Local Sourcing Specialist

Air Liquide Australia is a market leader Gases, Technologies and Services for Industry in Australia. Air Liquide Australia provides innovative, responsive and customer focused services to our product range, which improves the performance of our customers while helping protect the environment.
Local Sourcing Specialist role drives and supports the advancement of key procurement initiatives, such as strategic sourcing, spend analysis, contracting, supplier relationship management, innovative and procurement risk management.
This role will be the main Procurement representative to the business. Besides ensuring the achievement of procurement and business objectives, this role will update the business on a scheduled basis concerning the progress towards these objectives.
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
Sourcing:
● Execute the full sourcing process to ensure delivery of business plans and category strategies, in collaboration with business stakeholders
● Partner with stakeholders to understand their needs and develop a sourcing plan and strategies to meet those needs
● Perform supplier surveys, supply market research and analytical studies to identify and select potential suppliers
● Partner with stakeholders to conduct and perform supplier qualification
● Conduct RFx (RFI, RFP, RFQ etc.) that is appropriate to the type of Goods and/or Services required and in accordance with procurement policies and category strategies
● Lead the negotiations, where required, with suppliers to obtain optimal value
● Manage the establishment of contracts using the appropriate contract templates and obtain support from the Legal department when needed
● Ensure that contracts and claims are closed out properly
Purchasing:
● Utilize the purchasing system to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness
● Establish and promote the use of purchasing catalogues to meet the procurement efficiency targets by automating purchasing transactions
● Perform manual purchasing transactions when required
● Lead the resolution of payment issues to suppliers by obtaining support from the regional business service centre
Supplier Relationship Management:
● Lead supplier management, including ongoing contract management and control, collation of performance data (through overseeing supplier performance data collection and analysis), and plan and execute supplier meetings, when required
● Support supplier integration, including the implementation of new contracts and ensuring efficient change management, and managing roll out of new suppliers and switch out
● Support cost and value analysis for supplier improvement
Are you a MATCH?
The successful candidate should have:
● An undergraduate degree, preferably with a technical, numerical or supply chain focus, e.g. Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain Management etc.
● Professional certification from an accredited institution in the areas of procurement and/or supply chain management will be desirable
● Strong problem solving ability and ability to identify what resources are required to assist in delivering solutions
● Significant relationship management and listening skills to establish strong relationships with stakeholders
● Business minded and results driven
● Ability to clearly express ideas/concepts/models to a variety of stakeholders
● Can operate effectively at a system level, but is also comfortable dealing with detailed challenges and tasks
About Air Liquide
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with approximately 64,500 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902.
Our Differences make our Performance
At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.