Regional Buyer Indirect

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

- Procuring the plant's requirements for direct and indirect materials of the defined commodities.

- Playing an active role in the development and implementation of global sourcing strategies.

- Analyzing the local sourcing market for the relevant functional area.

- Responsibly carrying out the entire purchasing process for local sourcing projects from the plant's requirements to RFQs and quotation comparisons to the supplier nomination.

- Maintaining and developing supplier relationships in the relevant functional area and clarifying technical questions with the relevant technical departments.

- Leading supplier negotiations and managing contracts for local projects in accordance with the defined global purchasing strategies.

- Identifying and evaluating local suppliers in cooperation with CU Purchasing.

- Regularly communicating and aligning with CU Purchasing for different commodities and supporting them during negotiations and the supplier release and development process.

- Nominating suppliers according to the relevant purchasing authorizations that have been granted.

- Supporting with quality and delivery issues using escalation processes.

- Collecting, maintaining and evaluating all purchasing-related data and orders in Procurement systems and tools.

- Proactively searching for and identifying potential cost savings and carrying out activities to implement them.

- Planning and executing activities to achieve annual purchasing targets (KPIs) for assigned materials.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Completed bachelor's degree in supply chain management or another relevant field of education

- At least 4 years of professional experience in similar role or equivalent combination of education and experience

- At least 2 years of experience with SAP (preferred) or similar ERP/MRP platform