendation to management for approvals, preparation of contract documentation, issuance of award of contracts and regret letters, and close out of contracts.
- Administer Operations, Business, or External Relations group’s requests for contracts.
We would like you to bring:
- Tertiary degree qualification in business, engineering and/or logistics required with minimum 12 years’ Contract / Purchasing / Materials Management experience preferably within a large organization.
- 10 years of experience in Buyer with 5 of those years working as Senior Buyer in Process Fixed Plant Construction / EPC Industry.
- Experience in purchasing high dollar items and preparing complex Purchase Orders or Purchase Contracts.
- Previous experience in SAP would be preferable.
- General understanding of the Indonesian business, legal system, company law, immigration, manpower, tax, importation, Mines and Energy regulations.
- Strong analytical capabilities and negotiating skills, sound business sense, advanced documentation skills with high attention to detail.
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