Strategic Buyer: Cost-Saving & Supplier Negotiation

Near-C S.r.l.; Piemonte; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supplementary healthcare coverage via/

Job summary

Near-C is seeking a Purchasing professional to join our team in Piemonte, Italy. You will contribute across current and future projects, focusing on cost competitiveness and active supplier engagement.

The role involves building supplier panels, driving sourcing decisions, and ensuring timely contract sign‑offs while leveraging the Project Purchasing Index to meet targets. Permanent contract with €38,000–€45,000 gross annually plus supplementary healthcare.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in purchasing, inventory, or supply chain management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in supplier selection and cost optimization is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support project award during CCS phase, ensuring competitive costs and a costs savings plan to carry project acquisition.
• Build up project supplier panel from Pre-SoCo with commodity organisation to bundle awards.
• Voice of purchasing strategy in the project, and voice of the project to the purchasing team.
• Install competition between suppliers after Pre-SoCo, bringing at least three suppliers at the same technical level for all components before the SoCo, proceeds with all negotiations before sourcing to push the cost down.
• Leverage commodity organisation to reach pre-sourcing, sourcing decisions and meet project targets and offset with supply base contributions imposed by customers.
• Ensures timely sign off of all supplier’s contracts related the project (from development contracts to mass production).
• Achieves Project Purchasing Index PPI

Skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in purchasing / supply chain

Job description

Near-C is seeking a Purchasing professional to join our team in Piemonte, Italy. You will contribute across current and future projects, focusing on cost competitiveness and active supplier engagement.

The role involves building supplier panels, driving sourcing decisions, and ensuring timely contract sign‑offs while leveraging the Project Purchasing Index to meet targets. Permanent contract with €38,000–€45,000 gross annually plus supplementary healthcare.