Commodity Buyer

Job Purpose

Strategically manage the sourcing, negotiation, and procurement of production materials and components in order to ensure cost effective, high quality, and on time supply that supports manufacturing operations and new product launches.

Key Responsibilities

• Commercially align strategic suppliers to help create value for the company through price competitiveness and commitment to long-term cost reduction.
• Negotiate with suppliers in line with Plant savings target.
• Creation, execution and monitoring of cost reduction projects in accordance with the annual budget.
• Comparative cost analysis of supplier quotations and investment projects.
• Create strategy for raw material price reduction, negotiation, new/dual sourcing, volume increase, VA/VE, process improvement, etc. of your commodities.
• Maintain up-to-date pricing in ERP system.
• Price control and management (raw material market f...