Strategic Buyer - Direct Materials CERNUSCO SUL NAVIGLIO

Strategic Buyer - Direct Materials
Cernusco sul Naviglio
Lombardia, CERNUSCO SUL NAVIGLIO

What we offer**:

**Dematic **is looking for a talented **Strategic Buyer - Direct Materials **to be hired with a **permanent contract **, for its premises in **Cernusco Sul Naviglio **.

He/She will report to the **Procurement Manager Italy **and will be responsible for supporting procurement activities and objectives within a factory environment.

He/she will collaborate with our Customer Service team in order to ensure the prompt delivery of qualitative products.

The **Strategic Buyer **is going to**:

- Procure direct material such as spare parts for Customer Service (i. e. , metal fabricated parts, controls/electrical and electronic components, wires, cables and mechanical components)

- Participate and facilitate in spare part quote activities involving pricing reviews with cross-functional stakeholder team members

- Perform value analysis to identify and drive cost reduction initiatives and improvements

- Make sourcing arrangements and determine optimal quality, lead time and pricing for Customer Service requirements

- Develop and coordinate set up of new suppliers in collaboration with Category Management

- Forecast, record and update savings achieved and master data to help meet department goals

- Perform complex buying strategies and negotiate with national and international suppliers to purchase and arrange timely deliveries of materials

- Strong problem-solving skills are required in order to deal with complex delivery, quality or other related problems with purchases and invoices

- Manage domestic and international project plans and purchasing systems

- Participate on Supplier Audits and preparing Make-or-Buy decisions

**Tasks and Qualifications**:

**Who are we looking for?

- Bachelor's or master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or Business (valid certifications as a procurement professional are preferred)

- At least **3 **years **of **experience **in purchasing, manufacturing and projects environment

- Strong knowledge of **SAP **and **EDI **transmission of the procure-to-pay process, including data elements

- Ability to implement efficiencies and changes with SAP in order to reduce the number of PO transactions per project

- Knowledge of Office package (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

- Ability to communicate and build relationships both internally and externally with suppliers and customers

- Lean and Continuous Improvement strategy is preferred

- Availability for business **travels **(15-20% of the time around EMEA)

- Negotiation abilities are required

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in **English **and **Italian

**What can we further offer?

- An international environment where curiosity and proactivity is highly appreciated

- Opportunity to know other countries and cultures

- Opportunity to work with e-commerce customers who are leading the world at this moment

- Ticket Restaurant

- Personal Computer and Smartphone

- A permanent contract

**Further details

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