European Program Buyer [W-545]

Company Overview Position Overview The Program Buyer is in charge of managing the sourcing activities for the relevant current and new programs.
This position requires a strong interface with our Business Units and manufacturing plants located all across Europe (in Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, South Africa and Russia).



Key Tasks Support sourcing of externally sourced commodities by coordinating information flow between program team and commodity purchasing and creating a sourcing calendar from official program. Control Costed BOM for related programs. Organise and lead weekly RFQ/ECN meetings with commodity purchasing. Achieve Material Cost Reduction in working together with commodity buyer to define technical optimisation and commercial leverage. Support Advanced RFQ Phase with Sales by sending RFQ to supply base and generate costed BOM. Purchase order administration and maintenance. Support operational functions in solving supplier quality and logistic issues. Key Requirements Business degree or combined engineering and business degree (or equivalent). Ideally Technical background and/or purchasing experience (+2 years). Excellent communication skills. Team-oriented and able to work independently. Proficiency in English; a second foreign language is preferable. Very good MS Office Knowledge (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project and Access).
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