Senior Buyer-Project Purchasing

Job description

Your Responsibilities: - Support the creation of market analyses and implement category strategies. - Define, cross-divisionally or -functionally align, and implement profitable purchasing strategies and effective negotiation tactics in the assigned area. - Monitor the supply market continuously and manage and optimize the supplier portfolio to ensure quality, cost efficiency, on-time-delivery, sustainability and compliance with terms of contracts as well as legal regulations. - Negotiate prices and conditions in the context of SMA and manage contracts with suppliers. - Coordinate and steer assigned category including purchase price planning and define saving projects. - Oversee and manage OES activities across the Americas, collaborating with category managers to establish strategic direction for the region. - Serve as the primary point of contact for supplier OES concerns and price increase issues, ensuring alignment with category managers. - Act as a secondary escalation point beyond Category Managers to address and resolve local operational challenges. - Facilitate and support PCN-related activities requested by OES suppliers. - Assist in coordinating PTN activities from OES su...