Buyer - Ford Otosan Craiova

Ford Otosan Craiova – Purchasing – Buyer

Prohuman Craiova is recruiting for our client Ford Otosan Craiova - Purchasing – Buyer

Roles & Responsibilities:

• The buyer has responsibility to ensure value for money procurement of parts or services.
• Work closely with the business owners to develop sourcing strategies to satisfy forthcoming business requirements.
• The buyer ensures contractual compliance in line with Ford Otosan Procurement guidelines and negotiates any exceptions to mitigate risk.
• Develop sourcing strategies for future model or capacity requirements.
• Develop in-depth understanding of industry segment and leading suppliers operating in that sector (automotive and non-automotive).
• Source services based on approved commodity strategies.
• Undertake benchmarking activities, such as market tests, to create/maintain a world-class supply base. Perform analysis of complex outcomes, present sourcing recommendations based on technical & commercial recaps to work with internal customers to achieve the right decision for the Company.
• Develop and maintain Suppliers that are capable of meeting quality, cost, timing and technology expectations.
• Support the lease/buy decision process with customer & Finance teams and drive negotiation of lease costs/ issues.
• Work with customers to ensure supply base is cost competitive.
• Negotiate pricing and terms & conditions (as required).
• Drive supplier and commodity specific plans to achieve cost reduction targets.
• Process cost requests and perform reuse/ retool versus new-buy studies, to make optimal use of surplus assets for greater investment efficiency.
• Address currency problems and adopt best efforts to offset negative currency impacts.
• Champion supplier delivery to ensure programs are on time.
• Other duties and tasks, related to the job, as assigned by the Supervisor/Manager
• Monitor supplier performance to contract key performance indicators.
• Assist skill team in the resolution of issues as and when.
• Ensure supplier launch timing objectives are met.

Requirements:

• University degree
• Good written and oral English language skills;
• Commercial business expertise or buying is an advantage.
• Well-experienced in MS office tools Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint;
• Good communication and organizational skills – leading cross-functional teams;

Benefits:

• Working and development in a multinational company;
• Competitive wage;
• Easter, Summer & Winter Holiday Bonuses;
• Meal tickets;
• Transportation;
• In-house Gym facility;
• In-house medical services.