TRS Staffing Solutions is looking for an Equipment Buyer near The Hague. 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.

Profile
We are looking for a young Dutch professional with higher professional education, with a technical background. You are looking for your second job and have 2-3 years relevant experience in (international) technical markets. You have a good commercial sense and are an excellent communicator. You are not afraid to be critical and speak your mind. You can be (and want to be) a sparring partner for the technical QC department (manager).

Considering that we work in a project organization, it is essential that your work is transparent for your colleagues and that you carefully align your work with the project execution team. We have multiple projects running in parallel, so you should be able to handle time pressure, act quickly, maintain the overview and structure, and set correct priorities.