Global Strategic Buyer Direct Material - German
Global Strategic Buyer Direct Material - German
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Job Description
Our partnerwas founded in 1968 and operates globally with production facilities in Germany Eastern Europe Asia and North America. Our core competence lies in the assembly of brush systems for electric motors producing over 110 million such systems annually. Our Automation Division designs engineers and builds a wide range of solutions for these products from simple manual workshops to complex production installations. Other competencies include the production of complex plastic parts and CNC machining
Job Description
The Strategic Global Commodity Buyer for Direct materialsis responsible for defining and executing supplier strategies for worldwide locations and his/her specific Commodity. He/She is responsible to ensure that all suppliers agreeing to all commercial requirements. He/She is first level of escalation for all supplier related global issues and concerns. He /She should need to negotiate yearly prices contracts and commercials with allocated suppliers.
Key Job Areas Of Responsibilities
- Work continuously in defining and executing supplier strategies for all locations/regions to have good healthy supplier panel across all regions.
- Work closely with sales customer teams technical teams and regional procurement team ensuring the future needs in terms of new technologies and new supplier addition are identified and answered while deciding commodity strategy.
- Planning and controlling AOP for the commodity to deliver on key goals like achieving YOY productivity targets improving working capital efficient utilization of capex etc.
- Need to work with supplier for price negotiation supplier agreements general terms and conditions agreement consignment stock agreement Payment terms and raw material Fx indexation agreement.
- Support procurement regional teams quality supply chain for supplier related issues (Comprehensive ownership of supplier performance).
- Work continuously with all stake holders like suppliers engineering quality etc. to generate good pipeline of saving ideas.
Candidate Profile
- Bachelors degree in engineering business supply chain purchasing or operations or related discipline;
- 5 years experience in Strategic Sourcing or related field.
- Preferable automotive industry but not a must.
Key Skills And Knowledge
- Fluent in English: Proficiency in English is essential and knowledge of German is a plus.
- Expert Negotiator: Strong skills in buying negotiation and contract administration.
- Resilient Negotiator: Demonstrates toughness and sound judgment in negotiations.
- Analytical Thinker: Excellent analytical and problemsolving abilities.
- Effective Communicator: Capable of concise communication and adept at working in a multicultural crossfunctional environment at all levels both within and outside the company.
- Flexible and Adaptable: Willing to work across different time zones
- Team Builder and Motivator: Strong team player who can build motivate and inspire teams.
- Strategic and Innovative: Strategic thinker who uses a creative and innovative approach to problemsolving.
- Change Agent: Capable of challenging the status quo and generating new ideas.
- TechSavvy: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Employment Type
Full Time
