Purchasing Specialist/Buyer

Ajax Turkey Elektronik Ticaret Anonim Şirketi

The international technology companyAjax Systems opens a full-cycle production facility in Turkey for 400 employees.

Ajax Systems is the largest developer and manufacturer of security systems in Europe. The back office, R&D department, and two full-cycle production facilities are located in Ukraine. The company has branch offices worldwide: UAE (Dubai), Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Canada, and many other regions. Ajax team has more than 2,200 employees, including 500 developers and 1,200 production workers. Attracting local expertise in each key market enables us to scale the product globally and grow fast.

 We invite Procurement Buyer (indirect materials) to join the production team and deliver world-class results and outstanding performance to the Procurement team in the fast-growing dynamic organization.

Location: Istanbul, DESBAS

Reports to: Solid line – Supply Chain Manager Turkey

Dotted line – Head of Procurement at Headquarters

Responsibilities:

• Purchasing of direct and indirect materials
• Main KPI’s achievement, reporting (savings, payment terms improvement, etc.).
• Hold responsibility for the cost.
• Recommend solutions without compromising quality while optimizing cost.
• Establishing a comprehensive roadmap of sourcing initiatives to shape the cost structure.
• Delivery control and fulfilment with orders
• Full support of order in ERP system (create order, application for payment, receipt of goods, requests for pickup/shipment of goods etc.)
• Coordinate with warehouses and logistics to optimize domestic and international shipping processes.
• Maintain appropriate documentation for audit and control procedures, in addition to timely and accurately, updating purchasing records and data.
• Researching market trends to determine the best time to purchase certain items.
• Coordinating with other departments to ensure all purchases meet the company’s needs.
• Coordinating with the legal department to draft contracts with suppliers.
• Maintain effective relationships with suppliers and continually identify new supply streams to maximize operational effectiveness.
• Routine supplier management as requested, including performance evaluation.
• Perform new supplier’s sourcing and qualification
• Contract management

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in finance/engineering/foreign economic activity in priority.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in a similar role.
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders.
• Commercially and financially astute with experience of managing budgets.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills: ability to think critically working outside the box.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong and confident negotiator with the ability to negotiate at all levels.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, influential, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Results oriented with ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines.
• Business fluent knowledge of Turkish and English.
• Ukrainian language will be an additional advantage.

Ajax Systems is a big team of professionals and open-minded people who share ambitious goals. Join in!