Indirect Category Buyer
Role Overview
Accountable for executing and optimising sourcing and procurement strategies across a broad range of indirect spend categories.
The role partners with internal stakeholders to deliver value through strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, risk mitigation, cost optimisation and contract management, ensuring the organisation receives high-quality goods and services that support operational and business objectives.
This role supports category planning, supplier performance, commercial negotiations, governance and continuous improvement initiatives across multiple indirect procurement categories.
Key Skills for This Role
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Skills and Experience
- Significant procurement experience across one or more indirect spend categories, including services, facilities, engineering, technology, business services or operational support functions.
- Experience developing and executing category strategies and sourcing plans.
- Skilled in negotiating and managing supplier contracts and framework agreements.
- Strong background in cost analysis, negotiations, inventory management, and category strategy development
- Demonstrated ability to support maintenance operations and ensure material availability for critical equipment uptime
- Experience with supplier risk management and business continuity planning, especially for critical spare parts
- Ability to translate technical maintenance or engineering requirements into sourcing strategies
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills in fast-paced, operational environments
- Ability to collaborate across maintenance, operations, engineering, finance, and supply chain teams
- Experience working with ERP systems (SAP preferred), including MRO modules and inventory management
- Global supply chain or multi-site MRO experience preferred
- Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.
Qualifications
- Significant procurement experience across one or more indirect spend categories, including services, facilities, engineering, technology, business services or operational support functions.
- Experience developing and executing category strategies and sourcing plans.
- Skilled in negotiating and managing supplier contracts and framework agreements.
- Strong background in cost analysis, negotiations, inventory management, and category strategy development
- Demonstrated ability to support maintenance operations and ensure material availability for critical equipment uptime
- Experience with supplier risk management and business continuity planning, especially for critical spare parts
- Ability to translate technical maintenance or engineering requirements into sourcing strategies
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills in fast-paced, operational environments
- Ability to collaborate across maintenance, operations, engineering, finance, and supply chain teams
- Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with ERP systems (SAP preferred), including MRO modules and inventory management
- Global supply chain or multi-site MRO experience preferred
About Greene Tweed
Privately held manufacturer of seals, thermoplastics, composites, connectors, and engineered components for demanding industrial markets.
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