Indirect purchasing / MRO Buyer

Responsability:

• Independent and self dependent handling of relevant purchasing processes (within defined group) in agreement with Director Purchasing
• Price and contract negotiations
• Support of development, coordination and implementation of purchasing strategy (partly global) within defined group
• Set up a supplier base in agreement with Director Purchasing
• Sourcing in agreement with relevant departments
• Optimisation of supply chain in cooperation with supplier and departments/plants (Supply Chain Management)
• Visit supplier/plants if necessary
• Consistent review and development of quality and competitiveness of supplier and develop corrective actions if needed
• Self dependent market analysis, identification of new supplier
• Review supplier master data (conditions etc.)
• Internal and external contact for supplier and departments
• Ensures compliance with established Policies and Procedures for product safety, Quality, IAFT 16949, Health and Safety ISO 45001, Environment ISO14001 and VDA 6.3.

Requirements:

• Technical degree or degree in business science with high technical affinity or comparable training with specific qualification
• Relevant professional experience
• Good knowledge of purchasing and global market (in some extent)
• Proficiency in English
• Safe handling of MS Office and SAP
• Strong negotiation skills
• Toughness, pronounced orientation towards solutions
• Teamplayer, reliable, tidy, well structured, resilient
• Analytical, interdisciplinary, customer orientated and entrepreneural thinking and acting