Buyer

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About the role

As a Buyer, you will play a key role in ensuring materials and finished electrical goods are available for our Distribution Centers and production plants. You will manage the end-to-end purchasing lifecycle, from suppliers to operations, ensuring material availability, cost control, and supply continuity in a manufacturing / industrial environment.

In this role, you will report to the Buyer Team Leader and work closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders across Supply Chain, Production Planning, Logistics, and Operations.

This role is targeted at experienced Buyers with 3-5 years of hands-on purchasing experience in industrial or manufacturing environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end flow of materials between suppliers, factories, distribution centers, and production plants

• Ensure material demand is met and supplier deliveries arrive on time and in full

• Own and maintain a clean, accurate open Purchase Order book

• Perform PO follow-up, expediting, rescheduling, cancellations, and confirmations

• Organize and lead regular supplier calls with key vendors (Top 3-5)

• Communicate supply changes to Customer Service, Order Management, and Production Planning

• Monitor and support achievement of Supply Chain KPIs (OTD, SFR, S-OTD, etc.)

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders

• Maintain accurate purchasing master data in SAP (PIRs, Source Lists)

• Handle supplier order confirmations and manage deviations (price, quantity, delivery date)

• Investigate and resolve blocked POs and invoice discrepancies

• Provide supply forecasts to suppliers and assess potential material risks

• Identify, escalate, and mitigate material shortages impacting plants and DCs

• Support Category Management with price, MOQ, consumption, and spend analyses

• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and supply chain projects

• Support warehouse ticket resolution and inbound discrepancy management

• Assist with stock-takes and consignment inventory activities

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on Buyer / Purchasing experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment

• Plant exposure is a strong advantage

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Logistics, Engineering, or related field

• Proven experience with purchase order management, RFQs, supplier communication, and expediting

• Experience working with ERP systems (SAP MM strongly preferred)

• Solid understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes

• Experience supporting production environments and time-critical supply situations

Skills

• Fluent English (spoken and written)

• Strong Excel and MS Office skills

• Confident working with KPIs and data-driven decision-making

• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to handle complex, fast-paced operational environments

• Comfortable communicating with suppliers and cross-functional teams

• Analytical approach with strong problem-solving capability

What we offer:
Competitive compensation and benefits package
Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
Flexible working solutions (home office.) are implemented across different EMEA locations, check out with the site HR what type of flexible working solution is available for this role.
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