CEE Sourcing Buyer

Currently, we are looking for a suitable candidate, which will work on a position CEE Sourcing Buyer.

Job Location: Brno, Czech Republic

Your main responsibilities are:

Strategy development:
• Proactively monitor and evaluate opportunities on the addressed commodities, focusing on CEE (Central Eastern European) countries
• Drive and lead strategic sourcing activities for CEE countries with the strategic buyer
• Partner with purchasing community to formulate a sourcing strategy for addressed categories via spend map and market analysis
• Partner with purchasing community to lead cost saving at TCO levels, and increase contracts coverage

Execution/Implementation:
• Preparation and analysis on global / regional RFQ proposals / packages, supplier selection, negotiation and communication with users across purchasing community
• Contract negotiation with selected partner / supplier by respecting contract group policies
• Close follow up of the selected supplier panel, by monitoring KPI and regular business review.
• Leading and influencing sourcing within the addressed category

Contribute to purchasing communication:
• Follow company’s purchasing/supply chain policies
• Anticipate internal conflicts: propose solution to Purchasing Group leader.
• Ensure Disk-share data update
• Prepare support document for Purchasing / supply chain / quality meetings

Reporting/Programs follow up :
• Track and report saving in accordance to the saving group methodologies.
• Report progress of actions plans to the purchasing / supply chain / quality teams.

Other activities:
• Contribute to develop processes (Global sourcing processes, commodities strategy processes).
• Define templates, propose generic actions plan (“copy/paste”) for other sites.
• Supports qualification audits of new suppliers
• Report to the Purchasing group leader

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
• Progress on market studies, saving, contract management, business review
• Respect of deadline committed
• Cost down initiatives


We expect you to have/to be:

• Technical engineer and/or master in Purchasing
• 5 - 7 years experience as industrial purchasers, and or sourcing buyer for an international company
• English (fluent), French is an advantage
• Personal skills: multi-cultural understanding, diplomatic, sense of priority, rigorous, pragmatic, tactic, and good communicator
• Strategic understanding of the supply base market place
• Expert knowledge in the management of all strategic sourcing activities on global / regional commodities
• Cross functional responsibilities with internal stakeholders: R&D, Supply chain, strategic buyers, quality teams, Supplier Development engineers, support functions.


If you are able to work independently, willing to spend some time travelling and visiting your suppliers and willing to work in an international and multicultural environment, you are a suitable candidate and please, apply with CZ_716426 as a subject!

Remuneration package, work environment and being a part of an international group are the advantages we offer.

Strojársky priemysel

Our client is the world's leading supplier of equipment and services to packaging manufacturers in the folding carton, corrugated board and flexible materials industries. Founded in 1890 in Lausanne, Switzerland, our client has a presence in more than 50 countries, runs 11 production facilities in 8 countries and employs over 5,000 people around the world. The company recorded a consolidated turnover of CHF 1.354 billion for the year ended December 31st, 2013.