Maersk Line ou Maersk SeaLand est une société danoise de transport maritime international de conteneurs et la plus grande filiale opérationnelle du groupe Maersk, un conglomérat d’affaires danois.
We are looking for a professional Buyer to join our administration team in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire.This will be an opportunity to work with a team of professionals where you will build an extensive understanding of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group through interaction, collaboration and execution with stakeholders and offices around the world. We will provide you with an opportunity for a robust career growth within Maersk, where we share a common vision – “Every dollar spent is spent professionally”. At Maersk we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to: gender, age, nationality, race, disability or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.
We offer
A challenging and exciting opportunity to work in fast-growing and dynamic markets with a highly-committed team.
On-the-job learning: You will be given responsibilities right from the start as we promote a steep learning curve across different functions, practices and domains. We are a dynamic, performance-oriented organization with a down-to-earth attitude and approachable management culture. We live our values and build strong teams of people passionate for their job and dedicated to always change for the better.
Key responsibilities
General and Task Management:
-Support the company in the purchase of goods, materials and services to ensure that the company operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply.
-Perform Stakeholder Management with technical organization through daily interactions and addressing their concerns in a timely manner.
-Assist the team in data collection on supplier performance
-Manage supplier Invoice Queries and resolve in agreed time-scales
-Understand and deliver to stakeholder requirements
-Produce and maintain information on supplier non-conformance
Skills and Attributes:
-An indivual able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers
-Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills
– Analytical, numerically astute, with strong problem solving abilities
-Able to manage time effectively, prioritise tasks and achieve set targets
-Commercial and financial awareness, with a full understanding of how failure impacts the operations, and internal/external customers
-Able to be agile
-Keen attention to detail and accuracy
-Supplier management and rationalisation
Self Management
– Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies and all local regulations
-Resilient, optimistic and welcomes change
-Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others
-Proactively contributes to the team
-Demonstrate and live by our values in all dealings
We are looking for
Our employees represent a wide range of educational backgrounds, work experience and nationalities – most important to us is your personal skills.
You must be one to thrive in a fast paced, fast changing and dynamic environment. A true team player with strong analytical abilities, interpersonal, and communication skills.
The ideal candidate would look like the below:
Holds a bachelor’s degree and has service procurement background. experience (3-6 years) working in a purchasing team preferably within an automotive , industrial , manufacturing environment would be advantageous
Good knowledge of purchasing, negotiation, commercial understanding and cost breakdown
Experience of working closely with suppliers
Able to add value, reduce costs and input to business improvement
.Understand stakeholder management and can build rapport even in challenging situations with a mindset for conflict resolution
Must have the sense of urgency to address all pressing matters with key stakeholders
Excellent communication skills
Preferred a broad knowledge on non- purchasing and logistics subjects, e.g. technical insight, logistics operations,
Agile behaviour and a Multitasker in a structured manner with an eye for the detail level necessary
Superb Excel skills and an intermediate level in English is a necessity
