Purchaser jobs in Finland
Purchasers select and purchase stock, materials, services or goods. They organise tender procedures and select suppliers.
Purchaser - Which skills are essential?
The national, international and foreign sanctions and embargo regulations, e.g. Council Regulation (EU) No 961/2010.
Determine potential suppliers for further negotiation. Take into consideration aspects such as product quality, sustainability, local sourcing, seasonality and coverage of the area. Evaluate the likelihood of obtaining beneficial contracts and agreements with them.
Build a lasting and meaningful relationship with customers in order to ensure satisfaction and fidelity by providing accurate and friendly advice and support, by delivering quality products and services and by supplying after-sales information and service.
Master foreign languages to be able to communicate in one or more foreign languages.
Monitor the direction and momentum of the product prices on a long-term basis, identify and predict the movement of prices as well as identify the recurring trends.
Build a lasting and meaningful relationship with suppliers and service providers in order to establish a positive, profitable and enduring collaboration, co-operation and contract negotiation.
Organise the process of writing and designing proposals or bids for tenders.
Coordinate and manage procurement and renting processes including purchasing, renting, planning, tracking and reporting in a cost efficient way on an organisational level.
The restrictions a country imposes on its exported products and goods.
Produce and review the documents needed to authorise shipment of a product from the supplier at a specified price and within specific terms.
Negotiate the terms, conditions, costs and other specifications of a contract while making sure they comply with legal requirements and are legally enforceable. Oversee the execution of the contract, agree on and document any changes.
Evaluate supplier performance in order to assess which suppliers do or may not perform adequately, stick to the agreed contracts, meet the standard requirements and desired quality at all times or who may pose future risks.
Undertake ordering of services, equipment, goods or ingredients, compare costs and check the quality to ensure optimal payoff for the organisation.
Implement and monitor company activities in compliance with legal contracting and purchasing legislations.
Compare proposals to award a contract in order to execute specified jobs within a prescribed frame of time.
Know the principles that govern the import and export of products and equipment, trade restrictions, health and safety measures, licenses, etc.
Oversee complete purchasing cycle, including generating requisitions, PO creation, PO follow-up, goods reception, and final payment actions.
Utilise computers, IT equipment and modern day technology in an efficient way.
The flow of goods in the supply chain, movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
Purchaser - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Assess the financial impact of possible logistics changes such as shipping modes, product mixes or volumes, carriers and means of product transportation.
Gather, assess and interpret data concerning the performance of a system, component, group of people or organisation.
Come to an agreement between commercial partners with a focus on terms and conditions, specifications, delivery time, price etc.
Analyse buying habits or currently prevalent customer behaviour.
Analysing the logistic needs of all the different departments on the organisational level.
Examine an organisation's planning details of production, their expected output units, quality, quantity, cost, time available and labour requirements. Provide suggestions in order to improve products, service quality and reduce costs.
Recount events and facts which happened in professional contexts in a trustworthy manner.
Pursue potential customers or products in order to generate additional sales and ensure growth.