Senior Divisional Buyer/ Buying Category Lead (European scope)

Location: home office or hybrid (małopolskie)

Ref.  PL22-R701-S01

 

Our Client is a leading global supplier of products for hydronic distribution systems which deliver optimal and energy efficient heating and cooling systems to the residential and commercial building sectors.

• The purpose of the role is to deliver cost/quality/delivery improvements throughout:
• managing assigned suppliers and product categories
• optimization projects – finding opportunities, defining project plans, and running execution

Key Responsibilities:

In this newly set role you will be reporting to Divisional Procurement Manager for 3rd Party Products and you will be mainly responsible for:

• defining and implementing a strategy for a given portfolio of products (valves, actuators)  and vendors
• driving sourcing projects for 4 plants in Europe
• working with cross functional team(Procurement, R&D, Quality, Sales) to identify improvement opportunities
• driving improvement projects 1) best country sourcing 2) supplier rationalization 3) lead time reduction 4) stock improvement 5) payment terms improvement 6) quality improvement. 
• acting as a  procurement lead (coordination, sourcing) for new product development projects

Qualifications: 

• 7+ years of working experience across engineering, manufacturing, procurement
• 5 years of working experience in strategic procurement (Category/Commodity Management, holding previously roles such as Category or Commodity Buyer in direct materials) within international organization
• Previous experience in automotive, complex industrial or electronics industry
• Experience in cost analysis / cost breakdowns / TCO approach
• Fluent  English, German a plus
• Analytical skills accompanied by a good knowledge of Ms Excel and Ms PowerPoint
• High degree of integrity and transparency
• Ability to work within the organization at all levels
• High level of drive and personal commitment, work as an owner
• Adaptability and resilience

Why  apply?  

A very interesting position for senior procurement expert to join a regional procurement department. They present very employee friendly organization culture praising diversity, team work/ companionship and honest feedback.

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