A Purchasing Assistant position has just opened within a company active in the industrial sector. As a Purchasing Assistant, you will be supporting our client’s European Purchasing department regarding all related commercial issues coming from their activities. You will be joining a human scale company that is active internationally and is a leader on its market.

As a Purchasing Assistant, you will be responsible for the following tasks :

• You will manage and develop strategic and business critical suppliers
• Act at a strategical level to reduce the total cost of acquisition by working on all cost drivers through advanced analysis including cost breakdown analysis & learning curve
• Negotiate framework contracts and large scheduling agreement and develops providers partnership efficiently
• You will manage relationship with key internal and external stakeholders and business representatives
• Act as a team player with the different internal stakeholders and be able to propose alternative solutions, when relevant
• You will be knowledgeable about the Purchasing best practices and requests and is able to take the lead in process improvement process

Ideal profile of the Purchasing Assistant :

• You have 2-3 years’ experience in a similar position
• You are fluent in English and French; Dutch is a nice to have
• You are familiar with MS office suite, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• You have very strong people/communications skills and a strong attention to detail.
• You understand BOM’s and how they work, the work orders and how they are processed.
• You have a strong written and verbal communication and excellent problem solving and organization skills.
• You demonstrated an ability to work with a team and to be flexible.

Our client offers:

• A temporary contract with possibility of permanent contract
• An attractive salary package, with additional benefits
• Possibility to work from home up to 2 days a week
• Good working atmosphere
• International environment

Interested? Don’t hesitate to apply to this position of Purchasing Assistant.

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