For over 140 years our products have helped ensure the safe, reliable operations of key industries. With a passion for precision and partnership, Celeros Flow Technology continues this heritage of high performance and dependability, providing mission critical, sustainable flow control solutions for our customers around the globe.
Celeros Flow Technology is looking for individuals with a voice and a vision. We embrace change, diversity and promote new ways of looking at old ideas. Incumbent of this role will be part of our Global Advanced procurement/buyout team and will report to Global Category Manager. Category Specialist role provides support of existing working relationship between Customer Service, Tendering Team and Advanced Procurement in order to generate sales. The performance of this individual will directly influences the Company’s external relationships, hence the key is to win opportunities.
Advanced Procurement team will be responsible to identify major Projects together Tendering Team Managers with the purpose of obtaining Market level pricing on Buy-Out & major pump components like Electric Motors, Mechanical Seal & Systems, Lube Oil systems, Gear Boxes as well as survey supplier’s performance (KPI) as Category expert of Main buyout. In general, it is required the incumbent is from engineering background and technical knowledge about Pumps application and electric motors selection for hazardous areas of installations is required.
Provides support to Global tendering teams across the main buyout to ensure all quotations occur on time and with high quality from enquiry receipt to order entry
Develop and submit detailed lower risk proposals selection ensuring they are delivered in a high quality, timely fashion in support of the ITO (Inquiry to Order) Tendering Policy & Procedure
Review and evaluate technical specifications for Pumps equipment to define a process solution to fit the customers’ requirements, perform risk evaluation, extract applicable client requirements and translate/communicate specifications to subcontractors, sub-vendors and internal organization
Obtain quotations for relevant bought-in equipment in accordance with latest Global Supply Chain requirements
Liaise with the commercial team on customer needs, scope, and timing
Ensures accuracy and completion of both CPQ tender data and the BTC Quote log and they are actively managed
Develop technical suppliers’ selection in support of projects and markets
Develop, maintain, and distribute filtration product and procurement knowledge
Competence in Microsoft Office packages – Excel, Word, PowerPoint are prerequisites
Technical ability to learn and understand proprietary sizing & selection of company software
Understanding of engineering principles related to designated business unit, especially about our API Pump product line
A team player with ability to interface with multiple functions - Operations, Finance, Engineering, Projects, Sales
Understanding of engineering principles related to Pump process and mechanical design of pressure vessels
Creative and Independent
E in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering
~8-12 years of relevant industry experience in buyouts components of API pumps 4-5 years of recent experience in advanced procurement in Pump industry is preferred. Experience in reviewing detailed specifications and writing comprehensive and accurate bids/costs
~ SAP knowledge
~ Able to Travel (Domestic and International – 30%)
Competitive salary
~ Bonus
~33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
~ Holiday buy and sell
~ Pension
~ Life Cover
~ Employee Assistance Program
~ Digital Benefits; Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required daily to stand, sit, walk, talk, hear, and see (specific close vision abilities are required to perform computer work)
Required daily to use hands and fingers and arms to reach (to operate a computer and telephone)
Required occasionally to travel (usually by air or road so may be required to sit for extended periods)
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Ability to work with moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, etc.)
Ability to work in an open planned office / individual office
Ability to sit at a computer terminal for extended periods
Ability to sit in a car or on a plane for extended periods
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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Quality encompasses all aspects of Celeros’ business, and every employee shares the responsibility to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity relating to product, process and the quality system.