Category Buyer

Fundamental Mission:

Category Buyer is responsible for supporting the North Region Mass Production facilities at the Star locations for strategically sourcing critical services (including offsite repairs, spare parts on drawings, and cutting tools/saw blades) to meet immediate needs as well as longer-term requirements.

Responsibilities include fulfilling the Company’s needs regarding optimal strategic positions regarding quantity, quality, and time needed at the most favorable economical conditions for the Company, in accordance with established Company and Corporate Purchasing policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following: 


* Apply best-practice processes, tools, and techniques to:


* Supports internal customers, interfaces with them to ensure best overall value is being taken into consideration on all product/commodity acquisitions


* Consolidate the needs on a N.A.

basis in order to achieve competitive advantage and cost savings.


* Perform analysis on cost data including make or buy analysis and provide recommendations for cost svgs.

and additional value add items to Internal Stakeholders


* Create and develop Purchasing Strategies for the commodities in line with facilities’ strategic targets and Vallourec Group Purchasing Strategies and Policies.


* Prepares invitations to quote (RFQs), effectively sources and obtains proposals on assigned requirements


* Analyze commercial offers and proceed to their comparison and recommendations for equalization.


* Elaborate negotiation strategies, taking into consideration the targets of the acquisition process.

Lead the negotiations with the selected suppliers, according to the defined strategy,


* Optimize the supplier base through evaluation of information and benchmarking of suppliers.


* Continuously evaluate the supplier market and market trends.


* Identify and implement purchasing levers to reduce the total cost of ownership by submitting recommendations for savings or process improvement initiatives.


* Manage all aspects of the purchasing contracts and agreements for the commodity, including contract review, negotiation, writing and approval, release, compliance to terms and conditions and contract compliance throughout the term of the agreement.


* Manage relationships between Vallourec companies and the suppliers on his/her scope, including assisting with the qualification and evaluation of these.


* Manage and optimize supplier performance, including continuous improvement, and innovations.


* Find, assist and counsel prospective suppliers to enhance their abilities to compete.


* Interface with local buyers to develop, implement and maintain commodity strategy.


* Accomplish all details of Job Function listed above.


* Lead collaborative, cross-functional teams to obtain competitive advantage for the local business units.


* Support supplier management activity as ...