Buyer (f/m/d) (JN -082021-2956593) Linz, Austria
Salary: |
EUR50000 - EUR60000 per annum |
- Responsible for sourcing activities of non-strategic products and services and assigned NPD product pricing and adequately following through qualification status of alternative sources.
- Manage supplier relationship of the assigned category to drive delivery of best-in-class performance and innovative products and services with continued efficiency improvement.
- Negotiating terms and conditions, composing agreements, and closing deals with optimal costs, terms, qualities, lead times, and services.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders in the supplier selection process and resolve purchased materials, including product/material/service quality, invoicing, and returning
- Coach internal stakeholders to follow proper procurement procedure and be the liaison to resolve any issues that may arise
- Work with Supply Chain on getting production forecast needed for assigned product categories
- Monitor supplier performance and alternative source options when needed
- Coordinate with R&D and Quality departments on product specifications to ensure sourcing meets requirements.
- Maintain accurate procurement information in SAP and other tools used
- Track and report key functional Key Performance indicators (KPI) to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
- Perform commodity monitoring and reporting.
- Attend, schedule, and participate in various meetings.
- Assists with special projects as needed.
- Partner with internal customers as well as suppliers to develop and initiate process improvements
- Work with IT to ensure data accuracy and identify proper process requires to upload updated master data.
- Create, update purchase or blanket orders and outline agreements of assigned location and ensure proper order/transactional execution, data entry, and follow-up reporting of assigned products and services
- Review purchase requisitions and convert them to purchase orders with commitment dates when needed
- Review open purchase order status, pricing discrepancies, and provide expediting and de-expediting status whenever needed.