Procurement Specialist Strategic Buyer
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Dematic is seeking a Strategic Buyer to join our Procurement Supply Chain Solutions team. This person will be responsible for supporting procurement activities and objectives within spares parts environment.
The Procurement Specialist / Strategic Buyer will drive the strategy of the sourcing category in North America. The individual is expected to procure direct materials for multiple categories such as: metal fabrication electronics motors belts plastics and others. This role will require the employee to be in office 3 days or more depending on the business requirements.
The Procurement Specialist / Strategic Buyer will drive the strategy of the sourcing category in North America. The individual is expected to procure direct materials for multiple categories such as: metal fabrication electronics motors belts plastics and others. This role will require the employee to be in office 3 days or more depending on the business requirements.
We offer:
What We Offer:
- Career Development
- Competitive Compensation and Benefits
- Pay Transparency
- Global Opportunities
Learn More Here: is What You Will do in This Role:
- Lead cost-reduction initiatives across assigned commodities through competitive sourcing value engineering and supplier consolidation.
- Identify and implement sourcing solutions that optimize product quality delivery performance and pricing in alignment with customer service needs.
- Perform comprehensive supply base risk analyses define and implement mitigation strategies and provide clear updates to stakeholders.
- Lead and support new project quotation processes coordinating pricing reviews with cross-functional teams to ensure accuracy and alignment
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders such as Customer Service Finance Pricing Tactical Procurement Legal Engineering and Manufacturing to drive effective and aligned procurement results
- Collaborate with the Category Lead to research assess and select suppliers; manage onboarding activities and lead Quarterly Business Reviews with strategic suppliers.
- Configure SAP sourcing parameters to ensure purchase orders are issued to the correct suppliers and executed with first-time accuracy. Forecast and record savings achieved to help meet department goal.
- Adhere to all KION procurement policies and procedures while upholding Dematics ethical and compliance expectations.
- Effectively coordinate with international suppliers across diverse time zones ensuring responsiveness and urgency.
- Communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing in English.
- Leverage data-driven insights and utilize analytics tools to generate track and report key performance metrics.
Tasks and Qualifications:
What We are Looking For:
- Bachelors degree in related field
- 3 years of experience in Direct Procurement / Commodities executing sourcing activities (sourcing 5 steps methodology RFQs TCOs)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Excel Word and PowerPoint
- Experience using SAP
- APICSs certification in CPIM Preferred
- Understands and interprets CAD drawings
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Finance Control
- Finance
- ABAP
- Body Care
- Avionics
- Brokerage
About Company
We are a leading supplier of forklifts and warehouse equipment as well as automation technology and software solutions for the optimization of supply chains.
