Buyer

Role overview

The Buyer position focuses on securing materials, components, tooling, services, and indirect purchases that keep the business running smoothly. The role is centered on obtaining the best overall value, working with approved vendors, ensuring timely delivery, and supporting day-to-day operational and production needs. It also plays an important part in supplier coordination, cost control, and adherence to procurement rules and standards.

Core responsibilities

In this role, you will manage sourcing and purchasing activities across direct materials, indirect items, services, tooling, and capital equipment. You will issue RFQs to current and potential suppliers, review offers, and recommend the most appropriate commercial and technical options. You will also raise and maintain purchase orders in the ERP system, making sure details such as specifications, quantities, prices, and delivery terms are accurate. Monitoring open orders and expediting them to prevent shortages will also be part of your work.

You will build and sustain productive relationships with suppliers, support supplier qualification and assessment activities, and track supplier performance across delivery, quality, responsiveness, and service standards. Where issues arise, you will help resolve them and escalate repeated concerns when needed.

Another key part of the job is negotiation and cost control. You will negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead times, and contract conditions, while also contributing to savings through competitive sourcing, supplier consolidation, and value engineering. You will monitor purchase price variances, assist with cost reporting against budget, and review supplier contracts, framework agreements, and annual pricing terms.

You will coordinate closely with Planning, Warehouse, Operations, and Finance teams to ensure purchasing aligns with inventory goals and business priorities. This includes monitoring stock levels, supporting replenishment planning, and helping address invoice mismatches, goods receipt problems, and supplier document issues.

Procurement compliance and reporting are also essential. You will ensure purchasing activity follows company policy, approval limits, and ethical sourcing requirements. You will prepare reports covering spending patterns, supplier performance, savings actions, and buying trends, while keeping purchasing records, supplier data, and procurement files accurate in the ERP system. You may also support audits by providing the required records and supporting documentation.

Qualifications and requirements

A bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related discipline is required. The ideal candidate should have 3 to 5 years of experience in procurement or purchasing within a manufacturing, industrial, or production setting. Experience with ERP purchasing platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or similar systems is needed.

Strong negotiation ability, supplier management skills, and commercial judgment are important for this role. You should also understand the procurement of direct and indirect materials used in manufacturing operations and be comfortable using Microsoft Excel for analysis and reporting. A professional procurement certification such as CIPS would be an advantage. Good communication skills in English are required, and Arabic proficiency is preferred.

Additional information

This role is based in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and is a full-time, onsite position.