Category Buyer

4 months ago


القاهرة, Egypt Thales Full time

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Cairo, Egypt (On-Site)

The Category Buyer (CB) supports the Segment 2 and 5 needs
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).

In addition to this, their main tasks are:

- Operational Support:_
- Support project buyers to negotiate and coordinate signatures of segment-related purchasing contracts / frame agreements
- Ensure that the PPM and Tactical Buyer receive all required information to raise the Purchase Orders

in accordance with the purchasing delegation rules.

Procurement Competitiveness Capture:

- 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.
- Identify new solutions/providers for the given category in order to ensure innovation/competitiveness
- Provide business intelligence on Suppliers Market for Qatar and other countries if any and their related connections with Thales’ competitors and customers.
- Governance, Leadership and Performance Management:_
- Ensure appropriate governance is applied using KPI's and root cause corrective actions.
- Supplier / Acquisition Management:_
- Performance management of the panel in line with global procurement instruction for the given category set out by the Global Category Manager.
- Ensure that supplier competitions follow the governance process and are balanced and fair in order to improve business and customer performance.
- Ensure that global procurement ‘Toolbox’ of templates, tools and standards are adopted and utilized.
- Ensure that Thales e-Acquisition and all THALES procurement tools are fully used.
- 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.
- Work Experience Requirements:_
- 4+ years' experience in Procurement. Experience working in project/program, design / product development with cross functional teams. Demonstratable experience in negotiation projects &/or categories is desirable.
- Technical Skills:_
- Ability to implement operational supply chain strategy.
- Contractual knowledge especially of framework agreements, Liability & insurance.
- Ability to lead negotiation including import / export considerations.
- Experienced in Electronics, IS/IT purchasing.
- Understanding of the market for the categories under his/her control but also ability to understand the customer’s needs and program issues.
- Good knowledge of a best practice acquisition Process.
- Soft Skills:_
- Capability to work within cross functional and international multi organizational teams (teamwork).
- Open minded (listen, share ideas etc.) and able to bring added value and new ideas.
- Ability to take initiatives with a good capacity of analysis and of synthesis.
- Ability to priorities tasks.
- Ability to represent Hitachi rail and to demonstrate Hitachi rail values.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.


At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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