Buyer II- Indirect Spend/CapEX

Job Summary

The Indirect Spend/CapEX Buyer facilitates indirect procurement processes at AFL, focusing on capital equipment, facility upgrades, and related services. Key responsibilities include strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, financial analysis, compliance, and continuous improvement in CapEx purchasing processes.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing & Category Management
• Perform standard purchase order management duties.
• Create and execute category strategies for capital equipment and critical indirect services.
• Develop multi-year roadmaps for preferred suppliers, standardization, and technology refresh cycles.
• Support the CapEx Procurement Lifecycle.
• Coordinate pre-install site readiness, logistics, commissioning, and warranty/after-sales support planning.
• Supplier Identification, Evaluation & Performance
• Identify and pre-qualify OEMs and integrators.
• Run competitive events; coordinate supplier evaluations.
• Monitor supplier KPIs (OTD, quality, uptime, etc.).
• Contracting & Risk Management
• Negotiate commercial terms, payment milestones, warranties, service levels, and performance guarantees.
• Mitigate risks via milestone-based payments, acceptance criteria, liquidated damages, spare parts strategies, and IP/technology protection.
• Ensure compliance with AFL company policies, audit requirements, and applicable regulations.
• Financial Stewardship & Analytics
• Build cost models and business cases.
• Perform TCO and ROI/NPV analyses.
• Track and report savings (hard and soft), cost avoidance, cash flow timing, and capitalization vs. expense treatment.
• Validate invoices against milestones and deliverables; manage change orders and variance controls.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Facilities, IT, EHS, and Finance.
• Drive consensus in vendor selection through structured scorecards and risk/benefit trade-off reviews.
• Project & Stakeholder Management
• Collaborate with AFL PMO team to align procurement workstreams with timelines/dependencies.
• Communicate status, risks, and mitigation actions to stakeholders; escalate issues proactively.
• Data Integrity & Systems
• Maintain accurate records in ERP systems.
• Use dashboards to monitor budgets, commitments, forecasted cash out, and supplier performance.
• Sustainability & Compliance
• Integrate ESG criteria into sourcing.
• Ensure alignment to safety and regulatory requirements throughout equipment lifecycle.
• Continuous Improvement
• Identify opportunities to streamline CapEx purchasing, standardize specifications, and reduce total lifecycle cost.
• Lead post-implementation reviews to capture lessons learned; institutionalize best practices and templates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree preferred.
• Proficient with MS Office Products; Excel specifically.
• Prior office-related experience in Supply Chain functions required.
• Minimum of 3 years experience with Indirect Spend and CapEx purchase negotiations.
• CPM, CPIM certification is a plus.
• Project Management experience is a plus.

Personal Qualities

• Compelling and persuasive communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good grasp of technical requirements.
• Works well under pressure/stress.
• High attention to detail.