Festo inspires people and organizations around the world with innovative solutions for industrial automation. We are an independent family business and offer more than 20,000 employees the opportunity to take bold steps, realize their ideas, and take on responsibility. As a team, we grow by tackling challenges together and we welcome everyone who wants to move the world with us.

Strategic Buyer Production Materials

AdCode:  14156
City:  Sofia
Custom Field 3:  Permanent
Custom Field 4:  Full Time
Custom Field 2:  Purchasing
Company:  Festo Bulgaria EOOD

 

Job Description:

  • Build-up, manage and continuously improve local and regional supplier portfolio with respect to QCD target achievement and in accordance with defined strategy;
  • Negotiate prices, delivery conditions and others related to suppler overall performance; 
  • Conduct new sourcing projects and supplier selection activities;
  • Prepare reports and analyzes of purchased materials in order to optimize benchmarking processes; 
  • Support contracts execution in accordance with company procurement procedures;
  • Continuous improvement of quality performance in cooperation with the respective functions;
  • Monitor the development of material needs and negotiates the necessary production capacity with suppliers;
  • Define requirements and needs of internal stakeholders;
  • Monitor supplier performance and defines measures for improvement in respect to defined KPI’s  
  • Manage vendor master data fields into ERP system; 

 

Technical Competencies and Requirements:

  • Higher education – economic or technical field of study;
  • Written and spoken English and/or German;
  • Excellent computer literacy - MS Office; experience with SAP will be considered an advantage;
  • Previous experience in strategic procurement of electronic components will be considered an advantage; 
  • Professional Competencies and Requirements:
  • Previous experience in the field of strategic procurement or on a similar position - at least 3 years.
  • Experience in international teams and multicultural environment;
  • Experience in a manufacturing plant will be considered an advantage;

 

Personal Competencies and Requirements:

  • Capable of making fast decisions and taking the responsibility for the results in dynamic and changing environment.
  • Oriented towards goals achieving and results. 
  • Focused on the added value for the internal and/or external clients.
  • Team player, able to work in a multicultural working environment.
  • Thinking outside the box, creativity and continuous improvement attitude.
  • Flexible, adaptable and willing to acquire new knowledge and skills.

 

The Company offers:

  • Motivating compensation and social benefits package.
  • Professional development and learning opportunities in high technology production.
  • Flexible working hours

 

Contact person: Elvira Hubcheva, +359(2)9700-716

 

Your benefits at a glance:

We look forward to your application and to getting to know you!