Buyer - Boudry, Schweiz - Approach People Recruitment

Beschreibung

Buyer (m/f/d) – Neuenburg, Switzerland
The company is a worldwide partner for advanced automation solutions. They are committed to delivering the best assembly systems and all needed services throughout their product's entire life cycle. With their extensive engineering know-how, complex process expertise, scalable platforms, and lifelong support they are driving lasting success for their clients businesses.

Your main tasks

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
In this role you will ensure the SRM follow-up (Scoring Business Review, Performance Reporting...), on a dedicated supplier family, direct and indirect purchases.

• Be the main point of contact for supplier interactions
• Lead and participate in negotiation sessions with suppliers
• Prepare, implement, and verify compliance of appropriate contracts
• Perform data analysis on suppliers, market, costs, prices of goods and services of suppliers using available data
• Assess risks and align with project managers on acceptable risk levels
• Carry out periodic supplier audits/assessments and visits, and provide feedback to purchasing managers
• Optimize and improve purchasing processes
• Based on dedicated KPIs, carry out regular activity reporting

Your profile
Education and experience:

• Purchasing background with initial experience in purchasing (industrial purchasing an asset)

Languages:

• Excellent knowledge of German (C1 minimum), good knowledge of English (B2 minimum), knowledge of French advantageous

Qualities:

• Excellent knowledge of ERP (SAP an advantage) and MSOffice tools
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills
• Methodical, analytical, and organized
• Ability to take initiative, and set priorities
• Ability to work both as part of a team, and independently to achieve common goals
• Ability to develop profitable solutions with external partners
• Open-mindedness

What they offer

• The opportunity to take on a variety of challenges and to participate in the continuous improvement of an international company focused on the market and customer satisfaction in a constantly changing technical environment
• The opportunity to work in multi- disciplinary teams
• Possibilities to progress within a company that is attentive to the continuous training needs of its employees
• An international, modern, multicultural, friendly, and dynamic environment