Category Buyer

Job Description

Location: Cairo, Egypt<p><br></p>Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily.<p><br></p>Thales has built a presence in Egypt for over 40 years and has today over 100 employees. Thales in Egypt is part of our Middle East business that has 1,800 people across Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and UAE.Together We delivered fare collection and control and communication systems for the first metro line in Africa, Metro Line 1 in Cairo. Since then we have continued to bring growth and security and safety to the country by upgrading these transportation systems as well as providing solutions for customers in air traffic management, air defence and Navy.<p><br></p>Main Tasks &amp; Responsibilities:<p><br></p><strong>Operational Support:</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>Ensure the BA’s receive all required information to raise the Procurement Orders. </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Procurement Competitiveness Capture:</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>Monitor the markets for defined categories including key players, newcomers, economic evolutions, market or regulation constraints, innovations and technology in order to support the development of the most up to date category strategies to the businesses. </li><li>Based on the above provide insights as to how products / projects could be more competitive via the adoption of different suppliers / methodologies / technology etc. </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Governance, Leadership and Performance Management:</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>Ensure appropriate governance is applied using KPI’s and root cause corrective actions </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Supplier / Acquisition Management:</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>Performance management of the supply base in line with the standards set out by the Global Category Manager. </li><li>Ensure that supplier competitions follow the governance process and are balanced and fair in order to improve business and customer performance. </li><li>Ensure that global contracts / framework agreements are adopted and utilized. </li><li>Ensure that Thales e-Acquisition and all THALES procurement tools are fully used. </li><li>Based on the performance management of the supply base identify the suppliers who require focused development actions and ensure that the Supplier Development Team have the required support / leverage in order for these actions to be successful. </li><li>Establish, maintain and execute local Supplier Policies and Strategies. </li><li>Lead and manage the new supplier qualification and the supplier selection, negotiate price lists and delivery conditions, manage supplier contracts. </li><li>Manage and leverage relationships with Suppliers. </li></ul><p><br></p>Work Experience &amp; Qualification Requirements:<p><br></p><ul><li>Bachelor degree in engineering : Power, communications, electronics,….. </li><li>4-6 years experience in purchasing preferred in these segments Electronics, IS/IT, General Expenses</li><li>Experience working in project/program, design / product development with cross functional teams. Demonstrable experience in negotiation projects &amp;/or categories is desirable . </li><li>Business, Procurement, Supply Chain or Engineering degrees are desirable </li></ul><p><br></p>Technical Skills:<p><br></p><ul><li>Ability to implement operational supply chain strategy</li><li>Contractual knowledge especially of framework agreements, Liability &amp; insurance. </li><li>Ability to lead negotiation including import / export considerations</li><li>Understanding of the market for the categories under his/her control but also ability to understand the customer’s needs and program issues</li><li>Good knowledge of a best practice acquisition Process. </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Soft Skills:</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>Capability to work within cross functional and international multi organizational teams (teamwork)</li><li>Open minded (listen, share ideas etc.) and able to bring added value and new ideas</li><li>Ability to take initiatives with a good capacity of analysis and of synthesis</li><li>Ability to prioritize tasks</li><li>Ability to represent Thales and to demonstrate Thales values</li><li>Good written and verbal communication skills</li><li>English language fluency, French is preferred. </li></ul><p><br></p>Key Figures :<p><br></p><ul><li>Annual volume of commitment and spend within relevant category (ies) and % of Savings</li><li>Number of suppliers for the given category and the structured closure of legacy, close and disengage suppliers as defined by the category strategies</li><li>Year on year competitiveness and cost reductions</li><li>Category operational performance (quality, on-time delivery, supply risk assessment, ..)</li><li>% Category compliance with policy suppliers based on both commitment and spend</li><li>Involve in the creation of specific contract(s) where there is a business need</li><li>The Category Buyer supports one or several procurement categories. </li><li>The CB works in close relation with the relevant Global Category Managers (GCM), the Categories Team leader (CTL), the Category Manager(CM) and the Tactical Buyer (TB). </li><li>All actions have to be in line with the strategy defined by the Global Category Manager and the CM. The CB’s prime role is the management of the RFI or/and RFP’s until PVet 4 stage (up to PVet 5 based on some Regions) in order to</li></ul><p><br></p>At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!