Strategic Buyer Eindhoven

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If you are enthusiastic about driving positive change and eager to shape the future of technology in a dynamic, international environment, we invite you to join our Sourcing team.

We are dedicated to creating meaningful technologies that make the world work. Through our innovative solutions, we contribute to building a future where everyone can thrive, resources are optimized, and connectivity brings people together.

About the role

As a Strategic Buyer you are end-to-end responsible for the performance of your own purchasing category. General categories are Electronics, Electromechanics, Mechanics, Modules, PCB, Services, and Non-Product-Related.

Key responsibilities

- Determine and execute the strategy for your category.
- Manage your own set of suppliers and manufacturers.
- Source of highly complex and innovative technologies.
- Select new (inter)national suppliers.
- Negotiate long-term, strategic agreements, maximizing the supplier/manufacturer added value to the company.
- Maintain the relationship with your suppliers and regularly evaluating their performance.
- Execute strong contract management, making sure suppliers fulfill their commercial and contractual commitments.
- Expand global collaborations with suppliers, e.g. by translating local to global agreements.
- Possibility to be involved in improvement projects, e.g. integration of the mutual supply chain processes.