As a buyer, you will manage value stream from supplier to distribution centre and production pants, will be responsible for material availability and electrical finish goods inventory management. Maintains system inventory records and enters transactions. Achieve customer satisfaction through effective planning and executions. You will reporting directly to the Purchasing team leader/manager. Manage flow of goods between Suppliers/Factories and Distribution Center and production plants Ensure demand for materials is meet and deliveries are made on time Set up weekly/ monthly calls with critical vendors - Top 3-5 Be responsible for a clear open purchase order book to vendors: regular check of overdue /non confirmed/open purchase orders and respective PO rescheduling Communicate to customer service/OM/ production planners in case there are changes to the supply plan that affect promised sales order dates/production orders Ensure KPI are achieved based on daily/monthly/ quarterly reviews Develop and maintain good relationships with suppliers, planners, OM, SCC, CM, OP, SP, Process Excellence Purchasing data maintenance in SAP to ensure that purchase orders to suppliers for several areas can be processed timely and in the correct way Manage Purchase Orders towards to suppliers and work on improvements in system in alignment with Senior/inventory specialist Allocate stock based on Order Management/other department approved request and manage inquiries from customer service and be the person to go at the first escalation level Manage order confirmation from suppliers - including manual maintenance - first interface to suppliers for all needed clarifications regarding deviation order confirmation Investigate and solve reasons of blocked Invoices weekly (clarification in case of deviation price- qty) Provide Forecast to Vendors and understand the impact Track and take continuous improvement actions for KPI - On-time Delivery (OTD); Exception messages, PO OOB Escalate if the MRP planning parameters are not correct in SAP to inventory specialist Support any kind of challenging projects and stakeholder of several improvements Collaborate with Internal and External stakeholders to forecast, plan and facilitate on-time materials to the Distribution Center and production plants Response to queries from Warehouse (ticket system mainly) and support to solve the inbound discrapencies Support the CM by analyse on price, consumption, MOQ, material list etc. A-Level or comparable. Bachelor's degree in relevant area preferred 2 years in SCM/CC/OM SAP MM advanced level, MS Office advanced level Fluency in English (both written and spoken) Open, proactive and cooperative Strong interpersonal and communication skills Willing to take ownership Analytical and cognitive Ability to analyze operational problems in a short time based on data-driven KPIs and / or unexpected critical situations (eg Delivery Problems)
