Direct Material Sourcing Lead - Flexible Hours, Italy

Baker Hughes; Firenze; On-site; EUR 31,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Disability programs

Financial wellness

Flexible work

Job summary

Baker Hughes in Florence, Italy is seeking a Buyer for Direct Material (Sourcing Professional) to contribute to procurement strategy and manage supplier agreements. You will support long-term commodity strategies and coordinate with product leadership, engineering and manufacturing to align procurement with business goals.

The role requires a Bachelor’s/Master degree in Engineering or Economics, fluency in English and Italian, strong negotiation and communication skills, and willingness to

Qualifications

• Have a Bachelor’s/Master degree from an accredited university or college in Engineering or Economic with experience in procurement or commodity management
• Have entry-level experience in Procurement, Operations, Supply Chain is nice to have
• Be fluent in English and Italian, both in writing and speaking
• Possess excellent communication and influencing skills
• Have analytical mindset with a proven ability to resolve problems and identify solutions
• Possess strong oral and written communication skills
• Be able to document, plan, market, and execute programs
• Be available to travel

Responsibilities

• Contribute to develop and execute long term strategies for the assigned commodity, ensuring best performance for procurement KPI
• Integrate commodity strategies into product leadership, sales, engineering, and manufacturing objectives
• Deal with New Product Development, driving supplier selection, development, and overall supplier management with support of engineering, sales, product leadership and other procurement team in accordance with the business strategy
• Partner and be a reference for Product Leadership, Sales and Engineering for product strategy of the assigned commodity
• Develop negotiation strategies and leading negotiations to achieve stated goals and objectives of supply chain for Single PO as well as Strategic Partnership
• Negotiate and issue purchase orders with suppliers achieving lowest possible cost for material, balanced against optimum quality and schedule needs
• Develop Procurement initiatives for cost out program, deflation, cycle reduction, BVC Procurement and cash flow improvement
• Leverage S&OP data to match and optimize supplier capacity with business goals

Skills

Fluent English

Fluent Italian

Strong communication

Analytical mindset

Willing to travel

Education

Bachelor’s/Master in Engineering or Economics

Job description

Baker Hughes in Florence, Italy is seeking a Buyer for Direct Material (Sourcing Professional) to contribute to procurement strategy and manage supplier agreements. You will support long-term commodity strategies and coordinate with product leadership, engineering and manufacturing to align procurement with business goals.

The role requires a Bachelor’s/Master degree in Engineering or Economics, fluency in English and Italian, strong negotiation and communication skills, and willingness to