Summary: Responsible for operational, tactical, and strategic purchasing activities direct and/or indirect material, including: • Negotiate, update prices, contract agreements etc... • Scouting suppliers and proposing to regional / global responsible within the TCO approach • Generating cost cutting projects and presenting to stakeholders and x-functions. • Drive the price reduction process. • Update prices / cost breakdowns within the defined escalation & approval process with local and global functional management.
Responsibilities • Purchase materials, supplies, services at most favorable, sustainable, flexible, and feasible terms. • Initiate best cost country and localization initiatives supporting cost benefit. • Conduct capacity check activities to ensure availability of technical capacity allocated at supplier. • Communicate, align and initiate the material group strategies with cross-functional stakeholders. • Manage supplier portfolio based on growth and technical requirements of factories. • Prepare forecast and Business Plan based on provided 'premises' (assumptions) from global/regional commodity managers. • Operational: Update price changes, resolve price discrepancies, maintain system (SAP) maintenance, generate request for quotes (RFOs), initiate request for quote/request for proposal (RFQs/RfPs) • Operational: regularly check supplier allocated capacities to ensure reliable supply, act as an escalation level for supplier issues (capacity/supply/quality) and support task force teams. • Operational: Generate, drive, and/or participate in purchasing projects to improve cost position or sustain production based on defined material group strategy • Governance: Make and document all legal framework contracts; including perform supplier risk management tasks, supplier performance management, supplier financial health checks, collect documents to initiate and maintain new suppliers. • Tactical: Conduct bench-marking price of suppliers in and outside of existing portfolio. Negotiate price contracts, using relative tools to intensify competition between suppliers.
Profile • Bachelor's degree (Business Administration or similar field) - Required • 3-5 Years of Experience (Procurement experience) - Required • Good written and verbal communication skills • Key interpersonal skills for working with complex team • Exposure to Microsoft Applications • 30% - 50% travel