Strategic Procurement Purchaser - Miele Manufacturing : Job Details

Summary: Responsible for operational, tactical, and strategic purchasing activities direct and/or indirect material, including:

· Negotiate, update prices, contract agreements etc...

· Scouting suppliers and proposing to regional / global responsible within the TCO approach

· Generating cost cutting projects and presenting to stakeholders and x-functions.

· Drive the price reduction process.

· Update prices / cost breakdowns within the defined escalation & approval process with local and global functional management.

Responsibilities

· Purchase materials, supplies, services at most favorable, sustainable, flexible, and feasible terms.

· Initiate best cost country and localization initiatives supporting cost benefit.

· Conduct capacity check activities to ensure availability of technical capacity allocated at supplier.

· Communicate, align and initiate the material group strategies with cross-functional stakeholders.

· Manage supplier portfolio based on growth and technical requirements of factories.

· Prepare forecast and Business Plan based on provided 'premises' (assumptions) from global/regional commodity managers.

· Operational: Update price changes, resolve price discrepancies, maintain system (SAP) maintenance, generate request for quotes (RFOs), initiate request for quote/request for proposal (RFQs/RfPs)

· Operational: regularly check supplier allocated capacities to ensure reliable supply, act as an escalation level for supplier issues (capacity/supply/quality) and support task force teams.

· Operational: Generate, drive, and/or participate in purchasing projects to improve cost position or sustain production based on defined material group strategy

· Governance: Make and document all legal framework contracts; including perform supplier risk management tasks, supplier performance management, supplier financial health checks, collect documents to initiate and maintain new suppliers.

· Tactical: Conduct bench-marking price of suppliers in and outside of existing portfolio. Negotiate price contracts, using relative tools to intensify competition between suppliers.

Profile

· Bachelor's degree (Business Administration or similar field) – Required

· 3-5 Years of Experience (Procurement experience) – Required

· Good written and verbal communication skills

· Key interpersonal skills for working with complex team

· Exposure to Microsoft Applications

· 30% - 50% travel