- Automotive Company
- Country Buyer
A major multinational company with an active workforce of over 15,000 employees worldwide and a revenue exceeding €2 billion.
- Implement Purchasing Strategies at a Local level to align with the Company Targets.
- Represent the Purchasing Country Manager where the Manager is not present on Site, ensuring Purchasing efforts are maintained by collaborating with Local Teams.
- Integrate proposals from Lead Buyers with emerging Local Market opportunities to identify cost savings and efficiencies through regular Market research and Supplier networking.
- Administer the Purchasing Systems Master and Transactional Data, such as Material Master Data, prices, conditions, running periods, source list, and quota by monitoring and updating such information as needed. Ensure a timely and accurate Processing of all assigned Purchasing Administration Tasks such as Shopping Carts Buyer Approval, Material Purchasing Staging, Purchase Document Releases on Buyer Level and Purchasing Document Maintenance.
- Support the Supplier Registration Process inside our Jaggaer Supplier Portal with both Suppliers and Internal Functions.
- Reconcile Invoices/PO (Purchase Order) discrepancies by monitoring and processing such Workitems inside the VIM (Vendor Invoice Management) Module and updating SAP Conditions if necessary.
- Continuously identify cost-saving opportunities and potentials for improvement by analyzing Market trends and Purchasing Data, and coordinate the implementation of resulting initiatives.
- Serve as primary Point of Contact for Purchasing related matters with Plant Functions and provide support as first escalation point for Supplier issues by coordinating with other teams.
- Communicate with Suppliers on their needs and obligations, as well as HQ requests, by maintaining regular contact and addressing any issues.
- Identify and cover Purchasing needs for products not yet covered by Lead Buying or Technical Buying by collaborating with other Teams.
- Ensure consistency in GPRS (Global Purchasing Reporting System) reporting data for prices, standard costs, indices, and savings by monitoring and identifying discrepancies.
- Contribute to Budget creation and realization by providing insight and recommendations based on Market trends and cost-saving opportunities.
- Support handover from the Project Phase to Serial Production with the Project Buying Team and local Stakeholders.
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