Buyer/Planner - Key Components

Supermicro; 's-Hertogenbosch; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Supermicro is seeking an experienced Buyer/Planner - Key Components for our EMEA HQ in ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. You will drive component sourcing, supplier negotiations, and lifecycle management to fuel our growth in parallel computing and hyper-converged spaces.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree, 1+ year in supply chain or related area, and strong English; knowledge of Excel/PowerPoint is essential. You will collaborate across sales, engineering, and vendors to deliver results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; Electronic Engineering is a plus.
• 1+ year related experience in Supply Chain, Buyer or PM or sales.
• Fluent in English; Chinese is a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated ownership and reliability.
• Strong written and verbal communication across geographies.
• Strong negotiation and high numeric accuracy.
• Able to work in a dynamic, structured environment with time management.

Responsibilities

• Manage inventory and lifecycle according to roadmap.
• Arrange component test validation and follow up to meet demand.
• Collaborate with sales/FAE to grow complete system business.
• Negotiate best price and secure vendor allocations.
• PO management and delivery lead times.
• Maintain relationships with vendors and participate in partner events.

Skills

Communication

Language ability (English)

Negotiation

Ownership & reliability

Teamwork

Time management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are amongst the fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer many new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us to drive accelerated growth and technology-led innovation in the global marketplace.

Job Summary:

As the market leader in professional server solutions, Supermicro is seeking an experienced and innovative Buyer/Planner - Key Components that can help us grow our technologies into the parallel computing and hyper-converged spaces. This is a fast-moving, emerging business, and successful candidates will be able to move and adapt quickly to changing needs, manage multiple initiatives, engage at all executive levels both inside Supermicro and with partners, and have proven track record of developing products as well as business model from the ground up. The successful candidate will be self-driven and passionate about bringing new solutions to market. This position will be located in the EMEA headquarters in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage inventory, monitor life cycle according to roadmap, promote mainstream products or new products.
• Arrange components test validation, follow up with test complete time to support business demand.
• Work closely with sales/FAE to increase complete system business growth.
• Negotiate best price and gain allocation from vendors to support business.
• PO management, control delivery lead time.
• Maintain and improve good relationships with vendors, participate partner event or QBR.

Qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree, major in Electronic Engineering is a plus.
• 1+ year related computer system or key components on Supply Chain, Buyer or PM or sales working experience, more is a plus, in case candidate has more than 3 years related working experience, could consider offering other than entry position.
• Competent in reading, writing and speaking in English is a must, Chinese speaking is a plus
• Microsoft office work experience is essential, especially on Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstration of strong ownership and reliability.
• Good communication skills, able to express clearly, in written or verbally to achieve work goal across various departments and geographies.
• Good negotiation skill and high accuracy sense for numbers.
• Ability to work in dynamic working environment, willing to accept challenges.
• Has strong team spirit, and work in structure with time management scope.

EEO Statement

Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Supermicro to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.