For the Procurement department of our client's in the neighborhood of Leiden, we are looking for an experienced Buyer. The procurement department covers the entire supply chain and is responsible for all subcontracting of fabrication, procurement and expediting of materials and equipment and all logistics operations for projects worldwide.

As Equipment Buyer you are responsible for the purchasing of equipment like safety valves, control valves, attemperators, burner systems, flow devices, expansion joints, shutoff valves, piping materials, etc.

This involves, among others, following tasks:

- Sending out our requests for quotations;

- Evaluation of offers, negotiations and closing of contracts within the set targets,  and processing these purchase orders in our ERP system(s);

- Presenting your purchasing strategy in a sourcing board;

- Organising eAuctions and Supplier negotiation days;

- Purchasing under Frame Agreements;

- Monitor and guide processes both internally and externally;

- Supplier management, maintaining an actual overview of documentation;

 information, fabrication capabilities and workload of suppliers,

- Monitoring of supplier performance and initiating improvement actions, in close

 alignment with the project supply manager and the equipment coordinator;

- Processing and checking of invoices in our SAP system,

- Handling of warranty issues,

- Initiating and coordination of the supplier qualification process in case of new

 suppliers;

You are a professional partner for the project execution team. You work pro-actively

together with other disciplines like engineering, strategic procurement, quality control and sales, to align the need and developments in the equipment assigned to you.