Project Buyer - NPD

Job Information

Position Type: Salaried

Location(s): CZ Dobris

Business unit: Common

Grade:

Position Summary: 

• Deploy the sourcing strategies for all the categories in his/her portfolio for the assigned plant or plants, to ensure progressive planning and implementation of quality, delivery responsiveness and cost-competitive activities of suppliers.
• Co-responsible for source selection, negotiations, and monitoring of the supplier performance.
• Participate in developing and deploying the Sourcing and Supply Chain AOP and LRP for the assigned categories.
• Drive productivity and spend management to ensure successfully meeting Sourcing objectives.
• Provide timely and effective procurement services and value-added strategic sourcing solutions to stakeholders.
• Monitor and directly impact supplier behavior and activities to maintain continuous improvement in the supplier’s delivery of products and services to the business.

Role & Responsibility

Sourcing:

On the categories in his/her portfolio for the assigned plant or plants:       

• Participate in developing Sourcing targets for the assigned categories   
• Participate to deploy best practices in category  sourcing  
• Drive its massigned categories  
• Follow and guarantee the best achievements of cost, quality and service targets of the suppliers  
• Participate to the suppliers’ evaluation and selection, through the nomination committee process , and risk management  
• Drive and follow up all productivity subjects in order to achieve AOP targets  
• Identify and report potential risk in savings forecasts in a timely manner to allow gap closure plans to be implemented.  
• Identify savings or innovation opportunities that benefit the company (not necessarily limited to the plant or the region)  
• Deploy the best sourcing strategy in cooperation with  the Integrated Supply Chain Manager.   
• Guarantee the deployment of supply agreements with the suppliers  
• Openly report the achievements and potential opportunities of his/her categories to his/her       manager   
• Get from the suppliers the best innovation ideas  
• Analyse supplier markets  
• Negotiate with the suppliers  
• Drive Make  or Buy studies  
• Practice Kaizen (Continuous Improvement): e.g. challenge internal processes and procedures where inefficiency is created; question the status quo when colleagues block progress

KPI:

• Cost
• Quality
• Delivery and service of  suppliers
• Customer satisfaction     
• Cash Flow /Inventory Improvement     
• DGSS Compliance       

Job Requirement

Education & Qualification: 

Business Administration - Masters Degree / Engineering - Masters Degree / Finance - Masters Degree / Finance - Bachelors Degree / Sourcing - Bachelors Degree / Allow Equivalent

Experience: 5>7 years

Experience Description: Min 2 years of experience in Sourcing

Travel Standard: 10 - 24 %

Global Breadth: Multi-Site (> One Location)

Knowledge & Skill:

• Strong negotiator with expertise in legal terms and conditions
• A broad understanding of sourcing trends
• Result driven, business Focus
• Strong presentation skills
• Cross functional team work
• Demands a great deal of finesse, salesmanship and negotiation skills

Others

Difficulties & area of focus when carrying out job (position):

• Significant planning and analysis tools for Sourcing reviews.
•   Ability and understanding of technical  requirement/ application of purchased components/systems within DICE product.
• Ability to cooperate as a team member
• Monitor and directly impact supplier behavior and activities to maintain continuous improvement in the supplier’s delivery of products to the factory.