Contract Type
Permanent
Country
ITALY
Location
Parma
Your opportunity
The Category Buyer is responsible for the development and implementation of commodity strategies and supplier management in assigned spend categories. He/She performs sourcing activities for a set portfolio of spend categories at a global and/or local level to achieve commodity results and ensure compliance with the Group Strategy.
Your Mission
The Categoy Buyer Will
- lead, develop and implement global commodity strategy for assigned spend categories.
- Analyse spends in assigned spend categories.
- Monitor the market through constant benchmarking to continuously improve costs, quality, delivery, and technology.
- Help to define the annual savings forecast, identifying risks and opportunities.
- Implement the saving action plan to achieve the assigned annual cost saving target.
- Promote and lead cost reduction activities and alternative products/ solutions, towards internal stakeholder and Suppliers.
- Manage Supplier Relationship at global level,
monitoring trend of KPIs and setting necessary corrective actions.
- Negotiate long-term contracts with Suppliers, at global level, that set out prices, quality standards, cost reduction.
- improvement along agreement duration, delivery times, and commercial terms and conditions.
- Communicate effectively and manage relationships with relevant internal stakeholders, to contribute to the cross-functional projects.
- Ensure compliance with the sourcing processes.
- Enter relevant sourcing data in local ERP system for new product codes and pricelist updates.
Your Profile
Education And Language Skills
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Degree in Engineering is preferred; Business/Economics is also accepted
- English is a mandatory skill; fluency in French, Italian and/or Chinese is an advantage.
Required Experience And Other Skills
- Min 3 years in strategic sourcing in an international manufacturing company.
- Knowledge of the Transmission market/product
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