Global Category Buyer
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Job Description
HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Category Strategy:
- Build up and maintain portfolio strategy in line with the BA needs and define a wellbalanced portfolio to minimize risk to ensure flexibility to get an advantage position on the supplier market.
- Define deliver and update a Sourcing List.
- Identify and onboard new potential suppliers where the need is identified.
- Identify any value improvement activities and steer implementation.
- To present and align the strategies with BA OESL stakeholders.
Commercial:
- To handle all negotiations at the Category Supplier.
- To negotiate and maintain necessary global contracts.
- To support Advance Purchasing with complex / difficult negotiations.
- Manage suppliers in representation of the BA.
Escalation Support:
- Support Region Purchasing for Quality Supply and Commercial escalation.
- Conduct Market Survey for the category.
- Trouble shooting: Support the plants as next escalation level in case of supply problems (quality or delivery).
Reporting:
- Share market situation with stakeholders.
- To report Categories performance in regular base.
- Forecast expected price development.
Qualifications :
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE
- Bachelors degree and 2 years of relevant professional experience or 4 years of experience if no relevant bachelors degree.
- Prior experience in Purchasing.
- Experience working with in the Automotive industry.
- Strong Purchasing Portfolio Handling (Strategy Supplier List Market Know How Portfolio Analyze Forecast) & Contractualization.
- Negotiation experience: RFQ Offer analyze and comparison negotiation.
- Risk Management Claim Finance Legal.
- Exposure to international business.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job posting.
- Continental is not able to pay relocation expenses for this opportunity.
ADDITIONAL WAYS TO STAND OUT
- Experience of living abroad is a plus.
- Project Management experience is a plus.
- Functional or project leadership experience is a plus.
Additional Information :
THE PERKS
- Immediate Benefits
- Robust Total Rewards Package
- Paid Time Off
- Volunteer Time Off
- Tuition Assistance
- Employee Discounts including tire discounts.
- Competitive Bonus Programs
- Employee 401k Match
- Diverse & Inclusive Work Environment with 20 Employee Resource groups.
- Hybrid Work
- Employee Assistance Program
- Future Growth Opportunities including personal and professional.
- And many more benefits that come with working for a global industry leader!
EEOStatement:
EEO / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to unlawful consideration to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity age religion national origin disability veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition as a federal contractor Continental complies with government regulations including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans where they apply. To be considered you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process please reply to or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes such as following up on an application or nondisability related technical issues will not receive a call back.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
