Site Purchaser

Purchasing Activities

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading purchasing activities for non-production materials, services, and local CAPEX. This includes managing the purchase of all tests, lab testing, and test equipment, as well as creating and implementing a lab testing purchasing strategy to contribute to competitiveness improvement.

Responsibilities

• Safety, Compliance & Reporting
  • Encourage safety activities within the extended supply base.
  • Be accountable for the respect and application of Global Purchasing procedures.
  • Build and share the reporting of activities.
  • Report savings on a monthly basis.
  • Work constantly with Group Domain Managers for all Domains involved in these locations.
• Business Intelligence
  • Gather important market information for the Purchasing scope in responsibility.
  • Identify potential suppliers on the market for the current and future needs.
• Supply Base Management
  • Establish trustful and long-term relationships with selected suppliers.
  • Manage the suppliers' accounts creations and maintenance.
  • Develop the supply base to reach a state-of-the-art level in all activities fields.
  • Support partnerships and strengthen close relationships with key suppliers.
  • Monitor suppliers' performance via Scorecards, Management meetings...
  • Establish, share, and implement commodities strategies for the Purchasing scope.
• Sourcings & Supplier Selection
  • Issue RFQs, then select suppliers and negotiate contract terms in accordance with purchasing strategies, internal and external requirements considering a TCO approach, for Brussels & Genk locations.
  • Manage purchase orders accordingly.
  • Secure on-time deliveries.
  • Perform benchmark.
  • Support sourcing decisions according to identified needs, suppliers' performances, and skills, and defined strategy.
  • Support supplier development process and ensure suppliers are aligned with objectives.
• Contractual Management
  • Manage the contractual relationship, including but not limited to intellectual property, payments terms & conditions, etc... for the scope.
  • Responsible to work with the legal department to ensure the legal soundness of the contractual relationships.
• Performance
  • Lead cost improvement ideas generation to implementation by working directly with all internal stakeholders and suppliers.
  • Negotiate competitive conditions and LTAs agreements with suppliers.
  • Ensure the company will have access to products & services according to needs and at preferred conditions in terms of pricing and quality.
  • Implement and respect the objectives fixed by Purchasing & Project Managements.
  • Attend and/or lead workshops for Purchasing continuous improvement.
  • Participate in the budget construction for the year N+1.
  • Support Omega activity for the scope.
• Administrative
  • Perform administrative activities related to purchasing performance:
    • Purchasing order issuing.
    • HR Family strategy & follow-up for EUR region.
    • Lab testing family strategy management for EUR region.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma + 2 years, 3 years of experience in purchasing area (preferably in the automotive sector) or relevant, and a technical background. Strong negotiation skills, fluency in foreign language(s) business level, English, and strong organizational skills are required. The ability to communicate effectively with other functional areas and suppliers is essential.