Special requirements / qualification profile
Qualifications:
· Commercial and /or technical training
· Engineer or economist with degree specializing in materials management/purchasing with a strong technical understanding
· Experience in the specialist’s area of expertise: Parts, Tools, Devices, Capex, MRO, etc.
Proficiency:
· Experience in managing manufacturing processes, productivity, and efficiency measurements
· Product and market knowledge
· Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite software (WORD, Excel,PowerPoint, etc.) at intermediate level (minimum).
· PC/DP skills - also SAP R3
· English language skills
· Willingness for customer-oriented cooperation in project management teams
Objective of the position:
Cost, quality and on-time procurement in the associated specialist purchasing areas in the context of the targets
Main duties:
- Develop purchasing policies and strategies in-line with the company objectives and
SMP purchasing global strategies
- Secure approval from management on any policy and/or strategy changes
- Plan and manage capital and expense budget
- Review and make recommendations to management team for ways to improve procedures and reduce costs
- Support Finance, Materials, GSP and other related departments for information
sharing and request
- Develop and promote purchasing program sourcing policy and strategy aligned with SMP
Purchasing to support competitive and efficient parts/materials sourcing activity of purchasing operations
- Track in-cycle cost improvement status of purchasing operations and report to
management.
- Track program purchasing costs and operations with the roadmap/action plan
progress and report to management
- Track the progress of supplier launch readiness (including TO/PO issues and tooling
fabrication status)
- Elevate issues to management team as necessary to resolve issues
- Detection of synergy potentials
- Preparation of purchasing strategies after consultation with specialist departments
- Support and participation in projects
- Personnel planning and management of subordinate employees
Special responsibility:
- Commitment to achieve the material purchasing goals set in the framework of the budget / project allocations
- Compliance with the regulated processes in the quality process instructions for the best possible benefit of the company
Functions at a mid level within the organizational hierarchy