Purchasing Team Leader (Automotive)

About Our Client

Our client is a tech industrial international manufacturer/distributor that delivers fasteners, inventory management and production solutions. The Purchasing Team Leader is responsible for reviewing new customer enquiries, converting them into Supplier RFQ's and negotiating with a global supply base to achieve best total cost of acquisition.

Job Description

Manage the company's supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending


* Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies


* Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease


expenditure


* Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals


* Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency


* Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes


* Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers


* Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking


* Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques


* Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers


* Determine quantity and timing of deliveries


* Other tasks and duties, as required

The Successful Applicant

The role requires an individual with relevant experience within the industrial/manufacturing sector, who is looking to develop within a dynamic and fast moving environment. The role crosses a broad range of commodities, interaction with a global supply base and direct contact with a diverse customer base.

What's on Offer

Great career opportunity in a global work environment !