Purchasing Specialist

Did you know KONE moves over one billion people every day? We employ over 57,000 driven professionals in over 60 countries worldwide, united by a shared vision. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life.

KONE Egypt is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Purchasing Specialist to join our team in Egypt. The successful candidate will play an integral role in supporting KONE's purchasing activities, ensuring efficient sourcing, supplier management, cost optimization, and compliance with company policies and procedures.

In this role, you will plan, manage, and coordinate purchasing activities, develop sourcing plans, and serve as a key point of contact for suppliers within your assigned portfolio.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a team of professionals committed to driving purchasing excellence. If you have what it takes to make an impact and add value to the business, we encourage you to apply!

Your tasks

• Define sourcing plans for customer projects and work closely with project teams to understand customer requirements.
• Manage requests for quotations (RFQs) for project-specific materials and negotiate supplier contracts.
• Identify local sourcing opportunities for direct materials, subcontractors, indirect materials, and spare parts.
• Negotiate framework agreements and price lists with suppliers for direct materials and spare parts.
• Support supply chain activities through thorough market analysis and supplier research.
• Identify local sourcing opportunities and implement measures to mitigate supply risks.
• Identify, evaluate, and manage local material and service providers in line with sourcing categories and plans.
• Lead negotiations with local suppliers, maintaining a strong understanding of the local supplier market.
• Take ownership of assigned contracts and conduct supplier quality audits.
• Monitor contract validity, coordinate renewals and renegotiations, and ensure alignment with sourcing strategies.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date contract and pricing information in relevant systems.
• Organize regular supplier review meetings and drive the resolution of supplier-related issues.
• Monitor supplier cost-saving initiatives and identify opportunities to reduce purchasing costs.
• Ensure compliance with KONE's supplier management processes and requirements.
• Conduct supplier quality audits, maintain scorecards, and implement appropriate supplier risk management measures.
• Manage supplier onboarding, compliance, and ongoing supplier relationships.
• Create, maintain, and archive contracts and framework orders.
• Coordinate with Operations and relevant internal stakeholders to facilitate purchase requisitions (PRs) and purchase orders (POs), ensuring timely processing.
• Follow up on outstanding invoices, resolve invoice-related issues, and support timely supplier payments.

Are you the one?

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in purchasing, sourcing, or supply chain management.
• Knowledge of supply markets, cost drivers, and relevant purchasing categories.
• Experience in a multinational company or matrix organization is an advantage.
• Experience working in a project-based environment is an advantage.
• Strong ethical standards and a commitment to compliance and process adherence.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach with strong supplier and stakeholder relationship management skills.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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